EDITOR’S NOTE — The Baptist Paper staff members continue their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of the Great Commission Resurgence Task
“He loves [Bacon Heights],” said his mother, Rosie Rodriguez. “He’s always around. I don’t think there’s one person in the whole church that doesn’t know his name.”
Care Net of Owensboro recently expanded its ministry to intentionally serve fathers, and a faith-based group of local men invested $9,505 in the pregnancy resource center to see that program continue to flourish.
Mid-Delta Baptist ministry leaders recently visited the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Their purpose was to help church plants inside the prison become part of
“All the pain, all of the differences, all the different cultures, different approaches, and the language, all of that is there, but the love of Jesus kind of unites us in such a special way,” Pastor Victor Akhterov said.
Religious leaders who resist state control face a wide range of punishment—from surveillance and fines to retribution against family members, imprisonment, forced labor and torture, the report states.
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