Baptists continue to pour into Fla. for post-Charley ministry
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| Post-Charley sights Southern Baptist volunteers are seeing a variety of post-Charley sights in their disaster relief efforts: Just north of Punta Gorda, Fla., where the hurricane came barreling through Aug. 13, an American flag flutters in the hot afternoon sun where it was suspended in the ruins of a flooring store on Highway 41. Photo by Kathleen Murray |
However, while the national attention moves to the presidential election, the Iraq War and the usual fare of celebrity news, Southern Baptist volunteers continue to pour into Florida, bringing relief and hope to hundreds of thousands.
“Southern Baptists have prepared over 350,000 meals in the last 11 days,” said Sandy Lenahan, who coordinates the national mobilization center located at the North American Mission Board building north of Atlanta. “We have more than 1,300 volunteers manning more than 130 units from 23 state Baptist conventions, and more are on the way.”
NAMB introduces newest SBC missionaries, tells of progress in reaching U.S., Canada
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The aisles of the Indiana Convention Center were filled with colorful flags of North America as Southern Baptist Convention messengers were introduced to their newest missionaries Tuesday evening, June 15.
Annie Armstrong sets another record but falls 7% short of goal
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)--Southern Baptists set another record in giving to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions in 2003. Robert E. (Bob) Reccord, president of the North American Mission Board, announced Jan. 10 during the annual meeting of Woman's Missionary Union's executive board that Southern Baptists gave $49,650,279 last year.
NAMB cuts budget, reduces staff
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--The North American Mission Board's proposed budget for 2004 will be 6 percent less than the current year's budget, forcing the board to reduce staff and program support. The proposed budget eliminates 31 positions, seven of which are currently filled by employees who will not be offered other positions or retirement.
U.S. appeals court allows FamilyNet to stay on DISH
ATLANTA (BP)--A federal appeals court has suspended a July 9 injunction that would have resulted in the immediate removal of Southern Baptist television programming from the DISH satellite network. The lawsuit that brought the action, however, still threatens to keep the FamilyNet television off the satellite.
NAMB leader uses fiction to share Gospel & worldview
ATLANTA (BP)--"Christian novels with an edge" is how Randy Singer describes his two first two books which he says are intended to share the Gospel and represent a Christian worldview.
‘Gods and Generals’ portrays strong faith on both sides of war
ATLANTA (BP)--A prominent Christian media critic is urging evangelicals to support "Gods and Generals," a new Civil War movie which opens in theaters across the country Friday, Feb. 21.
NAMB to end DCBC agreement in one year; but pledges commitment to D.C.
ATLANTA (BP)--Following nearly a year of discussions, the North American Mission Board (NAMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention has notified the District of Columbia Baptist Convention (DCBC) that it will end the cooperative agreement between the two entities next summer.
NAMB’s national missionaries asked to affirm Baptist Faith & Message
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--The North American Mission Board is asking missionaries who receive 100 percent of their funding directly from that Southern Baptist missions entity to sign a statement affirming the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message.
NAMB proposal to clarify SBC ministries draws criticism from D.C. Baptist leader
WASHINGTON (BP)--The District of Columbia Baptist Convention has created a study committee to weigh a North American Mission Board proposal intended to more clearly define ministries supported by Southern Baptists. The DCBC's executive director/minister, however, already has strongly criticized the proposal, saying it would undermine the autonomy of the convention.
