In inner-city Lima, Peru, ‘Urban Hope’ opens its doors
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| Kentucky State University volunteer team members (from left) Mikel Robinson, Todd Quire, Kim Sangtai, Quentin Roberts and Cornelius Gibson pray at the start of their prayerwalk around the inner city of Lima, Peru. Photo by Kyle Kurlick |
Gina and her husband Quentin are the first Southern Baptist missionaries to target drug addicts, prostitutes and the poor in the Lima’s inner city.
Peruvian Baptist pastor helps plant 5 churches
LIMA, Peru (BP)--Developing local church leaders can be one of the biggest challenges for missionaries because it takes a lot of time, training and patience.
Tsunami victims say ‘thank you’ to Southern Baptists
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| Weeset, a Thai fisherman, stands with his wife and son at their newly built house on the southern coast of Thailand. Their home is located in Ban Nam Kem, just north of Khao Lak, where more than 5,000 Thais lost their lives in the tsunami. Southern Baptists responded there by building hundreds of boats and houses for tsunami victims. |
There are constant reminders of the day family, friends, homes and businesses were lost. But many survivors have found hope through the Southern Baptist Convention. In a new website ...
Kids inspire church to dig a little deeper for Lottie Moon
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| Members of the children’s church hold up signs of each continent during a recent Sunday morning worship service. Seven of the children volunteered to take a sign home and pray for the people living on that continent. |
The children’s church from Iglesia Bautista de Washington stood at the front of the sanctuary. As they began singing, seven of them lifted large, multi-colored pieces of cardboard above their heads. Each piece bore the name of a different continent.
Sonicflood tour starts with hit show in S.C.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (BP)--The lights dimmed as the familiar intro to “Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord” began. Screams from nearly 1,200 high school and college students filled the air as Sonicflood ran energetically onto the stage beginning their first-ever missions-oriented tour. The packed Lightsey Chapel Auditorium at Charleston (S.C.) Southern University Aug. 27 was the first of 58 tour venues in 23 states and Canada.
Sonicflood missions tour headed to 50-plus cities
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--“Raise your songs of praise / In every tongue in every nation / Your kingdom come this generation” –- so goes the song “This Generation.” A call to missions has been Sonicflood’s message since their debut in 1999.
