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DALLAS (BP/FBW) — The lone survivor of a March 15 attack on five Southern Baptist humanitarian aid workers in Iraq is back in the United States.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW)–Florida’s governor, Jeb Bush, along with other dignitaries, took time out from the busy 2004 Legislative Session Mar. 18 to pray, read Scripture and share inspirational comments at the Florida Leadership Prayer Breakfast in Tallahassee.

POMPANO BEACH (FBW)—Hundreds of Sunday School workers and leaders gathered Mar. 13 in Pompano Beach at three area churches to talk about strategies and methods that reach people in a variety of culture groups that inhabit South Florida.

WEST PALM BEACH (FBC)–Harkening back 150 years when itinerant preachers traveled the state preaching the Gospel, Florida Baptists have held a series of 14 regional rallies, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Florida Baptist State Convention, culminating March 15 at First Baptist Church, West Palm Beach.

Last week we examined the doctrine of sin and its component parts of sin. This week, we will look at the nature of sin.

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I applaud and wholeheartedly endorse the recent announcement and recommendation by Southern Baptist Convention president, Dr. Jack Graham, for a new look at the name designation of our Southern Baptist Convention. This bold initiative is the result of the blessings of the Lord upon the work and ministry of Southern Baptists around the world. The Lord has expanded our influence and increase to the uttermost parts of the earth.

For the past month, the story of Carlie Brucia, the 11-year-old Sarasota girl who was snatched off the street and murdered, has dominated cable news.

Have fun with cryptography and exercise your Bible knowledge. A King James Version verse is encoded by letter substitution. The same letter is substituted throughout the puzzle. Solve by trial and error.

BROOKSVILLE (FBC)–Each day, before the previews appear for a showing of Mel Gibson’s "The Passion of the Christ" in Brooksville’s Beacon 10 Movie Theater, Joe Santerelli shares with movie goers about the emotional "experience" of viewing the dramatic interpretation of the crucifixion.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW)—State legislators gave a nod Mar. 16 to parental notification when the Florida House of Representatives voted 93-25 in favor of a parental notification bill that will require parents to be notified before a teenager can obtain an abortion.

According to a report released by the Florida Baptist Convention's Church Planting Department, Florida Baptists started 15 new churches in Feb. 2004.

Each year, associational Vacation Bible School clinics provide training for about 5,000 Florida VBS workers. Florida Baptist churches will enroll approximately 200,000 children in Vacation Bible School this summer, an opportunity that represents the most extensive outreach, evangelism, and prospect-discovering event available to Florida Baptist churches.

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Why?

That anguished one-word question is being asked by many people after five Southern Baptist aid workers were shot in Iraq March 15.