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A prayer caravan of relief workers wound its way through the south of Jordan Sept. 5-6 from the ancient "lost" city of Petra to Mount Nebo, where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments in the land of the Dead Sea. They continued to Umm Qais where Israel, Syria and Jordan meet so they could glimpse the Sea of Galilee. On their way to deliver food products and other items to an estimated half a million Iraqi refugees living in the region–the workers, from Florida, Texas, Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina–were set to go to Iraq when plans changed and they were diverted to Jordan.

World Changers share Gospel at Miami lemonade stand

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)–When the World Changers crew in Jackson, Miss., arrived on Monday morning at their worksite to start roofing a home, their materials had not yet arrived. But with World Changers, the unexpected doesn’t always mean that God isn’t working.

IMB president urges workers to stay focused on vision of 'all peoples'

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–The International Mission Board must push past distractions and stay focused on the vision of taking the Gospel to all peoples, President Jerry Rankin told trustees during a Sept. 8-10 meeting in Austin, Texas.

Hurricane Isabel prompts record deployment of Disaster Relief workers

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (BP)–Florida Disaster Relief volunteers joined hundreds of workers deployed Sept. 20-21 to North Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland – already the largest response in the history of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, according to Mickey Caison, adult volunteer mobilization manager for the North American Mission Board.

Opinion

Editorial

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Bibliocipher

Florida

Florida News

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Florida Focus

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Training Update

National

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Features

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Caravan prays for Iraq at historic Holy Land sites

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Media Montage

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Bible Study

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