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Across America this week, Baptist women are carrying a familiar weight. Some are pastors who have faithfully answered the call of God, only to watch the Southern Baptist Convention debate whether God possibly could have called them. Some are seminary...

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ABC seeks doctors, nurses for weeklong stints in Haiti

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — Although aid organizations are discouraging volunteers without disaster or medical expertise from descending on Haiti right now, American Baptist Churches USA says there is still an acute need for medical professionals in the earthquake-devastated country….

Haiti has long been a disaster

(Editor’s note: This is an account from British Baptist aid worker Carwyn Hill on his trip from northern Haiti to help earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 12 quake that devastated the Haitian capital. A…

A lesson in giving from Liberia

By Colleen Walker Burroughs My fifth-grade daughter’s face was wide-eyed with wonder as our carpool drove to school. National Public Radio was reporting on Liberia’s commitment to send $50,000 in aid to Haiti. “Liberia is sending money to Haiti?” she…

Former pastor plans to appeal murder conviction

WACO, Texas (ABP) — A former Baptist preacher sentenced to 65 years for murdering his wife plans to appeal his conviction. Local media in Waco, Texas, reported that an attorney representing Matt Baker filed a notice of appeal with 19th…

How do we best help Haiti recover?

By Norman Jameson Now that Haiti is completely wrecked, how does anyone fix it? With tremors still shaking the island nation that has never recovered from its own birth pains, the world’s nations are sending tons of food and barrels…

Missionary describes work in Haiti

LIMBE, Haiti (ABP) — A missionary doctor appointed jointly by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and American Baptist Churches USA has returned to his home in northern Haiti after eight days of working at an emergency clinic near the epicenter of…

ABC, CBF workers describe aftermath, future in Haiti

LIMBE, Haiti (ABP) — A missionary doctor appointed jointly by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and American Baptist Churches USA has returned to his home in northern Haiti after eight days of working at an emergency clinic near the epicenter of…

Reyes to head Texas Baptist social-service agency Buckner

DALLAS (ABP) — Leaders of the Texas-based Baptist social-services agency Buckner International announced Jan. 22 that they had elected Albert Reyes to become the sixth president in Buckner’s 131-year history. Reyes has directed the agency’s flagship division, Buckner Child and…