By Blake Hart Lately I’ve had the privilege to be part of great discussions about how to improve our current short-term mission praxis. Many of us know that something is wrong with the way we do short-term work, and thankfully…
The complexity of short-term missions
Lately I’ve had the privilege to be part of great discussions about how to improve our current short-term mission praxis. Many of us know that something is wrong with the way we do short-term work, and thankfully there are a…
Can I give you a ride?
I like giving people rides. As I live and work in the same neighborhood with a high concentration of poverty, I find the opportunity arises quite often. It’s a simple act of kindness that gives me joy while meeting an…
Inside a Virginia ministry to prostitutes
By Jeff Brumley Women who accept money for sex, it turns out, rarely refuse invitations to pray. “Prostitutes always say ‘OK’” when asked to be prayed over, says Travis Collins, the former pastor of Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond,…
Missourian finds vocation, ministry creating prosthetic eyes
By Vicki Brown Most Haitians shun a child who has lost an eye — a thought that haunted iTeam members for a year. The iTeam is a group of eye-care professionals who minister in Haiti a couple of times each…
Aftermath of West explosion shows both relief and recovery needed after disaster
By Ken Camp Fourteen months ago, John Crowder didn’t know the difference between disaster relief and disaster recovery. He just knew his community needed help. In the months since a fertilizer plant explosion rocked his town, the pastor of First…
After 1,200 loads of laundry and 1,800 showers, relief efforts along border wrap up
By Ken Camp In the past two weeks, Baptist disaster relief workers washed more than 1,200 loads of laundry and made available about 1,800 showers to unaccompanied Latin American children detained along the Mexican border after they entered the United…
Serbian Baptists appeal for help after deadly flooding
By ABPnews/Herald Staff Baptists in Serbia are appealing for assistance for victims of deadly floods which have inundated large parts of southeast Europe. Heavy rainfall between May 14 and 17 caused heavy flooding and landslides, killing at least 62 people…
The bigger picture
The recent kidnapping of hundreds of school girls by the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, in Nigeria is a tragedy that has both shocked the world and gotten its attention. Hopefully, the world won’t miss the bigger story going on…