Action Ministries volunteers get a sense of Pentecost at Olympics
SALT LAKE CITY (BP)--Gold medallists and international partygoers vie for sidewalk space in Salt Lake City in a city more known for golden icons than for sports accomplishments or revelers.
FIRST-PERSON: A visit with Alzheimer’s patients: from anger & confusion to faith
SALT LAKE CITY (BP)--She was seated in a chair in the lobby when I walked in. She turned her head toward me, our eyes met for a brief moment and she smiled.
Student intern interviews gold medallist figure skater
SALT LAKE CITY (BP)--It's not every day a 16-year-old student has an opportunity to become part of the working press. And it's not every day or even every lifetime one has an opportunity to interview an Olympian who has just won a gold medal.
Olympics visitor knew stories from the Bible & sin in his life
SALT LAKE CITY (BP)--Angela Wilkins, a Baptist volunteer sharing her faith during the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, spoke with a man who said he had grown up in church and knew all the Bible stories.
Utah man’s life began to change in
’96 ‘More Than Gold’ encounter
SALT LAKE CITY (BP)--"A gold medal? What could be better than that?"
FIRST-PERSON: In lieu of a snowboarding medal, she intends to carry a witness
MULKEYTOWN, Ill. (BP)--Snowboarding probably isn't the first sport you think of when it comes to the Winter Olympics, dude.
80-year-old learns what God did on 12,000-foot Hawaiian mountain
SALT LAKE CITY (BP)--"I noticed this nice elderly man standing near a trash container," recounted Dave Newcomer, a volunteer who traveled to Salt Lake City to share his faith during the Winter Olympics in connection with Action Ministries International.
Intense Olympics schedule sparks ‘Baptist Bobsled Team’ nickname
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| On the go Libby Bridger, right, and Toni Goodson recall seven days of ministry efforts with their 11-person team from Hebron Baptist Church, Dacula, Ga. Photo by Greg Brett |
Their schedule at the Winter Olympics was hectic from that moment forward, including prayerwalks, witnessing in local malls and assisting in ministry activities at the Main Street Coffee House in downtown Salt Lake.
"We quickly learned we had to make ourselves available," said team captain Libby Bridger. "Then, the Lord simply put people in front of us."
With 11 team members working for seven days, Bridger estimated that her team easily interacted with 1,000 or more people.
New believer at Salt Lake Olympics ‘waited all my life to hear this’
SALT LAKE CITY (BP)--"You just never know what God has planned for you until it happens," recounted Phil Harris, one of numerous volunteers in Salt Lake City witnessing to their faith in Christ at the Winter Olympics in connection with Action Ministries International based in West Point, Ga.
Volunteers tap creativity to relay
‘More Than Gold’ at Salt Lake Olympics
SALT LAKE CITY (BP)--It doesn't take much to start a conversation during the Winter Olympics: a funny costume, an offer of a free collector pin, a shared ride on a commuter train, a shared moment around a warm fire.
