ATLANTA — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the CBF of Virginia have partnered to employ a field coordinator for Virginia. Rob Fox has been named to this position and will begin work Feb. 1. He will be based in Richmond….
Central Texas church touches lives of children, families in Macedonia
PRIDDY, Texas — Their church building may be small and unassuming, but the members of Priddy Baptist Church in Priddy, Texas, are making a powerful impact on children living in the ghetto of Skopje, Macedonia. A few years ago, Cooperative…
Former Virginian shows God’s love in Hell’s Kitchen
NEW YORK — Walking along the streets of New York, Amanda Hambrick is reminded that life can be unfair. She passes people sleeping in doorways and alleys — fixtures of the city's sidewalks — and she asks herself, “How do…
Field personnel provide medical care to Bedouins
ATLANTA — When Tim Myrick walked to the hospital each morning, he said a short prayer — “Lord let me represent Jesus as clearly as possible.” The hospital, located in the desert of northern Jordan, serves tuberculosis patients from all…
Virginia couple reaches out to workers in Chinese city
MACAU, China — Like the bamboo scaffolding around a new building is how Larry and Sarah Ballew describe their ministry in Macau, China. It's an appropriate metaphor for Macau, an old city being transformed by new hotels and casinos. With…
Chaplain ministers at world’s busiest U.S. military trauma center
U. S. AIR FORCE THEATER HOSPITAL, Iraq (ABP)–At the U.S. Air Force Theater Hospital in Iraq, the sounds of Army Blackhawk and Marine Sea Knight helicopters are a call to duty for Air Force Chaplain Shane Gaster. Gaster, one of…
BGAV church commissions new CBF missions leader
“Know that this church loves you, prays for you and encourages you,” said FBC Rome pastor Joel Snider, who delivered the charge to Nash. “And know that when you strengthen the local church, you strengthen missions. The church is the…