2007 Archives
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Dispatches: New regulations slow us down
Posted: 2/18/07
Dispatches: New regulations slow us down
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Saturday, Feb. 17, Nairobi
We made connections in London with the other members of our team, Ken and Linda Hall from Buckner; Jay and Paige Chastain from Longview; and Steve Akin and Kyle and Cindy Henderson from Athens.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Slums, churches and a new hope
Posted: 2/18/07
Jay Chastain from Longview at Baptist Children's Center in Nairobi. (Photos by Ken Camp) Dispatches: Slums, churches and a new hope
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Sunday, Feb. 18, Nairobi—Baptist Children's Center
Today we visited the beautiful kids at the Baptist Children's Center. The center is on a 13.5 acre complex in eastern Nairobi in the Dandora area–right in the middle of a horrible slum where about 200,000 people live in deplorable conditions. Dickson Masindano, the director of Buckner's Kenya work, was our host.
David Slover of Buckner at Baptist Children's Center in Nairobi. 03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Dispatches: Visiting a Masaai village
Posted: 2/20/07
The Buckner Vision group visits with Masaai villagers. (Photos by Ken Camp) Dispatches: Visiting a Masaai village
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Tuesday, Feb. 20, Masaai Mara wildlife preserve, Kenya
The past two days, our team members have grown to love the natural beauty of God's creation in Africa, and we have grown to love each other. Yesterday morning, we left Nairobi on a single-engine turboprop plane and flew west over the Rift Valley, landing on a dirt airstrip at the Masaai Mara wildlife preserve.
Lioness with cub at the Masaai Mara wildlife preserve. 03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Dispatches: In Nairobi’s Gehenna
Posted: 2/21/07
"Pastor Eutychus"–Euticauls Wambua Nzengu, who has served 20 years ministering in Nairobi's Korogocho slum–visits with Lee and Susan Bush from First Baptist Church in Athens, members of a Buckner mission vision team. In the background is the city's largest garbage dump. (Photos by Ken Camp) Dispatches: In Nairobi's Gehenna
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Wednesday, Feb. 21, Nairobi, Korogocho slum
Today we saw the presence of Christ in the heart of hell.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Dispatches: Sent to live at New Life Home
Posted: 2/22/07
Linda and Ken Hall at the New Life Home for babies in Nairobi. (Photos by Ken Camp) Dispatches: Sent to live at New Life Home
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Thursday, Feb. 22, Nairobi, New Life Home
When I heard we were going to visit a home for HIV/AIDS orphans, I expected to see a hospice. But children in the New Life Home are not sent there to die; they are sent there to live.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Dispatches: A bright hope for foster children
Posted: 2/24/07
Getahun Tesema of Bright Home ministries interpets for Carol McEntyre as she brings a word of encouragement to women in a sewing class. The vocational training is designed to help women learn a trade and escape poverty— and in some cases, a life of prostitution. (Photos by Ken Camp) Dispatches: A bright hope for foster children
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Saturday, Feb. 24, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
After seeing some of Getahun's ministries this morning and visiting with him, I've decided "Bright Hope" is aptly named.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Pastors, laymen challenged at Panhandle conference
Updated: 3/16/07
New officers for the Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference include (from left) President Richard Laverty of First Baptist in Perryton, President-Elect Steve Martin of Parkview Baptist in Plainview, First Vice President Troy Richardson of Temple Baptist in Amarillo, Second Vice President Gerald Bastin of First Baptist in Crowell and Secretary/Treasurer Charles Bassett of First Baptist in Weatherford. (Photo by Teresa Young) Rx for church leaders:
Both rest and joyBy Teresa Young
Wayland Baptist University
PLAINVIEW—Church leaders should find both rest and joy in Jesus Christ as they serve their congregations and communities, speakers told participants at the 86th annual Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference at Wayland Baptist University.
D. L. Lowrie, pastor emeritus of the First Baptist Church in Lubbock, brought words of encouragement to pastors and laity in a series of messages about encountering Jesus in everyday situations of service and ministry.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Baptist workers provide training to church leaders in China
Updated: 3/15/07
During a break at the Hua Mei Pastor’s Retreat, the participants spontaneously began singing hymns at the base of Mount Gonga. (CBF photos courtesy of the Cayards) Baptist workers provide training
to church leaders in ChinaBy Laurie Entrekin
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
SICHUAN PROVINCE, China (ABP) — What’s the greatest spiritual need in China today?
Bill and Michelle Cayard, Houston-natives who have worked in China since 2003, believe the country desperately needs more churches and trained leadership.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Don’t ignore date violence, youth ministers told
Updated: 3/15/07
Don't ignore date violence, youth ministers told
By George Henson
Staff Writer
DALLAS—Abuse and violence in dating relationships is too prevalent to ignore, a gathering of youth ministers learned at a workshop at Lakeside Baptist Church in Dallas.
Representatives from
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
