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Daily Archives: December 7, 2023

‘I’m still here’: SC pastor celebrates 60 years at same church

December 7, 2023

John Arthur, pastor at Eureka First Baptist Church near Aiken, South Carolina, will pass the six-decade mark Jan. 1 — and he still preaches every Sunday.

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Mississippi executive committee reassigns staff, elects officers

December 7, 2023

During a December 5 meeting, the executive committee of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board announced changes in staff roles.

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Bellevue pastor Steve Gaines: Cancer has spread to lungs

December 7, 2023

Following his recent diagnosis of kidney cancer, Steve Gaines shared in a video update Dec. 7 that the cancer has spread to his lungs.

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Baseball & ministry: Teenage preacher baptizes 11 new believers at GA college

December 7, 2023

Robbie Lane, the starting shortstop on the East Georgia State College baseball team, has hit a grand slam of a different sort in an at bat as an aspiring minister.

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Training results in 17 churches planted in Zambia, still growing

December 7, 2023

The Week of Prayer for International Missions is Dec. 3–10. The national goal for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is $200 million.

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