Wednesday, September 11, 2019

• At old Coke bottling plant, lives are being changed

  by Gordon Cloud/The Christian Index, posted Wednesday, September 11, 2019 (2 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of Ken Bevel

  ALBANY, Ga. (BP) -- An old Coca-Cola bottling plant donated to Sherwood Baptist Church has become a hub for disaster relief operations and a ministry to at-risk youth.

  Albany, Ga., has been racked several times by severe storms over the last three years. From hurricane-force straight-line winds to a powerful tornado to Hurricane Michael, the city has experienced a tremendous need for assistance in getting out from under the rubble left behind. Read More

• 9/11: Security, protection & prayer

  by Ronnie Floyd, posted Wednesday, September 11, 2019 (2 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- America has not been the same since September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked our nation, resulting in nearly 3,000 deaths, 400 of which were first responders. A generation has been born since this horrible day in our history and we must never forget how that day changed America in our generation.

  Since this day, it seems that enemies within our nation and enemies outside of our nation have continually threatened the security and protection of the United States of America. Schools, churches, airports, businesses, government buildings, parks, concert arenas and our public venues are now open prey to the attacks of our enemies upon innocent Americans. Read More

• Jarrid Wilson tweeted hope before tragic death

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, September 11, 2019 (2 years ago)

  

  Photo from Twitter

  RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (BP) -- Southern Baptist pastor Jarrid Wilson played games with his son Denham, attended his son Finch's baseball practice and tweeted encouragement to a struggling alcoholic within hours of reportedly committing suicide late Monday (Sept. 9).

  "I took this on Monday evening around 7:30 p.m. at our son's baseball practice," Wilson's widow Julianne wrote in posting a video of Wilson playfully swinging Denham in his arms. "By 11:45 that night, my sweet husband was in the presence of Jesus. I love you, Jarrid." Read More

• Chitwood at Gateway: Go wherever God calls

  by Katherine Chute, posted Wednesday, September 11, 2019 (2 years ago)

  

  Gateway Seminary photo

  ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- Paul Chitwood, International Mission Board president, urged a chapel audience at Gateway Seminary Sept. 5 to remember that God's vision cannot be fulfilled until people from every nation, all tribes and all languages have heard the Gospel.

  Preaching from Revelation 7:9-10 -- which is the basis for the IMB's vision statement -- Chitwood reminded faculty, staff and students on Gateway's main campus in Ontario, Calif., that without vision, we have no direction. Read More

• High schoolers get meals & Gospel in Fresno

  by Holly Smith/California Southern Baptist, posted Wednesday, September 11, 2019 (2 years ago)

  

  Photo by Holly Smith

  FRESNO, Calif. (BP) -- For more than 30 years, four Fresno-area churches have worked together to serve lunch to their community's high schoolers.

  Under the auspices of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, members of New Life Community Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church as well as a Catholic parish and Presbyterian church have banded together to provide lunch one day a week for students at Washington Union High School, across the street from the Lutheran church. Read More