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<title><![CDATA[Hotline]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Global: Pray for Bible studies held each week around the world. Some of these are geared to those who want to know more about Christ, others train new Christians, and some allow attendees to seek answers to life’s hard questions. Ask God to use each one to...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WMO Benefits from Country Music Marathon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—The 2012 St. Jude Country Music Marathon took place on Saturday, April 28, one day before International Missions’ World Missions Sunday and Offering. This year the rigorous route was tackled by three people raising funds for the World Missions ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[April Board Meeting Encouraging, Productive]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN— The Board of Free Will Baptist International Missions met April 23-25, 2012, in the Antioch, Tennessee, offices. Throughout the three-day session the board heard reports from the various departments and acted on proposals and general business....]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hawkins Resigns to Pursue Entrepreneurial Goals]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—Kiley Hawkins, development manager for International Missions, has tendered his resignation effective April 30, 2012. Hawkins began his tenure with the Mission as executive assistant to General Director James Forlines in 2006. In 2009, his obvi...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FWBIM Encouraged by Response to 2012 WMO]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—Director of Advancement Mark McPeak expressed his appreciation for denominational support of the 2012 World Missions Offering (WMO). “We asked for 650 churches to commit to participate this year, a significant increase over previous years. At t...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Johnsons Return to Ministry in Spain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—Tim and Kristi Johnson and their children Alejandro and Ana will return to their ministry in Alpedrete, Spain, on April 3, 2012. Their return is an exception to the International Missions Board’s policy implemented in December 2011. General Dir...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pioneer Missionary Margaret Merkh Dies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—Margaret Merkh, former missionary to Ivory Coast and France, died February 21, 2012, at the age of 82. Mrs. Merkh lived with her daughter Elizabeth (Beth) Redd and Beth’s family. Dan preceded his wife in death in April 2002, after 54 years of m...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mission Hires Director of Advancement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—On February 2, 2012, International Missions’ General Director Clint Morgan announced to the Mission board, staff, and missionaries that Mark McPeak had accepted the offer to return to the Mission in the position of director of advancement. 

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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Open Letter From IM&apos;s CFO]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dear IM Partner:

If you follow news from Free Will Baptist International Missions, you have likely heard about the board’s decision to postpone missionary deployments. Let me assure you, this decision was reached only after much anguish and prayer. Inte...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Panama Honors the Past]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[General Director Clint Morgan is in Panama attending the 50th anniversary celebration. The following report comes from him.

The churches in Panama kicked off their 50th anniversary celebration with a Founders Dinner on Friday night, January 6, 2012. Pas...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bill Jones With Lord]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bill Jones, former missionary to Côte d&apos;Ivoire and long-time mission board member, died yesterday, December 19, 2011. Bill and Joy served in Africa from 1959-69, as Director of Communications for IM from 1970-71, and 24 years (1980-92, 1993-2005) on the mi...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Board Seeks to Move Forward While Halting Losses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—The eight members of the Board of Free Will Baptist International Missions met December 7-8, 2011, in the Mission’s office in Antioch, Tennessee. The two-day, intensive session, bathed in frequent prayer, yielded encouraging reports, positive a...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Board Postpones Missionary Deployments]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—“The hardest task I’ve had thus far as general director,” Clint Morgan stated, “most certainly was calling missionaries who expected to leave the States in January and tell them their departure is on hold.”

Following the December board meeti...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Donnie McDonald’s Brother Passes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—David McDonald, brother of missionary to Japan Donnie McDonald, died Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2011, at Horizon Medical Center in Dickson, Tennessee. The 66-year-old widower had been hospitalized for a couple of weeks prior to his death. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FWBIM No Longer Partnering With Brazil Children’s Home ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN— For 20 years, Free Will Baptist International Missions and the Free Will Baptist denomination have celebrated the ministry of the Free Will Baptist Children’s Home, Lar Nova Vida, in Araras, Săo Paulo, Brazil. This institution is not directly ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bunch Resigns to Take Missouri Executive Post]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN— On November 10, 2011, the Free Will Baptist International Mission Board voted to accept the resignations of 28-year veteran missionaries to Panama Stan and Brenda Bunch. The resignation is effective February 29, 2012. 

