Steel City Missionary Baptist Church history and services
The Benton church, Route 2 Crawford St, 439-3604, led by Pastor David Wiggins with Katheryn Williams as treasurer, is a Missionary Baptist congregation founded June 17 1923. Homecomings occur each third Sunday in July. this year marks the 79th homecoming. Worship hours are 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. morning service, 7 p.m. youth and evening worship, with ongoing youth ministry Wednesdays.
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Route
Crawford St
Katheryn Williams
David Wiggins
Missionary Baptist
New Hampshire
Article of Faith and the Covenant
W.P. Moore
Missionary tensions rise as SBC to vote on signers at St Louis meeting
Controversy over the 2000 affirmation requiring missionaries to agree with the Baptist Faith and Message forces debate within the Southern Baptist Convention. About 150 of 5000 foreign missionaries have refused to sign, with calls to remove non signers from mission work. Leaders including Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer headline sessions on Tuesday to rally missionary fervor amid broader debates over creed and unity.
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Southern Baptist Convention
St. Louis
Jack Graham
Prestonwood Baptist Church
Dallas
World Missions
Southern Baptist
SBC
James Merritt
Dayna Curry
Heather Mercer
Afghanistan
Phil Strickland
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Jerry Rankin
International Mission Board
Rankin
R. Keith Parks
Southern Baptist Foreign Missions
Strickland
Texas
William Merrell
SEC
Mission Board
Merrell
Plano
Graham
Evangelaires Music Event and Local Church Appearances
Sunday services featured Evangelaires at Lake of Egypt Christian Church with potluck at noon. Kendra Cook Penn performs at First Baptist Marion at 6 p.m. Sunday. Team Jesus appears at Hillview Vienna Fountain Marion Parkview nursing homes midweek. Gloryroad Travelers join homecoming at Cobden Pleasant Ridge Church. Also lists top songs on WXAN and WBVN radio stations.
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the Evangelaires
Lake of Egypt
Kendra Cook Penn
First Baptist Church
West Union
Marion
Kendra
Jesus
Hillview Nursing Home
Vienna
Fountain Nursing Home
Parkview Nursing Home
West Frankfort
Pleasant Ridge Missionary Baptist Church
Wing Hill Road
Cobden
FCA Day Camp Registration Opens in Carbondale
Registration is underway for the second annual Fellowship of Christian Athletes Day Camp at Carbondale Middle School from July 30 to August 1. Open to Jackson County children entering grades 5-8, the camp runs 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. with free transportation, meals, a tee shirt, and daily clinics in multiple sports. Sponsored by The Bank of Carbondale and CEC Communications, forms are distributed through schools and churches. For details call 549-2735 or email rlipe@fca.org.
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Carbondale
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Vergennes
FCA
Bank of Carbondale
CEC Communications
Book reviews and Jewish history thoughts in brief
A compact survey covers Michael Horton’s A Better Way arguing worship centers on divine action and reception of gifts, then Jonathan Kirsch’s The Woman Who Laughed at God reframes Sarah’s Genesis laughter to illustrate evolving Jewish perspectives from strict to gentler interpretations and reforms.
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Michael Horton
God
Jonathan Kirsch
Sarah
Knight Ridder News
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Williams Brothers
James Dixon II
People
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Blackberry Records
Kve
Pull Strickland
Gospel Sings
WXAN
Jeff Treece
Lord
Moses
Ernie Hansen
George Younce
Angels
the Encouragers
Katie Kerkhover
Cumberland
City
Crabb
Jessica King
Jason Crabb
WBVN
Andrew Peterson
In Christ,” Big Daddy
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Steve Wiggins
My Heart
Sara Groves
Jars of Clay
Newsboys
Song of Love
Rebecca St James
Paul Coleman Trio
Bob Carlisle
Lincoln Brewster
Penn
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