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The Rev. Dr. Guy Sayles is pastor of First Baptist Church, Asheville, N.C., a member of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
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The Rev. Dr. Guy Sayles is pastor of First Baptist Church, Asheville, N.C., a member of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
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Rev. Dr. Guy Sayles - Day1 Podcast Extra - 2006
The Rev. Dr. Guy Sayles (CBF)In this Day1 Podcast Extra, the Rev. Dr. Guy Sayles, pastor of First Baptist Church, Asheville, North Carolina, shares his experiences and insights on preaching.
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We Will Be Like Jesus
1 John 3:1-7
Third Sunday of Easter - Year B
April 30, 2006
The Rev. Dr. Guy Sayles (CBF)A dozen years ago this month, a campaign of vicious genocidal slaughter began in Rwanda. In just three months, 850,000 Rwandans were killed. Theologian and ethicist David Gushee asked how such brutality could have occurred in "the most Christianized country in Africa." Churches, seminaries, schools and benevolent organizations were scattered all over the country. Ninety percent of Rwandans claimed to be Christians. "And yet," Gushee writes, "all of that Christianity did not prevent genocide, a genocide which church officials did little to resist, in which a large number of Christians participated, and in which, according to African Rights, 'more people died in churches and parishes than anywhere else.'" (David P. Gushee, "Church Failure, Remembering Rwanda" in The Christian Century, April 20, 2004, p. 28)
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