From the monthly archives:
Medical teams to lead Haiti response
Jan. 26, 2010
By Barbara Denman
HIALEAH, Fla. (BP)–The joint Southern Baptist response to the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake will launch in the coming week with four “strategically selected” medical teams, leaders of the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Network decided Jan. 26 at the Florida Urban Impact Center in Hialeah, Fla.
Plans to [...]
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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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The following article highlights the increasing role of film in connecting a younger generation with global missions. Some of the films featured at Urbana include the following.
Missionary Films
“Li Yang”
Missionaries working in China’s underground church – 6 feature films
deidox.com
“The Last Letter”
Missionaries working in Burma, Nairobi and Memphis – six short films
thelastletter.org
“Hearing Everett”
A missionary family educates deaf [...]
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Avery Willis, giant of Southern Baptist missions, diagnosed with leukemia Print E-mail By Bob Allen Wednesday, January 06, 2010 BELLA VISTA, Ark. (ABP)
– Avery Willis, a former Southern Baptist missionary and administrator best known as developer of the MasterLife discipleship materials used around the [...]
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