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The Obama administration declared Afghanistan the United States’ newest “major non-NATO ally.”

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NABF plans 2014 anniversary

Posted by | July 6, 2012 | Industry News

North Americans at this week’s BWA annual gathering in Chile penciled in calendar dates of March 6-7, 2014, for the 50-year anniversary of the 1964 founding of the North American Baptist Fellowship. By Bob Allen North Americans attending the July 2-7 Baptist World Alliance annual gathering in Santiago, Chile, convened Thursday afternoon to preview plans for the 50th anniversary celebration of the North American Baptist Fellowship in 2014. The March 6-7, 2014, gathering in Philadelphia will also commemorate the 200th anniversary of the first national Baptist denomination in the United States, often called the Triennial Convention because it met every three years, established in that city in 1814. George Bullard, general secretary of the NABF, one of six regional fellowships of the 221-member body BWA, said the anniversary celebration will continue themes popularized in recent years by the New Baptist Covenant, an initiative to unite Baptists across racial and organizational lines across North America. Bullard said the gathering “will seek to focus on the missional past, present and future of Baptists throughout North America, while at the same time honoring the commitments of former USA President Jimmy Carter through his New Baptist Covenant events.” The NABF was formed in 1964 by nine major Baptist denominational groups, including both American Baptist Churches USA and the Southern Baptist Convention

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Cue “Stars and Stripes Forever”. After you light the grill and while you’re waiting for the coals to heat up, why not drop us a note here on Internet Monk in recognition of the United States of America’s 236th birthday? You don’t have to be a U.S

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Contact: Bob Sturm, 703-396-6974; after 6 PM Eastern & on weekends, 703-307-8176 MANASSAS, Va., June 28, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Richard A.

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I’m out of the country right now visiting my in-laws in Mexico. They don’t have wifi! So my posting may be a bit lighter the next few weeks as I cobble together trips in search of internet. Read more on The liturgical significance of the “Fortnight for Freedom”…

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Contact: Anne Bezanson, Liturgical Publications Inc (LPi), 262-207-2587 NEW BERLIN, Wisc., June 25, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — The three best websites for Catholic parishes in the United States have been announced. The winners of the competition, sponsored by Liturgical Publications Inc (LPi) and hosted by CatholicTechTalk.com, were selected by a group of church technology experts from around the country. The winners were selected based on the quality of content, visual appeal, ease of Source: Liturgical Publications Inc

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The CEO of an Israeli nutrition company says he has realized the deep connection both Christians and Jews share with Israel and will therefore give 5 percent of the proceeds to Christian churches or groups in the United States and 5 percent to Israeli charities.

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by Peter Baklinski THUNDER BAY, Ontario, June 8, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic bishops in Ontario are scrambling to figure out how Catholic schools can remain true to Catholic teaching on sexual morality while at the same time abiding by McGuinty’s new law that forces the schools to open their doors to Gay-Straight…

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by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND, June 1, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The national board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), which includes the leadership of approximately 80 percent of the Catholic nuns in the United States, has issued a statement criticizing the Vatican for its recent doctrinal…

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Contact: Tom Ciesielka, TC Public Relations, 312-422-1333, [email protected] BLUE ISLAND, Ill., June 1, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — No more than 12 hours had passed since Affordable Recovery Housing (“ARH”) filed suit yesterday in the United States District Court against the City of Blue Island and Fire Chief Terry Vrshek, when a group of police visited the convent/boarding house at 12:50AM under the pretext of looking for a person with an outstanding warrant and wanted to searc Source: TC Public Relations

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