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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)

    Photo courtesy of K. Brown
    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

  • 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