2006 Archives
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Gulfport members learn church is not brick and mortar
Posted: 9/01/06
The building of First Baptist Church of Gulfport, ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, has been torn down. The congregation is rebuilding several miles to the north of the Gulf. Gulfport members learn
church not just brick and mortarBy Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
GULFPORT, Miss. (ABP)—Members of First Baptist Church of Gulfport have learned a lot in the year since Hurricane Katrina destroyed their waterfront church buildings. Mostly, they’ve learned that a church is much more than an edifice.
“It’s an exciting time for us,” Pastor Chuck Register said. “Probably the most exciting thing for us has been being forced to rethink the New Testament (concept of) what really is the church. The church is not brick and mortar.”
09/05/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Couple left family, friends to run volunteer base in Gulfport
Posted: 9/05/06
The North Carolina Baptist Men’s disaster-relief team has centralized operations in the Gulfport National Guard Armory with plans to build 600 homes. Couple left family, friends
to run volunteer base in GulfportBy Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
GULFPORT, Miss. (ABP)—It would take an act of God for most people to quit their jobs, move away from friends and family and commit to living for two years in a camper in Katrina-ravaged Gulfport, Miss.
Martha and Eddie Williams were no different, but they chose to respond to that act of God with cheerful hearts. Along with four other couples, the Williamses, who enjoyed a “comfortable, normal” life in North Carolina, moved to Gulfport March 1 to oversee Hurricane Katrina relief and construction operations for two years.
09/05/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Teens from FBC Wolfforth help Buckner get facilities back to normal
Posted: 9/05/06
Relocating school supplies, desks and books was a daunting task for Buckner Children's Village in Beaumont until the members of First Baptist Church, Wolfforth stepped up to the task. More than 60 members of the church helped move the on-campus school back to its original location after Hurricane Katrina evacuees had occupied the space for nearly a year. FBC Wolfforth volunteers help
Buckner get facilities back to normalBy Jenny Pope
Buckner Benevolences
BEAUMONT—When Hurricane Rita threatened to strike the Gulf coast Sept. 21, 2005, more than 60 residents of Buckner Children’s Village and Calder Woods, a Buckner retirement community, evacuated together in a two-week, statewide shuffle from one location to the next.
And though most of the physical damage from the storm—broken fences, downed trees, water-logged carpets and sidewalks—have since been repaired, the two communities continue to mend the emotional damage one year later.
09/05/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Cartoonist brings Christian faith to the funny papers
Posted: 9/01/06
Characters from Kevin Frank's syndicated cartoon strip Heaven’s Love Thrift Shop. (Photos and art © 2006 Kevin Frank, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) Cartoonist brings Christian
faith to the funny papersBy Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
DALLAS (ABP)—Christian cartoons are nothing new. They’re everywhere from gospel tracts to Christian magazines and newsletters. But a Christian cartoon as a nationally syndicated feature in secular newspapers? That’s almost unprecedented.
Although cartoonist Kevin Frank’s strip involves Christian characters working in a place called Heaven’s Love Thrift Shop, he doesn’t consider the strip to be Christian.
09/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
