Encounter with urban violence fails to nix church’s outreach
WACO, Texas (BP)--A run-in with urban violence didn't scare Seventh & James Baptist Church out of doing missions. On a Chicago street one evening last summer, gun-toting teens injured two members of the Waco, Texas, congregation and trapped their mission team in crossfire. The Texans had traveled to Chicago to do mission work at Uptown Baptist Church in the middle of a 12-block community that is home to people who speak 82 languages. They completed orientation at the church and were returning to their hotel when two teens ran among them, shooting at each other.
Volunteers remain committed to Chicago church’s ministry
CHICAGO (BP)--Gunfire didn't frighten mission volunteers away from the Chicago neighborhood where two Texas Baptists were shot last summer, the pastor there reported.
Church’s missions endeavors reach Alaska, Romania, Mexico
PLANO, Texas (BP)--A picture of an Alaskan Baptist church building in 1997 Southern Baptist home missions emphasis materials sparked a flame of recognition for several members of Prairie Creek Baptist Church in Plano, Texas.
Church stirs other congregations to citywide ‘Festival of Faith’
ALICE, Texas (BP)--Reaching an entire community with the Christian gospel may sound like a tall order, but seven churches in Alice, Texas, population 19,000, took on the challenge through a citywide "Festival of Faith" revival. The festival, held under a tent in the heart of downtown for eight straight nights, resulted in 78 professions of faith and 62 other decisions, reported Charles Childers, pastor of First Baptist Church.
