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		<title>Biennial Day Three Live Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2011/06/biennial-day-three-live-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Session 3:55 p.m. Session ended. 3:54 p.m. Statement #4 has a speaking for the Statement of Concern. Statement passed. I did see one or two people against this one on war. 3:49 p.m. Statement #3 passed. 3:47 p.m. Statement #2 passed. 3:43 p.m. Statement of Concern presenting.  Voting with no speakers for or against. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biennial Day Two: Bylaw Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[3:36 p.m. In recess till tomorrow. 3:32 p.m. Frank Christine Jr. recognized as out going President. Ballot results will be announced tomorrow. 3:27 p.m. 2010 Audit Report 3:25 p.m. Ballots being submitted. 3:22 p.m. Rev. David Gregg speaking for the motion. Two supportive reasons: First, problems with public witness statements are not important enough to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biennial Pics Day One</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2011/06/biennial-pics-day-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day One: &#160; &#160; &#160; http://www.flickr.com/photos/64437656@N02/ #celebrate11]]></description>
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		<title>Biennial: Day One</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2011/06/biennial-day-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[6:45 p.m. Major internet outage. Here are my notes from the afternoon celebration: Rev. Dr. Gary Nelson, a Baptist: &#160; 1950’s 75% of people thought it was a good idea to go to church. Less than 10% of urban Canadians now attend Now, Canadians not mad 80% believe in God but 83% believe in God. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Social Media in Puerto Rico</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2011/06/my-social-media-in-puerto-rico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the blog this week as I will be live blogging at the American Baptist Churches Biennial in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For you Baptist folks, or observers, I&#8217;ll give all the live coverage of events, business meetings, votes, and festivities. In addition, I&#8217;m giving an interactive lecture on social media entitled, &#8220;Sink or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blogger: Tripp Hudgins the AngloBaptist</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2010/07/guest-blogger-tripp-hudgins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part III: Sacrament vs. Ordinance: Guest Blogger, Tripp Hudgins (AngloBaptist).  Check out Part I &#38; Part II. Alan generously asked me to participate in this blog series on Baptist sacramentality and immediately I said yes. I wanted to chime in. But it took me a while to figure out how I could share my thoughts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti Hits Home</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2010/01/haiti-hits-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The destruction in Haiti continues to sadden and compel people to give.  Over $50 million has been given from &#8220;text giving&#8221; and tens of millions of dollars continue to flow into relief agencies.  The Haiti earthquake had a personal connection for me and for the people of our church.  One of our members, Jude Pierre, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Denominational Leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2009/12/adventures-in-denominational-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2009/12/adventures-in-denominational-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday it was announced in church that I accepted an invitation to serve on the General Board of the American Baptist Churches U.S.A.  I will be one of three New York State American Baptist representatives that will represent our region on the denomination&#8217;s leadership board.  No, I&#8217;m going anywhere.  I&#8217;m still serving as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports of the Demise of Mainline Churches Have Been Greatly Exaggerated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fresh report from the Barna Group has yielded some surprising results: Mainline churches are not dying! I should be honest with you, nation wide, mainline churches are not growing either.  In the past decade, the six mainline church denominations (American Baptist Churches in the USA, Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America;  Presbyterian Church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Biennial News</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2009/07/more-biennial-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2009/07/more-biennial-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems the fallout from the American Baptist Churches Biennial in Pasadena, continues to make press.  The Associate Baptist Press reported on the biennial and gave some interesting insights on the biennial and on the failed bylaw changes vote .   I want to highlight the major points in the article. Delegates, meeting in Pasadena, Calif., [...]]]></description>
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