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VALDOSTA, Ga. — Almost 2,700 people, including staff and volunteers, attended the 2024 MOVE conference in Valdosta. The event, held Dec. 29-30, saw 23 salvation decisions, 43 calls to ministry, and 72 people decide to take the next step in their walks of faith, such as being baptized or recommitting themselves to Christ.
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AUSTELL, Ga. — It has been said that Baptist Associations are “first responders.” When a need or a problem arises in a local church, the association’s leadership is already familiar with the geographic location and spiritual health of the member churches and can quickly respond with concern and assistance.
As their numbers dwindle, one Auschwitz survivor makes telling …
2 days ago · At his home in Haifa, Israel, Holocaust survivor Naftali Fürst shows the numbers that were tattooed on his arm when he was imprisoned at Auschwitz, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.
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Jan 5, 2025 · Impeached South Korean president issues defiant message as he faces possible detention SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, in a message to conservative supporters rallying outside his Seoul residence, vowed to “fight to the end” against “anti-state forces,” while his legal team warned Thursday that police officers attempting to detain him could ...
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Jan 20, 2025 · Frigid temperatures engulfed Texas and other parts of the South on Monday ahead of a rare winter storm expected to bring heavy snow and disruptive ice accumulations to the region into Wednesday, sending residents scurrying to insulate pipes, check heating systems, and stock emergency kits.
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Jan 1, 2025 · ROCK SPRING, Ga. — In a heartwarming act of generosity and compassion, Peavine Baptist Church has announced that it has partnered with Undue Medical Debt to erase more than $5.7 million in medical debt for over 4,200 individuals in the Georgia counties of Catoosa, Walker, and Whitfield.
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Jan 20, 2025 · RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — After 15 months of collective grief and anxiety, three Israeli hostages left terrorist captivity and returned to Israel, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners walked free from Israeli jail, leaving both Israelis and Palestinians torn between celebration and trepidation as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold Sunday.
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CAIRO (AP) — The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect Sunday at 8:30 a.m. local time, mediator Qatar announced Saturday, as families of hostages held in Gaza braced for news of loved ones, Palestinians prepared to receive freed detainees and humanitarian groups rushed to set up a surge of aid.
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Feb 4, 2022 · LONDON (AP) — A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a dance class in England was sentenced Thursday to more than 50 years in prison for what a judge called “the most extreme, shocking and exceptionally serious crime.”