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First Baptist Is Still Elevating Him Anyway. — The Berean Examiner Timothy D. Price III used his ministry position to isolate a 12-year-old parishioner and pleaded guilty to second-degree rape. Hours before publication, FGBCFI canceled his installation as Missouri state overseer and removed him from all jurisdictional posts. 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