As 3 slain colleagues laid to rest, co-workers see ongoing ministry
SANAA, Yemen (BP)--International Mission Board workers in Yemen are grieving the deaths of three colleagues, but they are more convinced than ever that God is working in Yemeni hearts.
2 slain Baptist workers buried on hospital grounds in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (BP)--If the gunman who murdered three Christian workers Dec. 30 in Jibla, Yemen, intended to take their lives, he did not succeed, one of their co-workers said on the day two of the victims were buried in the Middle Eastern country.
Video clip pays tribute to slain hospital workers
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--A short video honoring the three Southern Baptist hospital workers who were shot and killed in Yemen Dec. 30 has been posted on the International Mission Board's website.
Three killed, one injured in attack on Baptist hospital in Yemen
Site of tragedy The Jibla Baptist Hospital, situated in the mountains of southwest Yemen, was the site where a lone gunman killed three Southern Baptist representatives Dec. 30. |
SBC president calls murdered IMB workers martyrs for Christ
PLANO, Texas (BP)--Southern Baptist Convention President Jack Graham said the three International Mission Board personnel slain Dec. 30 in Yemen are "heroes and martyrs" for the cause of Christ.
Chapman urges Christians to pray for IMB workers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Christians everywhere should be reminded of the importance of praying diligently for those who serve Christ in the insecure places of the earth, according to Morris H. Chapman, president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.
‘Grieved’ by killings, but ministry will go on, IMB president vows
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Shaken by the killing of three Southern Baptist medical workers in Yemen and the wounding of another, International Mission Board President Jerry Rankin promised that ministry in Yemen and other dangerous places will continue.
White House condemns murders, Falwell blasts national media
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The White House strongly condemned the murders of three Southern Baptist workers and the wounding of another during a Dec. 30 attack on the Jibla Baptist Hospital in Yemen.