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GRAFTON E. KEENEY, “Lindy,” died on July 9 in Birmingham, Ala.

Asian churches in the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware are invited to a special Concert of Prayer on Sept. 12, 6-9 p.m. at Hanuri Korean Church, 800 Randolph Road in Silver Spring, Md.

The three-day “Victory Weekend” (Sept. 24-26) at Dover Downs International Speedway promises to be an incredible opportunity for Christian families to come, have fun and be a ministry to many people who may have never set foot in a church. If you can’t make it out all three days, don’t worry! They want you to come when you can, and believe me, you won’t want to miss a second!

Just in time for the upcoming elections, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberties Commission and the North American Mission Board has partnered together to urge Southern Baptists to participate in a “40/40 Prayer Vigil” for spiritual revival and national renewal.

Cardboard boat regattas, wacky wigs, a zorb coaster, which World of Weird Sports defines as “the sport of rolling down a hill at speed inside a giant inflatable ball,” Damascus Road, the seven-story waterslide, and Peter, “the reCHARGE” reporter, plus intense worship, incredibly gifted youth speakers and extreme Bible devotions on a mountainside in Western Maryland equals Amped, the new student ministry of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware (BCM/D).

My husband and I have been in ministry for five years. While we have had many blessed days in ministry, more recently as we have tried to make some changes, the church just seems toxic and I worry about its impact on our family. How can we learn to survive in such an environment?