FLORIDA (BP) -- Mark MacDonald walked around his Jacksonville home Monday morning (Sept. 11) assessing the damage done by Hurricane Irma. "Our roof is leaking and a few trees are down," MacDonald said. "I was curious as to how our neighbors were doing …. Their garden was completely torn to shreds. It's not ideal, but it really could have been worse for us. We're all thankful to God for that." Monday, Sept. 11, MacDonald will be working on his own home and aiding his neighbors. But as … [Read more...]
At least 13 killed, 50 injured in Barcelona terror attack
BARCELONA, Spain (BP) – At least 13 people were killed and 50 others injured when a driver plowed a van into pedestrians in Barcelona Spain this afternoon (Aug. 17) in what police classified as terror, according to media reports. At least 13 people were killed and 50 others injured when a driver plowed a van into pedestrians in Barcelona Spain this afternoon (Aug. 17) in what police classified as terror, according to media reports. In the quickly developing story, Spanish police … [Read more...]
Africa missionaries embrace children’s home ministry
THOMASVILLE, N.C. (BP) – Kim and Jay Smith spent 26 years sharing the Gospel as missionaries in West Africa. Today, they continue to share Christ's love as cottage parents with the Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina where they care for as many as 12 girls at BCH's Mills Home in Thomasville. "It's still a mission field but a different mission field," Kim says. Her husband agrees. "We love these girls with the love of God just as we loved the people in West Africa." Before … [Read more...]
N.M. village’s Baptists see CP as missions priority
CUBA, N.M. (BP) – The multicultural mix of 750 people in the small, arid village of Cuba, N.M., is one of the qualities that drew Stephen Reynolds to pastor First Baptist Church there. The village off busy U.S. 550 draws the Navajo and Jicarilla Apache Native Americans and others from 30 square miles of high desert lands. "The minority culture is white," Reynolds told Baptist Press. "There's Hispanic from Spanish [descent] and Navajo culture." The native Mississippian and his wife … [Read more...]
Small Puxico church displays heart for missions
MOLDOVA – As one of the smaller former Soviet states, Moldova is an easy nation to overlook. Not for Lewis Scott of Brush Creek Mission Baptist Church in Puxico. Scott will return for his fifth trip to tiny country wedged between Romania and Ukraine later this month as part of an IGO Missions health clinic trip. Scott partners with a local Baptist congregation in a series strategic cities and towns. Each clinic is preceded by an evangelistic crusade where people sign up for a time … [Read more...]
MBC partnership enables Emmaus KC to train pastors, reach community, send out church planter
KANSAS CITY – Emmaus Church in Kansas City launched on January 4, 2015 with 35 people. Seven of those were pastoral residents, learning how to plant a church by planting with experienced planter, Joshua Hedger. Two and a half years later, Emmaus is averaging 186 in attendance and has 110 covenant members. Through this season of growth, it became more evident that the location they had planted in was not going to be their long-term location. On July 23rd, 2017 Emmaus had their first … [Read more...]
Baptist Global Response celebrates 10th anniversary
NASHVILLE (BP) – Baptist Global Response (BGR) is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in a big way -- with a campaign to raise $100,000 for people in need. A woman in Lesotho celebrates when Baptist Global Response distributes bags of seed in her village. Since 2007, the humanitarian aid organization has been partnering with Southern Baptist donors to fund disaster relief and community development projects around the world. And, BGR hopes to celebrate the milestone in August by … [Read more...]
BGR’s Palmer casts partnership vision
JEFFERSON CITY – Baptist Global Response took on 283 projects in the name of humanitarian aid last year, many in areas that are officially closed to the gospel. Yet despite that and despite nearly a quarter of a million people hearing the good news through their work, many Baptists are unaware of BGR’s work and mission. The president of Baptist Global Response, Jeff Palmer, spoke in mid-Missouri twice in late July, once at the Baptist Building July 22 and at Review Baptist Church, Osage … [Read more...]
Fight against trafficking gains House support
WASHINGTON (BP) – A deeply divided U.S. House of Representatives has found at least one issue it can agree on across the board – combating human trafficking. The House has approved more than a dozen anti-trafficking bills in recent weeks, with only three votes total against the proposals. Leading a trio of three measures passed July 12 was the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Act, comprehensive legislation authorizing more than $500 million for four years … [Read more...]
Parents fight for baby Gard’s life
LONDON (BP) – The heart-wrenching case of a British infant with a genetic disease has triggered an international discussion about who should make end-of-life decisions for children. The parents of 11-month-old Charlie Gard, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, have exhausted all their appeals in a court battle seeking to allow the terminally ill child to receive an experimental treatment. London's Great Ormond Street Hospital announced July 7 it would reconsider its decision to turn off life … [Read more...]
Baptist Global Response leader coming to Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY – The president of Southern Baptists’ international relief agency is headed to Jefferson City. Jeff Palmer, the president of Baptist Global Response, will speak at a dinner July 22 at 5 p.m. hosted by Riverview Baptist Church in Osage Beach and the Missouri Baptist Convention. Palmer will share the organization’s vision and strategy, as well as partnership opportunities for churches and individuals to provide disaster relief and community development assistance to those … [Read more...]
IMB now on ‘firm ground,’ Platt reports to trustees
PHOENIX (BP) – Through Southern Baptists’ “faithful, generous and consistent giving” of more than $98 million to the Cooperative Program and approximately $153 million to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, the International Mission Board has reached financially stability, IMB President David Platt told the entity’s trustees June 12. “That’s breathtaking: over $250 million given from Southern Baptist churches for the spread of the Gospel among the nations,” Platt said. “And as a result … [Read more...]
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