Katie Harris

Missions Team Leader: Katie Harris
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Bachelor of Arts from Western Carolina University (2003);
Masters of Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (2005)

Katie joined the associational team in January 2006 after completing her degree at Southwestern. Her husband, Brian Harris, is a sales associate and installer for Future Energy Company in Shelby. They are both active members at Eastside Baptist Church (Shelby) where they work with the youth.

Katie enjoys reading, movies, and traveling.

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Rick Warren, others, credit Anabaptists
Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of "The Purpose Driven Life," says that the 16th-century Anabaptists shaped his Purpose Driven model for the church. More than 500 students, faculty members and guests from around the world attended the "Anabaptism and Contemporary Baptists" conference at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where Warren joined prominent Anabaptist historian Abraham Friesen as a featured speaker.
FIRST-PERSON: The president, abortion & religious liberty in peril
The Obama administration's decision to require religious institutions to cover abortion-inducing contraceptives amounts to the trampling of religious liberty "under the feet of the leviathan state," says columnist R. Albert Mohler Jr.
Hispanic ministries adjust to immigration law
Hispanic ministries in Alabama adjust to ramifications of the state's immigration law that went into effect last fall.
True Love Waits marks February for purity
In February, many churches hold annual True Love Waits ceremonies for young people who make commitments to remain abstinent until their wedding day.
New Orleans pastor, Crosby, to nominate Luter
Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention by David E. Crosby, pastor of First Baptist Church in New Orleans. Crosby said the election of Luter "as the first African American president of the SBC will send a great, hopeful, powerful message to our city, our culture, our convention and our country."
GuideStone: Obama mandate violates religious liberty
The Southern Baptist Convention's benefits entity has joined the growing chorus of evangelical and Roman Catholic voices publicly protesting the Obama administration's mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives, including ones that can cause abortions. "This encroachment of religious freedom is blatant and outrageous and should be taken seriously by those of us who are part of the body of believers, as well as by others who respect and regard this nation's history and constitutional foundation," GuideStone President O.S. Hawkins said in a written statement.

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