Baptist Press Archive

Thursday, May 02, 2002

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  • Helping deaf Koreans grasp the gospel with their eyes
    by Sharon Mager, posted Thursday, May 02, 2002 (22 years ago)

    WHEATON, Md. (BP)--"Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the words of Christ," the Bible says in Romans 10:17. But what if one can't hear?

          That's the issue Chang Hwang deals with. Hwang is deaf. And his passion is to reach other Korean deaf people for the Lord.

          Hwang pastors the Deaf Baptist Church of Washington -- the first and only church for deaf Koreans in America. The eyes are the ears of the deaf, he said through his new secretary, Joyce Kim, who interpreted for this interview. So, in a visual way Hwang reaches out to the deaf community.

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    Chang Hwang

          Hwang started the church last August. It meets at 4 p.m. every Sunday at Hanuri Baptist Church's facilities in Silver Spring. The congregation mingles and greets each other. Songs are "sung" through signing. People are ushered into the presence of God through the music, not because they hear it, Hwang said, but because the expressions are large, fluid and exaggerated and the facial motions are different. It's recognized as a holy expression. Read More

  • Penasco flames spare most of Baptist camp's facilities
    by John Loudat, posted Thursday, May 02, 2002 (22 years ago)

    CLOUDCROFT, N.M. (BP)--"God is so merciful," declared the manager of Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center the evening of May 1 as firefighters were busy trying to save camp structures from a devastating forest fire in southern New Mexico. Read More

  • NCC targets Israel for 'intentional destruction' of Palestinian society
    by Art Toalston, posted Thursday, May 02, 2002 (22 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A National Council of Churches delegation charged Israel with "intentional destruction of Palestinian civil society" in an April 30 statement after a "pilgrimage for peace" in Israel and other parts of the Middle East, April 16-27. Read More

  • Worker says violence-plagued India needs chance to hear the gospel
    by Manda Roten, posted Thursday, May 02, 2002 (22 years ago)

    NEW DELHI (BP)--People in western India's Gujarat province need more than an end to Hindu-Muslim violence that has stolen more than 900 lives in the past two months, says a Southern Baptist worker familiar with the region. They also need open hearts and an opportunity to hear the gospel. Read More

  • House begins effort to counteract Supreme Court on virtual child porn
    by Jeff Johnson, posted Thursday, May 02, 2002 (22 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP)--The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security took the first steps May 1 to respond to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision April 16 striking down a law that banned as child pornography images of adult or computer-generated subjects, CNSNews.com reported May 2. Read More