Medical teams to lead Haiti response
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 ...
Haiti relief changing lives, Floridian says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (BP)–As he left the airport in Port-au-Prince, Joseph Gaston saw a desperate young woman, begging for help. When Gaston talked with her, he learned she had lost her father, mother and brother in the Jan. 12 earthquake. Filled with compassion, Gaston shared the Gospel and urged her to “have courage” that God would […]
In Haiti, Fla. workers move into action
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (BP)--A four-member Florida Baptist Convention assessment team was awakened by the 6.1-magnitude temblor that added to the agonies of Haitians ...
Haitian orphans added to Baptist plans
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--Florida Baptists have opened a second ministry initiative –- to Haitian orphans and refugees –- following the catastrophic earthquake of Jan. 12.
Rice for Haiti links Fla. & Ark.
STUTTGART, Ark. (BP)–Twenty dollars is all it takes to buy a 100-pound bag of rice to feed a family of four for “a long time in Haiti,” said John Sullivan, executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention, who is spearheading the convention’s efforts to get food to the earthquake-damaged nation. Soon after the catastrophic 7.0 […]
Fla. workers safe; guesthouse damaged
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (BP)–All native Haitian missionaries serving as employees of the Florida Baptist Convention have survived the earthquake and are believed to be assessing damage within their churches and communities. “These men have been trained in disaster relief by the Florida Baptist Convention,” said John Sullivan, executive director-treasurer. “They know their country, their people and […]
18 Fla. Conv. staff remain unaccounted for
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--Prayers are being urged for the 18 Florida Baptist Convention employees in Haiti who have not been heard from after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the impoverished nation Jan. 12. Three of the 21 Haitians employed by the state convention have been found ...
Haiti partnership ready for Fla. DR
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--Florida Baptists, who have had a 15-year partnership with Haitian Baptists, have placed the state convention's disaster relief team and resources on alert to travel into Haiti as soon as transportation and safety arrangements are in place, John Sullivan, executive director-treasurer of the convention, reported.
Retia Dukes dies after 4 month battle
NEW ORLEANS (BP)–After fighting for her life for four months, Retia Dukes died Monday from injuries sustained when she and her husband, Jimmy Dukes, were struck by a vehicle in April. She was 68. The Dukeses were crossing the street from the main campus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to the school’s Providence Guest […]
Sid Smith, African American pioneer, dies
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--Southern Baptist African American pioneer Sid Smith died during his sleep April 8 at his home in Jacksonville, Fla. He suffered from ongoing heart problems and congestive heart failure.
