Stacey Gish

PINEVILLE, La. (BP)--A teenager dressed as a clown twists a balloon into a heart for excited children as puppets perform a musical routine a few feet away. Another teenager carefully paints colorful designs on a child's cheek. A young man offers cups of cold water -- free -- to adults walking along the sidewalk.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)--Janella Griggs grew up learning a great deal about missionaries throughout her years in missions organizations like Mission Friends, Girls in Action and Acteens. The stories often were invigorating -- and sometimes heartbreaking as she began to learn how many people in the world do not know Jesus.

For four days in the summer of 2003, in the heart of Nashville, Tenn., more than 8,000 teenage young women will gather to witness, experience and celebrate how God is at work around the world at "SyncroNations," the National Acteens Convention (NAC). Among those teenagers will be approximately 110 young women from the fifteen regional […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)--For four days in the summer of 2003, in the heart of Nashville, Tenn., more than 8,000 teenage young women will gather to witness, experience and celebrate how God is at work around the world at "SyncroNations," the National Acteens Convention (NAC). Among those teenagers will be approximately 110 young women from the 15 regional areas of the International Mission Board and seven continental unions of the Baptist World Alliance Women's Department.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)--During the 2001 Missouri WMU annual meeting, Karla Kerr was so moved by the testimonies of two seminary students from the country of Belarus that she thought her own youth group would be challenged and inspired by their stories.