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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

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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.
      RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Three Americans were killed and another wounded Monday, Dec. 30, when a lone gunman attacked a Baptist mission hospital in Jibla, Yemen.      Hospital administrator William E. Koehn, business manager Kathleen A. Gariety, and nurse Martha C. Myers were killed and pharmacist Donald W. Caswell was injured in the early morning attack.       While initial reports from the scene are sketchy, the Americans were involved in a meeting at the beginning of the work day at the hospital. A single gunman burst into the room and opened fire.

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.

Fielding questions

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RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Jerry Rankin president of the International Mission Board, left, and Larry Cox, vice president of the Office of Mobilization, field reporter's questions about the situation in Yemen during a Monday morning press conference Dec. 30. Stand-alone photo.

‘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.