News Articles by Wally Poor

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Southern Baptists have responded dramatically to the needs of hurricane victims in the Caribbean and Middle America — giving not only money and goods, but themselves. Across the country, Southern Baptist churches large and small collected money, food, clothing and medical supplies. When International Mission Board missionaries requested 42 volunteer teams for relief […]

LA CEIBA, Honduras (BP)–Even as Hurricane Mitch weakened into a tropical storm, Southern Baptist missionaries and Honduran Baptists geared up to minister to thousands of people suffering from the storm.More than 200,000 people have been left homeless along Honduras’ northern coast, said missionary Ken Cummins.Honduras and Nicaragua bore the brunt of the storm, one of […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica (BP)–In a few hours, Buddy Roban’s future changed from college student to prison inmate. Then, just as quickly, God changed Roban’s future again — and his eternal destiny as well. Now he serves God with more enthusiasm than he ever served the devil. It was 1977. Roban was visiting cousins in West Palm […]

AIQUILE, Bolivia (BP)–One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Bolivia devastated the Quechua Indian cities of Aiquile, Mizque and Totora four months ago. For a few days, world attention focused on the area and many relief agencies flocked to the scene. Ninety days later, people still were in dire need, but most of the […]

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (BP)–His time in Mississippi was part of God’s preparation for Chuck Johnson for working with youth all over the Caribbean. Johnson was appointed an International Mission Board missionary after serving on the staff of First Baptist Church, Madison, Miss., and as a contract consultant with the Mississippi Baptist Convention. “That was a really […]

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (BP)–Meeting under the theme “Jesus Christ is the Hope of Latin America,” 300 Baptists from almost every Latin American nation kicked off a three-year series of crusades as they gathered in Guatemala for the third Congress of Latin American Baptists. The campaigns, the first continent-wide Baptist effort since the Campaign of the […]

SALVADOR, Brazil (BP)–They came to the frenzy called “Carnaval” expecting to forget their cares and worries for a few alcohol-fogged hours. Instead, more than 1,000 found Jesus Christ. Some 300 Brazilian Baptists, International Mission Board missionaries and Southern Baptist volunteers proclaimed the gospel among the estimated 2 million revelers swirling through the streets of Salvador, […]

LIMA, Peru (BP)–Southern Baptist missionaries and Peruvian Baptists are scrambling to help victims of El Nino-related disasters in Peru. Relief efforts focus on areas of northern Peru hardest hit by flooding and mudslides, said missionary Larry Phillips, strategy coordinator for Southern Baptist International Mission Board missionaries in Peru. The missionaries are working hand in hand […]

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (BP)–Three hundred volunteers from11 countries teamed with Nicaraguan Baptists and SouthernBaptist International Mission Board missionaries in aJanuary crusade that registered more than 10,000 decisionsfor Jesus Christ. “This has been an historic time. Never before in ourhistory has such a widespread evangelistic effort beencarried out,” declared Walt Morgan, director of missions forthe Nicaragua Baptist […]

CALI, Colombia (BP)--Spouse abuse, child discipline, abortion, aging, drug addiction, AIDS. All these issues -- and others -- afflict Latin American families, just as they do families in the United States.