by Jared Porter | Dec 26, 2002 | Opinion
Christian Peacemaker Teams was founded in 1988 by members of the Mennonite Church. Its purpose: to offer “an organized, nonviolent alternative to war and other forms of lethal conflict.” “You will die today,” said its owner, an Israeli soldier...
by Jared Porter | Jul 24, 2002 | News
For eight days in June, more than 100 members of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Huntington, W.V., experienced what pastor Allen Reasons described as “faith in the raw” in Managua, Nicaragua. A group of 112 from the American Baptist Churches-affiliated...
by Jared Porter | May 24, 2002 | News
Members of the First Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn., gained valuable insight into another culture during a missions trip to Cuba in March. FBC Memphis’ John McCall led a trip to Cuba to visit the First Baptist Church of Florida to establish a partnership...
by Jared Porter | May 24, 2002 | News
Members of the First Baptist Church of Memphis, Tenn., unanimously approved a partnership with the First Baptist Church of Florida, Cuba, earlier in May. “Our partnership is really one to give them necessary resources to do what they’re already very...
by Jared Porter | May 2, 2002 | News
Today, as people all over the country gather in public places to observe the annual National Day of Prayer, the debate over prayer in schools continues to captivate federal, state and local governments. Texas high school students received the answer to a prayer when a...
