Jennifer Riley

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• Aug 18, 2009

  NAMB Closes Task Force Created by Ex-President

  A task force created by former North American Mission Board president Geoff Hammond will be closed, the agency announced.

• Aug 18, 2009

  Major Christian Right Figure Hospitalized

  The founder of a major Christian right group is hospitalized and in critical condition, his family said. American Family Association founder the Rev. Don Wildmon, 71, was diagnosed with meningitis

• Aug 17, 2009

  Missions Blog Explores Persecution's Effect on Evangelism

  A missions-sending agency wants to talk about persecution in terms of evangelism and has invited the public to the conversation.

• Aug 17, 2009

  Gov't Funded Abortion Still 'Unclear' in Health Reform, Experts Say

  While pro-life and pro-choice supporters continue to argue about the health care reform bill in their favor, independent analysts say the current proposed legislation leaves it "unclear" whether tax payers will pay for abortion services.

• Aug 14, 2009

  40 Pro-Life Students Trek 10,000 Miles to D.C.

  Forty pro-life college students who walked across the country from California witnessing about the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death will reach Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

• Aug 14, 2009

  Report: Obama's Faith-Based Initiative Less Controversial than Bush's

  It is the same office with the exception of some minor changes, but President Obama\'s faith-based initiative has received far less media coverage in the first six months of his administration compared to the initiative under his predecessor, George W. Bush.

• Aug 13, 2009

  Longtime Staff Named NAMB Acting President

  A longtime senior staff member was named acting interim president of the North American Mission Board on Wednesday after the agency\'s president resigned a day earlier over mismanagement allegations.

• Aug 12, 2009

  Southern Baptist Missions Leader Resigns

  The president of the Southern Baptist Convention\'s domestic missions agency and three of his closest associates resigned from their positions Tuesday following a seven-hour-long meeting of the agency\'s board of trustees.

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  Aug 12, 2009

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver Hailed as Pro-Life Champion

  As the nation pays final tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver as a rights activist and humanitarian, several conservative groups have lifted her up as a pro-life champion.

• Aug 10, 2009

  Senate Confirms Outspoken Christian as NIH Head

  The U.S. Senate on Friday confirmed prominent geneticist Francis S. Collins as the new director of the National Institutes of Health.