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		<title>Hotels in Boise, ID</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Summit Church (1) - Biennial Venue 10375 Overland Road Boise, ID 83709 (208) 375-4031 email: Office@SummitChurchBoise.org Hilton Garden Inn Boise Spectrum (2) &#8211; HOST HOTEL 7699 West Spectrum Street Boise, ID 83709 Phone 208-376-1000 Fax 208-321-7916 $79/night plus 13% tax One king or two queen beds Complimentary breakfast Book from this website: http://bit.ly/9MA1Kw by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biennial Workshops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ROUND 1: FRIDAY 2:30 – 3:45 PM GROW LARGE BY GROWING SMALL—MODERN SMALL GROUP MINISTRY Rusty Strickler, Jim Amend, Andy Boettcher THE PRESENT-FUTURE SHIFT—IMPACTING YOUR   COMMUNITY Jim Steiner SPIRIT-EMPOWERED MINISTRY—THE ROLE OF PRAYER &#38; THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOUR CHURCH Way Fine SIMPLE CHURCH GOVERNANCE—ONE BOARD SYSTEM John Duckworth FROM STAGNATION TO HEALTHY GROWTH Charles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://abcnw.org/biennial-workshops/</link>
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		<title>Biennial Schedule 2010</title>
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		<link>http://abcnw.org/biennial-schedule-2010/</link>
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		<title>Biennial Invitation from ABCNW Executive Minister</title>
		<description><![CDATA[God is on the move among the American Baptist Churches of the Northwest. Churches are transforming, leaders are growing, and we’re planting new churches. The result is that the lost are being found, and the found are growing in their relationship with Jesus Christ. But I will be the first to say that this work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://abcnw.org/biennial-invitation-from-abcnw-executive-minister/</link>
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		<title>Haiti Earthquake Relief Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2/25 Update: from Angela Sudermann via Gene Gentry 2/10 New Flyer: Haiti Earthquake Crisis American Baptist Report for Early February (English) &#8212;Spanish Version 1/28 Update: International Ministries Missionaries Provide Emergency Medical Care 1/20 Aftershock Update: A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 AM today. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the epicenter was about 35 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://abcnw.org/haiti-earthquake-relief-update/</link>
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		<title>Letter from Gene Gentry on Haiti Relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends: I feel that you pastors I talked to on Tuesday (LLC) and others that want updates on what is going on can benefit from this update.  Some of the details are not pleasant but there is progress being made and the start of a vision of what teams might be doing.   If someone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://abcnw.org/letter-from-gene-gentry-on-haiti-relief/</link>
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		<title>International Ministries Missionaries Provide Emergency Medical Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by James G. Layton American Baptist International Ministries (IM) missionaries have responded to the immediate medical needs resulting from the January 12 Haiti earthquake.  Dr. Steve James, IM missionary in Haiti, and Kristy Engel, IM missionary in the Dominican Republic, have created response teams and ministered to earthquake victims in Christianville and Port-au-Prince. James’ work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://abcnw.org/international-ministries-missionaries-provide-emergency-medical-care/</link>
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		<title>Encouraging Personal Evangelism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Charles Revis, Executive Minister, ABC of the Northwest During the last six years, or more, I&#8217;ve urged pastors and leaders to move their churches in an externally focused direction. Our pastors have read books that describe what this looks like. These have included: The Externally Focused Church by Rusaw, Breaking the Missional Code by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://abcnw.org/encouraging-personal-evangelism/</link>
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		<title>God Sent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Charles Revis, Executive Minister, ABC of the Northwest He was sent from God. He was not sent to shed new light on the human condition. He was not sent to be the greatest of all moral examples. He was not sent to point us towards some inner spark of divinity already residing within us. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://abcnw.org/god-sent/</link>
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		<title>Thankful For a Community of Faith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Charles Revis, Executive Minister, ABC of the Northwest Although Thanksgiving has passed, the practice of thanksgiving continues. Scripture encourages us be thankful in all things. The national emphasis spotlights a normative spiritual discipline, reminding us to be people who are grateful every day. As I read comments posted on Facebook on Thanksgiving I was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://abcnw.org/thankful-for-a-community-of-faith/</link>
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