Stan and Brenda will ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dodsons Resign From Mission]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—The Board of Free Will Baptist International Missions voted via email ballot on November 1, 2011, to accept the resignation of David and Kendra Dodson from missionary service to Uruguay. The Dodsons submitted an official letter of resignation t...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kimberly Johnson Granted Leave of Absence]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—At her request, Kimberly Johnson will begin an official one-year leave of absence on December 1, 2011. Kimberly returned stateside a few weeks ago when Lar Nova Vida (New Life) Children’s Home in Araras, Brazil was transferred entirely into the...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Riggs Conference Room Open for Prayer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—“We are thankful for the many people who have called, written, talked with me personally, or responded on Facebook to indicate they will join the Mission family on our 40-day journey,” stated General Director Clint Morgan. “As we sincerely seek...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Director Calls for 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—On October 3, 2011, Free Will Baptist International Missions new general director, Clint Morgan, issued a Mission-wide call to prayer and fasting via a video message to missionaries. “It is my desire to move forward, looking to God for directio...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Board Selects Clint Morgan as General Director]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—On Tuesday evening, September 27, 2011, the Board of Free Will Baptist International Missions, during a called session in Nashville, Tennessee, voted to employ Clint Morgan as general director. Morgan has served as interim general director sinc...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ambassadors Gather, Set WMO Goal for 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN— Ambassadors for Free Will Baptist International Missions gathered September 12-13 to celebrate the success of the ambassador program, discuss the 2011 World Missions Offering (WMO), and plan WMO initiatives for 2012. 
During a celebratory din...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Turnboughs Return to States for Ministry]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—Clint Morgan, interim general director of Free Will Baptist International Missions, announced today that Jeff and Susan Turnbough will return to Nashville in early October of this year. Jeff and Susan have been with the Mission for 30 years, se...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WMO Monthly Update]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thank you for giving to this year’s WMO and for sharing the life-changing gospel with people in France, Panama, Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, Uruguay, and other parts of the world. These are just a handful of the lives you impact with your gifts, especially the a...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Death Strikes Mission Family]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—The Mission family has sustained several losses in the last couple of weeks.

Dr. Joseph Ange (88), long-time board member of Free Will Baptist Foreign Missions, entered heaven’s gates on July 16, 2011, with his family gathered around him. An...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Aileen Calvery With the Lord]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Aileen Calvery, former missionary to Japan (1952-1976), died on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, in Batesville, Arkansas. The 83-year-old died from complications from multiple surgeries related to Peripheral Arterial Disease.

The funeral will be held Friday, Apr...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fighting in Abidjan]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Côte d&apos;Ivoire—Alassane Ouattara&apos;s troops have taken key cities in Ivory Coast over the last week. On Wednesday they took Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital. Abidjan, the economic capitol, is the last stronghold for Laurent Gbagbo.

From an Ivorian ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IM Partners with Relief Organizations to Aid Japan]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—Clint Morgan, interim general director of Free Will Baptist International Missions, announced Monday, March 14, 2011, that the Mission will partner with The Hanna Project, Master’s Men, and a Christian relief organization already in place in Ja...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Massive Earthquake Hits Japan Coast, IM Workers All Safe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An 8.8 (some reports say 8.9) magnitude earthquake hit the northern coast of Japan yesterday afternoon. We have heard from several missionaries, who have indicated that all our workers are fine.

Regional Director Dale Bishop wrote, &quot;You may have heard o...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Clint Morgan&apos;s Letter to Pastors]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[&amp;#65279;I will never forget my first Sunday in Côte d’Ivoire...

Lynette and I had just finished French language study, so I was feeling quite inadequate in my language skills. Nevertheless, the church leaders asked me to give the message. I was incredib...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Côte d&apos;Ivoires Economy Impacted by Political Stand-off]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Côte d&apos;Ivoire—The political stand-off in Ivory Coast continues to wreak havoc on the people and the economy. Latest updates indicate a banking crisis is in play. Neither Gbagbo nor Ouattara seem ready to end the impasse....]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jean Wilson, Wife of J. Reford Wilson, With Lord]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jean Wilson, wife of former General Director of Foreign Missions (1962-1976) J. Reford Wilson, joined the heavenly throng on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.

The following is copied verbatim from Jonathan Wilson&apos;s Facebook page.

