Post-Sept. 11 missionaries tell of deepened resolve
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--On Nov. 13, 2001, barely two months after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, a record number of new missionaries -- 124 -- were appointed by the Southern Baptist International Mission Board.
The catastrophe of Sept. 11 didn't cause any of them to drop out. From Columbia, S.C., those new missionaries scattered to every point on the compass, all 15 of the regions in which the IMB works.
Interest in global missions high despite Sept. attacks
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--The Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon haven't frightened Southern Baptists away from career missions. If anything, missions candidates have a greater sense of urgency than ever.
34 Chinese ministers released from cult kidnapping, e-mail announces
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Thirty-four Chinese church leaders who were kidnapped April 16 have been released and are safe, according to an e-mail from Asia Harvest, an interdenominational ministry based in Thailand.
