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Ministering to the Poor
FERRIDAY – What do you do when you’re a 52-year-old grandmother rearing your 8-year-old granddaughter and your monthly income is $497?
If you live in Delta Baptist Association, you go to Delta Storefront Ministries, where you can get food, clothing, a Valentines (or other seasonal) gift for your grandgirl, and maybe even a “pretty” for your home – all without spending a penny. more »
By Karen L. Willoughby - Feb 16, 2009
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness
Little Rock ministry offers out-of-town cancer patients home away from home
While there is no place like home, a Little Rock ministry is providing out-of-town cancer patients a home away from home.
The Christian Endeavors Foundation Hospitality House, which opened in April 2008, has become a temporary home for several patients and their families who come for treatment in Little Rock, primarily at the Multiple Myeloma Institute for Research Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). more »
By Stella Prather - Feb 2, 2009
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health
Ministry reaches families with special needs children
NASHVILLE — Lisa Nolan wondered if her son, Chase, would ever understand Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.
Chase, now 13, was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome — a form of autism. more »
By Dawn Ferguson - Jan 30, 2009
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Children
Her knitting for kids warms hearts
First Kimberling City member teaches class at Silver Dollar City
BRANSON, Mo.—Evadene “Evie” Myer, a member of First Baptist Church, Kimberling City, had the honor of teaching the first crafts class Dec. more »
By Allen Palmeri - Jan 14, 2009
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Children, Citizenship,
Grandview Church members offer prayer, support to CCU, ICU families
Every Sunday around 4 p.m., members of Grandview Baptist Church, Dothan, Ala., enter the critical care unit (CCU) waiting room at a local hospital on a mission to offer hope, comfort and prayer. more »
By Jenifer Martin Siemens - Jan 13, 2009
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health
FBC Charlotte feeds 5,000 with Thanksgiving boxes
One thousand poor families in Charlotte, N.C., came for a box of food and hundreds found new life in Christ during a “Feeding 5,000” outreach by First Baptist Church Nov. more »
By Norman Jameson - Dec 16, 2008
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness,
Amid despair of AIDS crisis, hunger relief offers help, hope
SWEETWATERS, South Africa—When Caroline came to the door, she rejoiced as she saw the bags of food brought by volunteers from a nearby South African church’s Itemba Ministry. more »
By Curt Iles - Dec 8, 2008
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health, Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness,
Tonga suffering relieved by food project
BINGA, Zimbabwe—Southern Baptists have brought badly needed relief to an isolated region of Zimbabwe, where a national political impasse — compounded by hyperinflation, a cholera epidemic, and a burgeoning food crisis — have brought the country near the point of collapse. more »
By Mark Kelly - Dec 8, 2008
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health, Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness,
Women find compassion in Russellville
An atypical group of women gathered for the afternoon in an upscale neighborhood fronting Lake Dardanelle, inside the home of Vickie Henderson, an OB/GYN physician. more »
By Kay Adkins - Dec 8, 2008
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Addictions, , Substance Abuse
Reaching the ‘independent’-minded
After assessing the needs in their area, the members of Capitol Heights Baptist Church, Montgomery, knew it was their responsibility to help provide housing for the large population of needy elderly people. more »
By Brittany Howerton - Nov 21, 2008
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Elderly, Living, Citizenship,