Mildred Gene Wilson (nee L...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[McVays Return Stateside for Special Assignment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—Sam and June McVay, missionaries to Spain, will return to the States on February 17, 2011, to assist the International Missions staff. Scheduled for a six-month stateside assignment beginning in June 2011, the couple was asked to return to the ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Forlines Resigns as General Director of International Missions ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN– James Forlines tendered his resignation as general director of Free Will Baptist International Missions on February 10, 2011, in agreement with the board, according to Chairman Danny Williams.  “After carefully considering the challenging circ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[McPeak Resigns as Deputy Director]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—Mark McPeak, deputy director of stateside operations, submitted his resignation to General Director James Forlines on January 19, 2011. “Regretfully, I accepted Mark’s resignation...after asking him to give it further consideration,” stated For...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Missionary Verlin Anderson’s Dad With Lord]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—Mr. Earl D. Anderson, father of missionary to Côte d’Ivoire Verlin Anderson, entered into the presence of his Lord on Sunday, January 16, 2010. The 84-year-old layman failed to recover from a heart attack on Saturday. He experienced limited mob...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unexpected Opportunities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you are over 70, or know someone who is, you may have an unexpected opportunity! The IRS recently announced you can make a 2010 gift from your IRA through the end of January. God sometimes presents us with an unexpected opportunity to share the gospel w...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[An Open Letter From James Forlines]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[January 6, 2010

Dear Pastor,

During 2011, we need a small army of volunteers who live in the greater Nashville area. God has given them gifts, talents, training, and abilities, or maybe just discretionary time and a desire to be used to advance the K...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Côte d’Ivoire Remains Unsettled, Volatile]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Antioch, TN—Reports from diverse sources indicate that Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, continues to see active military maneuvers in support of each of the candidates for president. Supporters of both Gbagbo and Ouattara have taken to the streets in riots.

The ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/news/fwbim_news/2010/12-19/cte-divoire-remains-unsettled-volatile</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Floods Affect FWBs in Panama]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Chame, Panama—Sunday, December 5, through Wednesday, December 8, an unprecedented amount of rain deluged Panama. According to Judy Lytle, “One news report said normal rainfall for the first 12 days of December is usually around 2.4 inches. This year almost...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[All-out Effort to Keep Missionaries on Field]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Board of Free Will Baptist International Missions met December 8-9, 2010, in the Antioch, Tennessee, offices. The two-day, intensive session yielded continued confidence in IM leadership, new missionary appointees, and drastic budgetary measures to kee...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Escalation in Tensions in Côte d&apos;Iovire]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, Monday, December 13, tension in Côte d&apos;Ivoire reached a new crescendo when troops loyal to the outgoing president, Laurent Gbagbo, set up roadblocks at both ends of the route leading to the Hotel Golf where Alassane Ouattara, the president elect, an...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First Church in India Threatened by Mudslides]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kotagiri, India—November mudslides in Kotagiri, India, threaten the loss of our first Free Will Baptist Church in the Tamil Nadu province. The church was established during Miss Laura Belle Barnard&apos;s tenure and endures today. However, mudslides last Novemb...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/news/fwbim_news/2010/12-08/first-church-in-india-threatened-by-mudslides</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Update From Ivory Coast]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends and Ministry Partners,

Much information and disinformation has circulated about life in Côte d’Ivoire during the last few days. International and national press sources promote different facets of truth and falsehood at the same time. The f...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Violence Erupts, Borders Closed in CI]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Conditions in Côte d’Ivoire rapidly deterioratedfollowing the announcement of presidential candidate Alassane Ouattara as winner of the run-off election. As a result, the army has sealed all borders, prohibiting travel by land, sea, or air into or out of t...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/news/fwbim_news/2010/12-02/violence-erupts-borders-closed-in-ci</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Winner Still Not Known in Côte d&apos;Ivoire Elections]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Abidjan, Côte d&apos;ivoire—Election results have not been announced following Côte d&apos;Ivoire&apos;s runoff elections on Sunday, November 28. Read more here. At least five people have died in violent outbursts over the election process.

Missionaries within the cou...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Two Churches Mourning Death of Young Men]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[According to communications from Alice Smith, two young men from our churches have died recently. On November 21, Alice reported a &quot;Lobi brother, a leader in the Sayé FWB Church&quot; died on November 18. Francois, loved and respected by many, had a growth that...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[JCrois Urges Hardcore Discipleship]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[France—JCrois (I Believe), the annual youth event in Nantes, held October 30-31 &quot;was one of the best&quot; according to Dennis Teague. God’s hand was evident in every detail, from early completion of preparations to the record attendance. Dany Hameau, the presi...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Team works in Doropo]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On February 9, 2010, nearly 50 volunteers began their first day on the Save A Life V team.  This team remained in Côte d’Ivoire for a week, serving as God’s hands and feet to the mostly Muslim or Animist villagers.  Lives were changed, both physically and ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[International Missions Board Addresses Financial Crisis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[        Antioch, TN—The Board of Free Will Baptist International Missions met December 9-10, 2009, in the Antioch, TN, offices. All board members were present: Danny Williams, Randy Wilson, Tom McCullough, Paul Creech, Nelson Henderson, Sherwood Lee, Jeff ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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