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News — Lebanese Christians serve refugees; Southern Baptists send aid … Not even bombs can shake her call … IMB trustees elect mobilization VP, hear tsunami reports … SBC President encourages missionaries, weeps for lost in South Asia
Giving — CRAT vs. CRUT: Which is right for you?
Resources — Trying to get to the ends of the earth without a map? … New issue! How do you share the Gospel with people who don't read?
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of missions — Missions by the Book: Blessed is the man who perseveres … Quotable: "We will not give up" … Illustration: A pause in the storm
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| Before their evacuation from Beirut, volunteers from Eagle’s Landing Baptist Church in Henry County, Ga., help Lebanese Baptists pack aid boxes for refugees fleeing the fighting in southern Lebanon. (IMB Photo) |
News
Lebanese Christians serve refugees; Southern Baptists send aid
Lebanese Baptists are housing, feeding -- and loving -- hundreds of mostly Muslim refugees driven from their homes by the widening war in Lebanon.
Find out how Southern Baptists are helping.
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| Home from Lebanon, Whitni Bledsoe hugs and prays with fellow college student Katie Holloway after Sunday School at Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church near Atlanta. (IMB Photo) |
Not even bombs can shake her call
College student volunteer Whitni Bledsoe finds certainty in God's calling for her life after serving in war-torn Lebanon.But she was only one of nine members of Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church who left part of their hearts in Lebanon.
Listen in on a church service where they shared their testimonies.
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| International Mission Board trustees unanimously approve the selection of Ken Winter as vice president of the Office of Mobilization during their meeting July 17-19. Also pictured is his wife, LaVonne. (IMB photo) |
IMB trustees elect mobilization VP, hear tsunami reports
Trustees of the International Mission Board in July:
• unanimously elected a vice president for mobilization,
• learned projects aiding victims of the 2004 Southern Asia tsunami will be completed within 12 months,
• heard appeals from leaders for Southern Baptists to ramp up efforts to spread the Gospel around the world.
Read more.
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| SBC President Frank Page shares the passion of IMB missionaries taking the Gospel to the people of South Asia. Page recently traveled to South Asia to encourage the missionaries. |
SBC President encourages missionaries, weeps for lost in South Asia
To win the lost, SBC President Frank Page challenges South Asia missionaries to repent and rejoice in restoration.
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Giving
CRAT vs. CRUT: Which is right for you?
Charitable remainder trusts (CRTs) are a type of charitable gift that provides income to you and/or others you designate over a period of years. Which type is right for you?
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Resources
Trying to get to the ends of the earth without a map?
You've heard of churches whose members are alive and on mission, churches God is using to change lives around the world. In this nine-week interactive study, Jerry Rankin gives practical steps to lead your church there.
New issue! How do you share the Gospel with people who don't read?
What is chronological Bible storying? Learn how sharing the Gospel one story at a time can make a difference around the world in this new issue of "To the Ends of the Earth" mini-magazine.
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Speaking of missions
Missions by the Book: Blessed is the man who perseveres
"Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him -- James 1:12 (NIV).
Quotable: "We will not give up"
"It was a very emotional trip because you've got these extremes of deep, deep sadness at the lostness and yet extreme elation at the commitment of the mission personnel. (It is) one of the hardest places in the world to live -- one of the most dangerous places in the world to live. But you've got people who say, 'We will not give up. We will persevere.'"--Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page, commenting on a recent visit with Southern Baptist workers in South Asia
Illustration: A pause in the storm
Jim West didn't like what he saw in Hong Kong's darkening sky. Rising winds carried the rumble of thunder to his ears; raindrops wet his face. A massive typhoon was approaching East Asia's mainland. This wasn't the day for a storm. West was preparing to baptize an elderly woman who recently had given her life to Jesus. But as her frail body was placed into a small plastic swimming pool, West says something miraculous happened. The rain stopped, the wind died and the clouds parted -- as if the storm itself had paused to bear witness to the woman's public profession of faith. Instead of darkness, she found herself bathed in a circle of bright sunlight as West gently dipped her below the surface of the water, baptizing her in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. "We knew God had visited us that day," West recalls.
Read more stories from the 54 retiring missionaries honored July 16 for a combined 1,476 years.
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