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HENRICO, Va. (BP) – A newly approved malaria vaccine for children may help Southern Baptists spread the Gospel in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions where the mosquito-borne infection is most ....
+ HENRICO, Va. (BP) – In its ninth year, a partnership between the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) and the Ghana Baptist Convention is looking to decrease the number of malaria cases even more while increasing the number of church plants. More Than Nets began as a multi-year partnership between the two Baptist groups in 2013 – a couple of years after BGAV leaders visited Ghana to determine the country’s most pressing physical need. “In 2010 our executive director, John Upton, came to the Mission Development staff and challenged us,” said Dean Miller, BGAV Mission Development staff coordinator. “He wanted us to find an area of the world where Virginia Baptists could have a strategic, sustained focus. Our team kept watch for what God would bring forward.” ....