News Articles by Bill Bangham

CLEM, Ga. (BP)--Beyond the bypass, the two-lane snakes out of Carrollton into the rolling west Georgia countryside. A smaller road that breaks off to the right takes you to the four-way marking the crossroads community of Clem.
      A large white structure crowns a hill across from the intersection. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church is a congregation on mission with God.

      CHIANG MAI, Thailand (BP)--Each year, Buddhists in Thailand gather to celebrate the ancient festival of Loi Krathong. Originally a tribute to Me Khongkha, Mother of Waters, the ceremony has evolved into a rite of cleansing in which the Thai seek forgiveness for the past year's sins.
      Considered one of the most beautiful festivals in Thailand, Loi Krathong is marked by floating candles and paper lanterns on rivers and irrigation canals and by launching paper lanterns -- small hot-air balloons -- into the November night sky.

EDITORS’ NOTE: Refugees from the war in Kosovo have gone home. To pick up their shattered lives. To rebuild amidst the ashes of their homes and communities. The first Baptist workers are there. Sharing food. Winterizing damaged homes. Offering warm blankets for the harsh winter ahead. Telling about another One who had no place to […]

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BP)–The sun is but a memory. Jerry Worley pauses for prayer with her translator, Vedrana Peka, then drives the steep, winding roads leading into the hills that cradle Sarajevo below. From here, the lights of the city wink like a faceted jewel. Houses and shops crowd the narrow lanes. Buses and cars squeeze […]

PARTLOW, Va. (BP)--Traffic roars along the interstate off to the east, but only an occasional car stirs the dust on the rural byway against which Wallers Baptist Church has nestled for 227 years.