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Here's how gifts to the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund and the General Relief Fund are helping survivors of the devastating floods in Pakistan.

Rifqa Bary, the teenager who ran away from her Muslim parents after converting to Christianity, is free from the court battle that plagued her for more than a year because she turned 18 years old Aug. 10.

"Great Expectations" -- an online Sunday School training event sponsored by LifeWay Christian Resources -- drew an estimated viewership of 10,000-12,000 people around the world.

Sunday School leaders are introduced to the Transformational Church project of LifeWay Christian Resources, drawn from research involving 7,000 churches.

Kim Foreman, a pastor's wife from San Lorenzo, Calif., died Aug. 3 of injuries sustained during an automobile crash in Rwanda, where she was serving as a missions volunteer.

Columnist Chuck Bentley says money should not be the primary emphasis in finding one's life calling.

Heather Mercer, who was held captive by the Taliban for 105 days nine years ago, said the aid workers who were killed recently in Afghanistan were a picture of what it means to give a life for a forgotten people.

Nearly 50 percent of likely voters back the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on open homosexual military service, according to a new poll that conflicts with other surveys that show far lower support.

Jill Jones, associate professor of graduate education in Liberty University's school of education, and her 16-year-old son Nicholas ("Niko") were killed in a three-car crash Aug. 8.

Traffic crash kills California Baptist University coach and two others; 12 student athletes injured.

Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga., and immediate past president of the SBC, has extended his leave of absence from the church through mid-September, citing physical and emotional exhaustion.

Columnist Keith Manuel gives tips for beginning a conversation about Christ.

Ten workers affiliated with the Christian aid group International Assistance Mission were murdered in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan after providing eye care to people living in a remote area.

Robert "Bob" Finck, a volunteer from Fellowship Community Church in Salem, Va., died Aug. 9 in an automobile accident in Zambia.

The Supreme Court is unlikely to legalize "gay marriage" if it eventually decides to get involved in the issue, a court expert said on CBS' "Face the Nation" Aug. 8.

In Sturgis, S.D., scores of Southern Baptist volunteers from churches across North America are on hand for outreach to a half-million bikers, tourists, volunteers and service personnel.

Baptists riding in Iowa's RAGBRAI bicycle tour are welcomed by a Baptist church in Waterloo.

Columnist Chuck Lawless examines the role that prayer plays in evangelism.

A medical team sponsored by the International Mission Board finds that in North Africa, the spiritual needs are as abundant as the overwhelming medical needs.

A group of North African believers were persecuted in a community where Islam is the only acceptable religion, but they persevered and saw God work.