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Outside the small town of Walker, Louisiana, a rural Baptist church has become an oasis for flood victims. As waters rose amid torrential rains earlier this month, National Guard rescue crews dropped people off at South Walker Baptist Church because it sits on a ridge of relatively high ground in Livingston Parish near Baton Rouge. |
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WALKER, La. Outside the small town of Walker, Louisiana, a rural Baptist church has become an oasis for flood victims. As waters rose amid torrential rains earlier this month, National Guard rescue crews dropped people off at South Walker Baptist Church because it sits on a ridge of relatively high ground in Livingston Parish near Baton Rouge. |
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Outside the small town of Walker, Louisiana, a rural Baptist church has become an oasis for flood victims. As waters rose amid torrential rains earlier this month, National Guard rescue crews dropped people off at South Walker Baptist Church because it sits on a ridge of relatively high ground in Livingston Parish near Baton Rouge. |
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Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean clergyman, rose to prominence in the spring, when he draped the national flag around his shoulders and took to YouTube to call for change in his country, which has been ruled for more than three decades by President Robert Mugabe and is beset by chronic economic problems. |
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Members of the South Walker Baptist Church led by pastor Mark Carroll, center, pray at the conclusion of what is normally a time for bible study, but which became an informal talk about experiences during the flood in Walker, La., Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. |
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WE must speak out and defend the poor, defend democracy and the tenets of good governance, says Ndola’s Church of all Nations pastor Timothy Chisala. Reflecting on last week’s general elections, pastor Chisala said the opposition still had work to do for the Zambian people and advised them not to.... |
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– Pastor Kumuyi said Nigeria would get to its desired destination. – He stated that the current harsh economic situation was only for a while. – Governor Udom of Akwa Ibom was optimistic that the nation would soon get over its present economic hardship. |
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By Monsuru Olowoopejo The Nigerian Army and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC have uncovered another illegal oil well in Lagos State. This came barely two weeks after the police and other security agencies discovered about 10 houses on Ibadan and Abeokuta streets in.... |
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Nigerians in Nigeria could not win anything due to poor motivation, poor incentives, poor facilities for their training, etc. But Nigerians who are representing other countries who value their athletes and provide them with conducive atmosphere to excel are performing excellently. |
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The Enugu State Police Command has nabbed a suspected fake prophecy syndicate that specialises in working with owners of churches to confirm prophecies in order to win more members for such churches. This is contained in a statement signed by the command's spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, in Enugu on Sunday. |
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By Monsuru Olowoopejo The Nigerian Army and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC have uncovered another illegal oil well in Lagos State. This came barely two weeks after the police and other security agencies discovered about 10 houses on Ibadan and Abeokuta streets in.... |
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"I happened to find this old bible - 1864 - in Chattanooga at an antique store. The look just got me. It was just really beautiful, the leather cover and how it was embossed and it had this great latch. And that's just from the outside," Whitten said on the Afternoon News Wrap with Russell Brown on Monday. |
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Some kids in Raleigh spent their Sunday splashing away before summer vacation ends in about a week. A Raleigh church held its annual community event and invited members and nearby residents to head outdoors for some fun. Driven Church pulled out all the stops including a.... |
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‘The spontaneous acts we are witnessing now may escalate into mass uprisings.’ A national ‘shutdown’ strike closed many businesses, shops and schools last week, with public transport and some government departments and courts also ceasing to function. The strike followed days of sporadic protests.... |
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HARARE – The question that was being asked and debated the most by many Zimbabweans, after long-suffering citizens staged the biggest general strike ever mounted in the history of the country yesterday, was whether the unprecedented stay-away marked the beginning of the end for President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF. |
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The International Institute of Philanthropy (IPZ) conferred Zivhu, the Zanu (PF) chairperson for Chivi Rural District Council, with an honorary Doctorate of Human Letters at a colourful ceremony on Wednesday, ostensibly in recognition of his contribution to “various philanthropic works countrywide. |
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From a symbol of resistance and hope, a pastor who galvanised thousands of Zimbabweans into anti-government action has become a subject of derision, fighting accusations of being a coward. Evan Mawarire became an instant hero after he organised this southern African country's biggest shutdown.... |
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Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu. A five-man suspected fake prophecy syndicate has been nabbed by the Enugu State Police Command. According to a statement from the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, the syndicate specialized in working with some owners of religious ministries to confirm.... |
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By Bouddih Adams Standards in all walks of life in Cameroon have nose-dived and can be said to have ended up in a broken nose today, to the extent that the stench emanating from the decay thus caused cannot be perceived. Good practices and good governance, which used to be the hallmark of.... |
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SEVERAL Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) supporters have been hospitalised following suspected retributive attacks by people believed to be Zanu PF supporters, who accused them of attending former Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s campaign rally in Harare last Saturday.
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It looks like the Mugabe regime is preparing for a final looting spree to mop up the dollars remaining in the economy. Despite earlier denials the Reserve Bank Governor, John Mangudya, has now admitted that the bond notes piling up at the bank will be used to pay wages. |
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Share This Story Debbie Bryce, Idaho State Journal Mariah Evans makes sure that her 6-year-old nephew Kaden Evans pays attention while picking out a new backpack at the Back 2 School Giveaway at the Gate City Christian Church at 202 W. Siphon Road on Saturday. | Doug Lindley, Idaho State Journal. |
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*27-year-old Jackline Mwende is sharing her horrendous tale of domestic violence and mutilation at the hands of her husband, 35-year-old Mwende tells the Los Angeles Times that Ngila attacked her with a machete, slashing her face and hacking off her hands, enraged because she hadn’t produced children in nearly five years of marriage. |
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Greater Manchester is benefitting from the ‘Bake Off’ effect with 27 per cent more specialist bakeries now than in 2010. © Provided by Manchester Evening News © Provided by Manchester Evening News. Figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed the number of businesses across the.... |
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Greater Manchester is benefiting from the ‘Bake Off’ effect with 27 per cent more specialist bakeries now than in 2010. Figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed the number of businesses across the country that are involved in either the manufacture or retail sale of baked goods such as bread, pastry and cakes. |
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