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TOGETHER: Journey to Georgia ‘unforgettable’_40504
Posted: 4/02/04
TOGETHER:
Journey to Georgia 'unforgettable'A Global Village in Americus, Ga., demonstrates the poverty in which much of the world lives. After walking through narrow streets, stepping into dirt-floored shacks and imagining what it would be like to live where everyone is vulnerable to crime, violence, disease and despair, visitors step into a sunny area of new houses built by Habitat for Humanity.
They are small houses, built with materials indigenous to their regions and designed to please the senses of those who live there. They are sturdy houses, built to last. After a recent hurricane in South Florida, only the houses built by Habitat builders remained standing. Every house is built with the help of the owner family. They earn “sweat equity” by their labor. No-interest loans make the working poor able to afford a proper home for their families.
CHARLES WADE
Executive Director
BGCT Executive Board
The project started out to provide safe, affordable housing for every family in Sumter County, Ga. Along the way, the goal grew to include the whole world. Millard and Linda Fuller found a new vision from God through the ministry of Koinonia Farms and Clarence Jordan, author of “Cottonpatch Gospel.” To express their Christian commitment, they began building houses for the poor. When President Jimmy Carter returned from Washington to Plains, a village 10 miles west of Americus, he joined forces with the Fullers and put his carpentry skills into service for Christ and the mission of Habitat for Humanity, which is active in 3,000 communities in 92 countries and has built more than 150,000 homes.
04/02/2004 - By John Rutledge
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Church earmarks $10,000 of missions offering to BWA_40504
Posted: 4/02/04
Church earmarks $10,000 of missions offering to BWA
SAN ANTONIO–Challenged by the head of the Baptist World Alliance to pray for their Baptist brothers and sisters around the world “as if they were physically sitting in the pew next to you,” members of San Antonio's Trinity Baptist Church did more than that recently.
The church launched its spring missions offering of $75,000 with $10,000 earmarked for the BWA. Of the remainder, $57,500 will go the Mary Hill Davis Offering of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and $7,500 to a Mainstream Baptists mission project.
Debbie Ferrier, past vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and missions leader at Trinity, said she hoped the church would grasp the opportunity to become more involved with and supportive of the BWA.
Members of Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio pray with BWA leader Denton Lotz. 04/02/2004 - By John Rutledge
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Student worship leader followed circuitous rout_40504
Posted: 4/02/04
Former university professor Jeff Berry and his band perform and lead worship at Christian events around the country for high school and college students. Student worship leader followed circuitous route to ministry
By Leann Callaway
Special to the Baptist Standard
ABILENE–Earning an MBA and teaching international economics at a university might not be the typical career path for a worship leader, but Jeff Berry believes God used every step and misstep of his journey to prepare him for ministry.
04/02/2004 - By John Rutledge
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Modern CD reclaims ancient hymn_40504
Posted: 4/02/04
Modern CD reclaims ancient hymn
ATLANTA (RNS)–The latest CD from the popular “Passion” Christian student movement differs from most contemporary religious music. All the songs on it were composed more than 100 years ago, and the lyrics to at least one are 1,800 years old.
“Passion: Ancient and Modern Hymns–Live Songs of Our Faith,” was recorded at Northpoint Community Church in Atlanta when 1,300 campus pastors and community leaders gathered.
This collection was inspired by “Phos Hilaron,” perhaps the oldest surviving Christian hymn. Literally translated “hail gladdening light,” the hymn already was considered ancient by the fourth century.
04/02/2004 - By John Rutledge
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