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Breaking News

Trying to reach the Unreachable
Date: May 1, 2008

Weary travelers stand alongside a river somewhere in South America’s Amazon Basin.   [Read]

Freed-led event lays foundation for 'mighty army'
Date: May 1, 2008

With 30 Mighty Men of God, David built an army of thousands.   [Read]

NOBTS' board approves seven new initiatives
Date: May 1, 2008

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Southern Baptist Convention News

NOBTS TRUSTEES: Board OKs women's ministry degree track, apologetics institute
Date: May 1, 2008

rustees at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary have approved a new master’s program in women’s ministry and a new apologetics institute, in addition to electing a new faculty member.   [Read]

Prayer emphasis expands within SBC
Date: May 1, 2008

Several prayer initiatives within the Southern Baptist Convention in the coming months reflect an expanding emphasis on intercession and seeking God’s guidance.   [Read]

What is the National Day of Prayer?
Date: May 1, 2008

The National Day of Prayer was established as an annual event in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.   [Read]

Survey: Unchurched prefer traditional styling for churches outside, in
Date: May 1, 2008

People who don’t go to church may be turned off by a recent trend toward more utilitarian church buildings. By a nearly 2-to-1 ratio over any other option, unchurched Americans prefer churches that look more like a medieval cathedral than what most think of as a more contemporary church building.   [Read]

New churches needed to combat 'evangelistic deficit'
Date: May 1, 2008

Why does the Southern Baptist Convention need to start even more churches than the 43,000-plus now on the books?   [Read]

Churches are filling the Missions Gap
Date: May 1, 2008

Southern Baptist churches are catching a vision of taking the Gospel to people groups that have never heard – even when there is no missionary to help them, International Mission Board trustees were told during their April 7-9 meeting in Dallas, Texas.   [Read]

Louisiana Baptist Convention News

Another church returns to N. O.
Date: May 1, 2008

Shiloh Christian Fellowship is back. This wonderful congregation filled up their newly rebuilt sanctuary at 2441 North Claiborne Street in New Orleans at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13. Pastor Michael Raymond was all aglow, and we were for him.   [Read]

Using their hands to help others hear God's word
Date: May 1, 2008

Worship through the sound of silence is a foreign concept to many Christians, but not to the Praising Hands Worship Team.   [Read]

Women are challenged by mission opportunities
Date: May 1, 2008

What does it mean to be “Called to Holy Living?” Attendees at the 108th annual Missions Celebration and WMU Annual Meeting learned the answer to that question as speakers shared about volunteer opportunities across the state, nation and world, and were challenged to seek opportunities to reach the lost.   [Read]

Louisiana Landscape and Milestones

Louisiana Baptists busy with mission projects
Date: May 1, 2008

Louisiana Baptists continue their fervent interest in serving God through serving others. The following is the month’s list of mission projects.   [Read]

Landscapes
Date: May 1, 2008

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Milestones
Date: May 1, 2008

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A group of International Mission Board missionaries try to maneuver upstream by motorboat to a remote village, through shallow waters and rough currents.

Newsfeatures

North Sabine works hard ministering to thousands of visitors
Date: May 1, 2008

Take a leisurely drive down Louisiana Highway 6, and you will find yourself retracing the path used by early settlers along the El Camino Real.   [Read]

District Eight DOM has much to promote
Date: May 1, 2008

Director of Missions for the North Sabine Association, as well as four others, for 31 years, Lee Dickson is an old hand at juggling five associations at once. But it wasn’t always so easy.   [Read]

Prayer should be a part of our lives
Date: May 1, 2008

Prayer is something that always has to be a priority in our lives. Prayer is the way to strengthening our fellowship and friendship with God, and the key to understand His will for our lives and experiencing His power in our lives.   [Read]

Mary & Forrest Post God's Faithful Servants
Date: May 1, 2008

It doesn’t matter how long servants of God live, but how they live while in His service.   [Read]

Who is watching The Children watch television?
Date: May 1, 2008

Television has been blamed for excessive weight gain, violent behavior, promiscuity, and a lack of physical fitness among our nation’s youth, and that’s just the fallout from the commercials.   [Read]


Editorial

Pregnant man utter nonsense or just stupid
Date: May 1, 2008

”If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn’t,” the famed literary character Alice quipped. “And contrary wise; what it is wouldn’t be, and what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?”   [Read]