Jon Powell

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Can't we just get these people together?"

That's the question Jon Powell asked a prosecutor during a juvenile court case. Powell, a Buies Creek attorney, was frustrated at his inability to help the young people involved in the case.

Leaders of the Juvenile Justice Project at Campbell University School of Law say the program and others like it have helped victims and offenders. Here are some of their stories.

Laura Cuthbertson works on a patient.

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Residents of Grifton have seen thousands of North Carolina Baptists at work since Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Based at the Grifton Mission Ministry warehouse, Baptist volunteers have helped rebuild homes, churches and families. Residents of Grifton have seen thousands of North Carolina Baptists at work since Hurricane Floyd in 1999.

Dennis and Sherrie Meilstrup

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ROCKVILLE, Va. - Trustees of the International Mission Board (IMB) created a task force to examine future directions for Southern Baptists' 163-year-old missions enterprise during their June 23-25 meeting at the International Learning Center in Rockville, Va.

LONDON - Despite controversy earlier this year, thousands of Bibles and Gospel booklets will be distributed to athletes and visitors at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing - with the approval of the Chinese government.

ASHEVILLE - A Baptist minister with ties to churches in Asheville and Mars Hill was sentenced June 25 to six years in prison.

Larry Hovis

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ATLANTA - In response to controversial comments at the recent Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) General Assembly, a group of younger CBF supporters has called for an end to "old rhetoric" and for renewed attention to the world's needs.

Madison, WI - Carl and Raylene Worthington are facing charges of manslaughter and criminal neglect in Oregon for the death of their 14-month-old infant daughter, Ava, from pneumonia and a blood infection.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International marked nearly 15 years of rapid growth June 24 by consecrating nine new bishops and celebrating its blend of black Baptist and Pentecostal theology.

First Baptist Church, High Point, member Dennis Faye cleans old insulation from the burned home of Lee and Chris Griffith.

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HIGH POINT - Rebuilding Lee and Chris Griffith's fire-damaged home has been much slower than a project by TV's "Extreme Home Makeover" crew but the spirit of a community "coming together" to help a family in need is hard to top.

The restoration project has brought many volunteers from different segments of the community together. "I've never been so 'awed' - that's the only word I can think of," said Chris Griffith. "Most of these people (who are helping) didn't even know us," she said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hamid Shabanov, a Baptist pastor in Aliabad in the Central Asian country of Azerbaijan, was arrested June 20.

BR in Belize

Managing Editor Steve DeVane is on mission in Belize with his church, Memorial Baptist Church in Buies Creek, and his two daughters. They will be building and conducting Bible classes in Belize. Read his daily blog HERE.