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Feature Article

Cape Cod Church Has Seen Rapid Growth

FALMOUTH- Pastor Benjamin D. Feldott stood in an open field, looked into the dense woods just off Route 151, and imagined the future home of the Cape Cod Church. Mr. Feldott had just finalized paperwork […]

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Feature Article

How one woman made a big difference

by Katherine Goldman My mother, Mildred Aven, was born Minnie Mildred Johnson, November 2, 1900, in very humble surroundings. Her father was an itinerant Methodist preacher/farmer, and was away from home most of the time […]

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AfterWords

Scrap metal becomes church building

by Debbie Goodman For Stillwell Bible Baptist Church of Clarksville, Arkansas, the impact of our 2006 summer mission trip to Costa Rica is ongoing. Chad Braymer, mission intern for Stillwell, set up a summer trip […]

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On the Table

Impatient for Easter

by Keith Bassham I’ve always loved the Noel Smith line of 50 years ago, “We have finally gotten around to Easter.” I cannot remember anticipating Easter as I did Christmas as a kid, but these […]

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Feature Article

A Scarcity of Hope

by Keith Bassham Easter is all about hope, and primarily hope connected with resurrection — Christ’s and ours. But unlike a human wish or mere optimism that things will somehow work out for us, hope […]

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Feature Article

Nothing small about shorter Fellowship meeting

Some would think it ironic the first national BBFI midwinter Fellowship meeting with the new shorter schedule should take place in the large expanse offered by Houston, Texas. But anyone attending would agree the schedule […]

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Baptist History

Jeremiah Vardeman The Kentucky Evangelist

by Thomas Ray Jeremiah Vardeman was probably the most effective pulpit orator and the most successful preacher who ever lived in Kentucky. He was born in Wythe County, Virginia, July 8, 1775. In 1779, at […]

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Urban Current

Sin in the City

by Charles Lyons Three teenage boys are shot to death in broad daylight and our city barely sighs.” (Chicago Sun Times, Tuesday, February 24) We’re still reeling from weeks and weeks of the Governor Blagojavich […]

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AfterWords

Mailbox Blessing

R. Albert Mohler Jr. | President | Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Barack Obama Monday signed an executive order that reverses the Bush administration’s restrictions on federal funding for research that involves the destruction of […]