“You must be out of your mind.” No one said it. But it had to be what most reasonable people were thinking when they heard what Christian and Laura Rowland had decided to do.
“It really gets to me when I tell people we’re from Flint,” Leo Robinson says, “They’ll say, ‘Oh, you must hate it there,’ or ‘You must not be able to leave.’ People always have something negative to say.”
“You can go pretty much an hour in any direction from where I live and you’ll see absolutely nothing — no gas stations, no subdivisions, no shopping centers—nothing,” Tyler Martin says.
The Annie Armstrong offering is used for training, support and care for missionaries, like Osvaldo and Vanessa Lerma, and for evangelism resources.
“This is a beautiful community,” says David Gaskins. “Our nickname is Happy Valley. Every lawn is perfect. Every home is immaculate. But that’s the wild thing — Happy Valley is a sarcastic nickname because almost nobody is happy here.”
The Week of Prayer for North American Missions is March 2–9.
It is not a matter of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief becoming the arm of the government — it’s the government recognizing and supporting Christians who are eager to stretch out their arms to their neighbors in need.
After five years serving as president of Send Relief, Bryant Wright is set to retire at the end of March.
There were four main themes during the North American Mission Board’s Send Luncheon on Monday, June 10, in Indianapolis as Southern Baptists blessed a family and provided support for adopting and fostering families.
“To see some of them just break down with the Holy Spirit, at the power of the gospel that Shane (Pruitt) was able to present, was incredible,” said Jared Barham, associate pastor of youth at Northside Baptist Church in Indianapolis
