Bill Taylor to help NAMB mobilize Christian educators
ALPHARETTA, GA (BP)--The term ‘On Mission’ is about to take on new meaning for Christian educators across the Southern Baptist Convention as veteran educator Bill Taylor joins the staff of the North American Mission Board.
Fray over ‘Christmas’ fuels SBC leader’s column, novella
TTA, GA (BP)--Author, lawyer and Southern Baptist missions leader Randy Singer has entered the national debate over the appropriateness and legality of public religious expressions during the Christmas season with the publication of his newest novel and a column in USA Today.
FamilyNet now available on SIRIUS satellite network
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--FamilyNet radio and television programming can now be heard on one of the largest satellite radio networks in North America, according to an announcement by SIRIUS Satellite Radio and the North American Mission Board which owns and operates the faith-based FamilyNet broadcast ministry.
Young leaders begin weighing input for N. American missions
ALPHARETTA, GA (BP)--Sporting trendy haircuts and wearing blue jeans and even a pair of shorts, attendees at a meeting at the North American Mission Board didn’t look like typical denominational leaders. And, they aren’t. They were members of a newly formed task force for missional young leaders, fulfilling a commitment by NAMB President Robert E. (Bob) Reccord to better include young leaders in the Southern Baptist entity’s strategy.
Disaster relief gets $4M boost Reccord tells NAMB trustees
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--A $2 million challenge for donations to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief has been met and will result in an additional $2 million grant to assist the North American Mission Board in its comprehensive Gulf Coast hurricane relief ministries.
Baptist relief not interested in gov. funds, Reccord says
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| Different than a job On ‘Fox and Friends,’ Robert E. Reccord described Southern Baptist Disaster Relief as “a lifestyle and calling” that needs no government funding. |
In a front-page story in The Washington Post Sept. 27, Reccord said, “Volunteer labor is just that: volunteer. We would never ask for the government to pay for it.”
Reccord’s comments were included in a story concerning the announcement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that it will reimburse churches and other religious organizations that have provided shelter, food and supplies to survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Reccord underscores President Bush’ call to prayer; NAMB reports Southern Baptists have served 2 million meals
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| Stacking up Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer Jack Watson stacks boxes of food at a Tennessee Baptist mobile feeding unit in Baton Rouge, La. Watson is one of 5,000-plus volunteers from 33 state Baptist conventions involved in post-Katrina relief efforts. Photo by Kathleen Murray |
Reccord was responding to President George Bush’s call for a day of prayer and remembrance this Friday, Sept. 16th. Reccord, president of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) which coordinates Southern Baptists’ vast disaster relief network, attended a White House briefing last week and suggested Bush declare a day of prayer.
Reccord encouraged SBC churches, associations, state conventions and entities to heed the president’s call to prayer in whatever way the Holy Spirit leads.
Relief donations can be made via state conventions, NAMB
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| The initial rescue Two New Orleans children are hoisted into a Coast Guard helicopter as others stranded on rooftops below watch. Such rescues will give way to the long-term needs of a city and surrounding region left crippled by Hurricane Katrina. Photo by U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Niemi |
Last year’s four major storms in the Southeast cost about $23 billion, but early estimates of the financial impact of Katrina in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi range from $12 to 25 billion. It could take weeks or months to determine the total cost to tourism, businesses, homes, churches and governmental agencies. The cost also will be high for the nation’s largest disaster relief operations including the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and Southern Baptists.
Disaster Relief volunteers en route to La., Miss., & Ala.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--With Hurricane Katrina having roared into three Gulf Coast states, the nation’s third largest disaster relief operation, the Southern Baptist Convention, began mobilizing the first wave of volunteers from its supply of 30,000 trained disaster volunteers Monday, Aug. 29.
Disaster relief winds down as officials monitor Franklin
ALPHARETTA, GA (BP)--Southern Baptist disaster relief response to two hurricanes in as many weeks is winding down as the season’s third named storm that could impact the United States churns across the South Atlantic.
