by David Emmanuel Goatley | Apr 14, 2011 | Opinion
The U.S. Civil War began 150 years ago, on April 12, 1861, when the first mortar round was fired on Fort Sumter, S.C. By the end of the Civil War in 1865, more than 600,000 soldiers had died, and the United States experienced a defining point. The Civil War, however,...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Mar 31, 2010 | Opinion
A small team from the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention recently spent a week in Haiti. The purpose of our visit was to listen and learn, to offer a ministry of encouragement, to review our first phase of response and to plan our strategy for the next 90...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Feb 9, 2010 | Opinion
While most of the world’s attention has been on the tragedy of Port-au-Prince, others throughout Haiti are suffering as well from the earthquake and lack of attention and response. Our church network in Haiti continues to provide immediate relief and hopes for...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Jan 8, 2010 | Opinion
At the NAACP, our work in the global arena sometimes elicits the following kind of question: “With all the ills in the United States, why should we be involved in the problems in those countries?” There are at least three principle reasons you should...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Dec 23, 2009 | Opinion
An 80-year-old lady called me recently to ask if I could help find some help for her son who lives in my metropolitan area. She is a faithful supporting partner in the Lott Carey network that I lead. She was doing the “mother thing” by calling to see if...
