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Copyright (c) 2017 Baptist Press . Reprinted from Baptist Press (www.baptistpress.com), news service of the Southern Baptist Convention . The original story can be found at http://www.bpnews.net/49368/from-the-states-ga-calif-and-texas-evangelismmissions-news-what-we-really-hope-and-pray-to-do-is-impact-their-lives-for-christ by Staff, posted Tuesday, August 15, 2017 (11 days ago) Today's From the States features items from: The Christian Index (Georgia) California Southern Baptist Southern Baptist TEXAN ********** Ga. literacy missions bringing Gospel to refugees, immigrants By Joe Westbury CARROLLTON, Ga. (The Christian Index) -- For Annette Ingram, it began when she drove by a low- income apartment complex and saw a large sign that said, " Free ESL Classes ." That piqued her interest because she was already certified as an English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) instructor through the State of Florida when she served in the DeSoto County public schools . ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The man accused of plowing a car into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Virginia had been photographed hours earlier carrying the emblem of one of the hate groups that participated in the event. Vanguard America on Sunday denied any association with the suspect, even as a separate hate group involved in Saturday’s rally pledged on social media to organize future events that would be “bigger than Charlottesville.” The mayor of Charlottesville and political leaders of all political stripes vowed to combat the hate groups and urged President Donald Trump to forcefully denounce the organizations that had promoted the protest against the removal of a Confederate statue. Some of those groups specifically cited Trump ’s election after a campaign of racially charged rhetoric as validation of their beliefs. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced late Saturday that federal authorities would pursue a civil rights investigation into the circums...