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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

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  • Quake survivors’ needs differ from tsunami, but sharing Jesus is key to both efforts
    by Goldie Frances*, posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (18 years ago)

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (BP)--The Oct. 8 earthquake that shook northern Pakistan and India has the region scrambling once again to meet enormous needs as recovery continues from the Dec. 26 tsunami that ravaged the countries of Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives.

    Southern Baptist disaster relief response to the earthquake will be similar to its response to the tsunami: meeting medical needs, providing food, building temporary shelter and helping individuals generate income.

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  • Assisted by tsunami aid, volunteers in Asia continue ministry
    by Jesse Lyautey, posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (18 years ago)

    RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Workers and volunteers laboring to meet the immediate needs of people affected by the tsunami that hit South Asia and the Pacific Rim last December have utilized more than half of the $16.8 million given to the International Mission Board in response to the disaster.

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  • At her childhood church, tears flow over hurricane's toll
    by Keith Manuel, posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (18 years ago)

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    Sorrowful sight


    Judy Hagler, who was baptized at 9 at Gentilly Baptist Church, sheds tears upon seeing the destruction that Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding exacted on her childhood church. Photo by Keith Manuel


    NEW ORLEANS (BP)--With tears flowing down her cheeks, Judy Hagler gasped as she saw for the first time the jumble of pews and sludge left in the Gentilly Baptist Church in New Orleans, the church in which she grew up.

        She had driven from her home in Independence, La., to check on her once-beautiful community. Long moments of silence and more tears accompanied her stories of the past.

        In 1951, 9-year-old Judy became the first person baptized in the current sanctuary by her pastor, William Fussell.

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  • Photojournalists’ group nurtures support, witness for faith
    by David Roach, posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (18 years ago)

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    Words of encouragement


    San Francisco Chronicle staffer Gary Fong, one of the founders of Christians in Photojournalism, shares insights with Union University student Amanda Herron during the fifth annual Baptist Press national Collegiate Journalism Conference in Nashville. Photo by James Edward Bates


    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--In the mid-1970s, a group of 12 Christian photographers formed a mailing list to share prayer requests and encourage one another in their faith.

    Led by Gary Fong, who is now director of editorial graphics technology at the San Francisco Chronicle, the group named itself Christians in Photojournalism and began ministering to photographers.

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  • Gallup poll latest to show Americans reject secular evolution
    by Michael Foust, posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (18 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A majority of adults support the biblical account of creation according to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll -- the latest in a series of polls reflecting Americans' tendency to reject secular evolution.

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  • Land: Miers’ record will be nearly identical to Roberts’
    by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (18 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP)--Richard Land predicts Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers not only will be confirmed, barring an unexpected revelation, but her record will be nearly identical to that of new Chief Justice John Roberts.

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  • Simple technology allows homebound to attend church
    by Brooklyn Noel, posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (18 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Margaret Coffey is a faithful member of Unity Baptist Church and “attends” services every week even though she is homebound and lives nearly 100 miles away.

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  • 11 films to lift the spirit amid calamity & heartbreak
    by Phil Boatwright, posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (18 years ago)

    KANSAS CITY, Kan. (BP)--Disaster movies were all the rage in the 1970s, ranging from “Airport,” a star-studded actioneer that soared with moviegoers, to the killer bee threat “The Swarm,” which deservedly got stung at the box office. After this year’s hurricane and flood catastrophes, the last thing many will want to see is a movie about apocalyptic misfortune.

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  • FIRST-PERSON: Establishing credit
    by Howard Dayton, posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (18 years ago)

    GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--My friend and fellow cofounder of Crown Financial Ministries Larry Burkett used to say, "The first myth about credit is that you must have it. You don’t." Larry believed that you shouldn’t establish credit unless you have a specific purpose for it and know how to use it wisely.

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  • FIRST-PERSON: How to get a life when ministry drains it out of you
    by David R. Brumbelow, posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (18 years ago)

    HIGHLANDS, Texas (BP)--Years ago my dad and I, both pastors, attended an associational meeting. The speaker lamented a survey revealing that something like 75 percent of all pastors had considered leaving the ministry. Dad -- Joe Brumbelow, who in his lifetime was pastor of several churches in South Texas -- commented, “The results worry me, too. I’m concerned that 25 percent of the preachers lied.”

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