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  • Trained in disaster relief, N.C. Baptists now distribute food boxes
    by Yonat Shimron, posted Monday, June 01, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    CARY, N.C. (AP/RNS) -- They're best known for their post-hurricane disaster relief efforts -- ripping up homes damaged by floodwaters and rehabilitating them from the studs.

    But in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Baptists on Mission, an auxiliary of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, is remaking itself as a food distribution network, delivering boxes of produce to people struggling to get by in a state where more than 1 million people have filed for unemployment benefits. Read More

  • Brooklyn grocery ministry meets needs of hurting, minority community

    by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Thursday, May 28, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    BROOKYLN, N.Y. (BP) -- Mosaic Baptist Church is a six-year-old North American Mission Board-sponsored church plant that runs about 40 people. But though the church is small, the impact it has had in hard-hit Brooklyn during the COVID-19 pandemic has been big.

    "Right now, we have an opportunity to highlight the Gospel and keep pointing people to Jesus," Mosaic pastor Stephen Stallard said, noting the need for not just words of sympathy, but for actions that show love. Read More

  • Thanksgiving feasting among 'rhythms of grace'
    by David Roach, posted Wednesday, November 21, 2018 (5 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The average Thanksgiving dinner contains up to 3,000 calories, according to the Orlando Sentinel -- 4,500 if you go back for more. That's nearly three times the number of calories the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends some people consume in a day.

    Can Christians indulge in such a feast -- replete with fixings from potatoes to pie -- without committing the sin of gluttony? Absolutely, say a seminary professor and a women's author and speaker. Thanksgiving feasts are a biblically-justified part of celebrating God's goodness and bounty, they say.

    "When it is carried out as an expression of gratefulness to God with appreciation for His many undeserved blessings, feasting is appropriate and approved by God," said Gregg Allison, a systematic theology professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary who has taught doctoral students on the topic of gluttony for 15 years. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Life is a combo plate
    by Bob Bender, posted Tuesday, June 07, 2016 (8 years ago)

    Colorado pastor Bob Bender sees a parallel between a chicken enchilada and chile relleno combo plate and the Christian life. “The word balance comes to mind,” he writes. “God gave us a spiritual heart and a physical brain and He expects us to use both.” Read More

  • Church 'fills in the gaps' for people dealing with hunger
    by Kristen Lowry/Kentucky Today, posted Thursday, May 19, 2016 (8 years ago)

    Photo by Kristen Lowry/Kentucky Today
    SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- As she serves up oatmeal and sausage casserole, Susie Stivers sings an old Gospel hymn in a strong voice.

    It's a bright Thursday morning; light streams in through the storefront windows of Victory Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Ky.

    This is not your typical Southern Baptist Church. There are no stained glass windows, no baptismal, no steeple. Read More

  • Sickness at potluck highlights food safety
    by Scott Barkley, posted Tuesday, June 09, 2015 (9 years ago)

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    DULUTH, Ga. (BP) -- The potluck dinner is often seen as a treasured part of church life. It's a welcomed stereotype because of the fellowship and good times that come with overeating highly caloric casseroles, side dishes, and various meats cooked in various ways. And that's before the desserts, often enough of them to fill a row of folding tables stretching half a basketball court.

    With those things, though, comes a real danger. A 54-year-old woman died, and others were hospitalized, from a possible case of botulism, reportedly linked to an Ohio church potluck in April. Read More

  • Churches feed hungry, share love of Christ
    by Tom Strode, posted Tuesday, March 17, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Photo by Angie Kretschmar
    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Southern Baptist churches of various sizes and in various settings are feeding the hungry in the U.S. And a sizable number of Americans remain in need of such help. Nearly 50 million Americans, or nearly one in six, live in "food insecure households," according to Feeding America, a nationwide network of two hundred food banks. Read More

  • Church food ministries serve thousands
    by Bonnie Pritchett/Southern Baptist TEXAN, posted Tuesday, November 25, 2014 (9 years ago)

    AUSTIN (BP) -- It was never his plan, never his desire, but for six years Ellis Johnson called the streets of Austin home.

    "Six years on the street humbled me a lot," Johnson said in a telephone interview from his new home in Austin. Read More