By Blake Tommey As Hurricane Florence stalled over Eastern North Carolina in September 2018, the Trent River swelled to a record level—an entire foot higher than during Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Residents of the quaint town of Trenton had little warning…
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Little Rock church deepens relationships with alternative food pantry
“It’s a food pantry with dignity”
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Go into the world and ‘speak God,’ Merritt tells CBF Advocacy conference
By Blake Tommey “The world needs you to speak ‘God,’ especially in this moment,” Jonathan Merritt, award-winning writer on religion and culture, said at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s annual Advocacy in Action conference on March 14 in New York City….
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The Strange Grace of Hurricane Maria
By Blake Tommey When Pastor Jesus Garcia reads news coverage of how the United States mishandled the aftermath of Hurricane Maria—a storm he and his family endured firsthand from their home in Carolina, Puerto Rico—he’s somewhat conflicted. Yes, the American…
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Local deacon and CBF field personnel help community ‘breathe easier’ in Haiti
By Blake Tommey His given name is Lucien Gede, but most people in Grand Goâve, Haiti, know him as Dyak Lucien — “Deacon Lucien” in Haitian Creole. Perhaps his formal title as leader of Mount Sinai Baptist Church rubbed off…
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CBF continues ‘daily bread’ ministry to Central American migrants
By Blake Tommey On November 14, the “caravan” of Central American migrants arrived at the United States’ southern border in Tijuana, Mexico. Most sought to file an asylum claim, which the U.S. is legally obligated to hear from migrants fleeing…
At the center of Arkansas Delta’s fight against poverty and division: an 85-year-old swimming pool
Every June, that work culminates in the wildly-popular Swim Camp, where children and teenagers not only learn to swim but learn to pursue leadership through lifeguarding, volunteering and interning with Together For Hope.
Imagination is the greatest threat to Delta poverty, Together for Hope Arkansas says
With a precise focus on literacy and leadership development, Together For Hope continues to build children’s imaginations for what is possible beyond the limited view of poverty.
Phillips County, Arkansas: Backwater Rising
Like the muddy shores of the Mississippi, the Delta’s storied African American communities have always confronted both the abundance and the peril of life in the Delta, hoping to God that the levee holds.