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WOMEN AT THE WELL

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] ATHENS — Tucked away amid the Athens countryside, County Road 655 is the long and winding path that leads the way to the Women at the Well facility. The road is not especially easy to navigate, and drivers have to maintain their focus in order not to miss any of the numerous turns while making the slow climb to the top of the

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DOM TITLE CHANGE AMONG REPORT’S RECOMMENDATIONS

By David Roach Baptist Press DALLAS — Your local Baptist association’s DOM (director of missions) soon could be the AMS (associational mission strategist) if the association takes the title-change recommendation of a report to be presented next month at a gathering of associational leaders.

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SWBTS INTERIM PRES. BINGHAM ‘HUMBLED’ TO SERVE

By David Roach Baptist Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Historical theologian Jeffrey Bingham has accepted the interim presidency of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The position was offered to him May 23 in a 3 a.m. phone call from trustee chairman Kevin Ueckert after trustees named former president Paige Patterson as president emeritus.

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PATTERSON REMOVED AS SWBTS PRESIDENT

By David Roach Baptist Press FORT WORTH, Texas — In a meeting that began at 1:30 p.m. May 22 and ended just after 3 a.m. May 23, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s trustees appointed Paige Patterson president emeritus effective immediately.

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SBC ENDS RELATIONSHIP WITH DC CONVENTION

By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — After nearly a year and a half of discussions concerning a Washington church with lesbian co-pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention has notified the District of Columbia Baptist Convention that “the formal relationship between the SBC and the DCBC has come to an end,” according to a statement by interim Executive Committee president D. August Boto.

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FAITH HELPS WILSON OVERCOME ADVERSITY

By Bill Sorrell Contributing writer, B&R BROWNSVILLE — A senior at Haywood High School, Landon Wilson wrote as his senior quote in the yearbook, “Like I have always said, four years at Haywood High School will cost me an arm and a leg.”

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