From the category archives:
Today I interviewed Josie Gabdon, an IMB medical strategist in Asia. She shared with me about an important Global Medical Alliance meeting scheduled for July 8-11 at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, GA. It is important to note that April 1 is the deadline for the discounted rate.
This is a medical gathering of international allied [...]
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I’m involved in a seminary PhD course in which students have been bouncing around ideas regarding the kind of bold leadership that our next three agency heads need to take. It’s easy to make a disclaimer on ideas that come out of a class of a bunch of seminary students, so if these are too [...]
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Rufus Anderson is known as the Grand Strategist of American Missions.
From 1832 to 1875 he served as the foreign secretary or leader of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Anderson was a student of mission policy and strategy. He was (you guessed it) the equivalent of a denominational missions leader – an administrator. [...]
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This story, along with many others at CommissionStories.com gives a telling picture of the day-to-day realities in disaster areas around the world. Volunteers are there making a difference.
‘No bottled answers:’
Haitians ask volunteers ‘what do I do’ now?
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What do I do?” the Haitian man asked helplessly. The Jan. 12 earthquake had destroyed [...]
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The attached video (to the right of this front-page posting) tells the story of Shadi, an indigenous Christian in Gaza who chooses against all odds to live out his faith in a very volatile setting. His pastor was recently murdered and thrown into an empty field. Muslim children at the school where Shadi teaches are [...]
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Haiti conditions bad, but relief pipeline opening
Jan. 21, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Conditions on the ground in Haiti are very difficult, a member of Southern Baptists’ [...]
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Major aftershock hits Haiti
Jan. 20, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The five-member BGR assessment team is on the ground in Haiti, driving toward Port-au-Prince. They are accompanied by Mark Rutledge, who has 26 [...]
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So…what is your church doing about Haiti?
Here’s what our small, 1 year old church did. We are mostly and African American congregation with about 40 solid members and about 80 in attendance on a good Sunday. Our offerings will vary from $400 to $1000 on an given Sunday. We don’t have a lot of expenses [...]
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Haiti pastor among the dead
Baptist Convention of Haiti vice president reports Bienne Lamerique, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Port-au-Prince, died after house collapse.
Haitian Baptist pastor reported victim of quake
By Maria Elena Baseler
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — The devastating earthquake that shook Haiti Jan. 12 has claimed the life of a leading Haitian Baptist pastor in [...]
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First the January 2nd earthquake in Tajikistan…now a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. Devastation – destruction – the need for a response.
Having been on the ground within the first week after the Tsunami in Sumatra, I know the feeling of helplessness combined with an overwhelming compulsion to act. Thank the Lord that Christians see such desperation [...]
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