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| SMOKE rises (right) from a house behind a mosque in the Old City in Bethlehem, 50 meters from the back door of the Church of the Nativity, April 11. The Israeli army and Palestinians have been at a standoff near the site, the latest battle in the centuries-long struggle over who will control the Holy Land. (Reuters/ Oleg Popov) Full Story___ |
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El Paso missionary recalls Rankin pledged no signing 4/8
Missionaries explain reasons for not signing BF&M 4/8
See previous articles on this topic here.
CYBERCOLUMNS:
Donna Van Cleve:
Woman, thou art loosed
It's in the stars
COMMENTARY:
Tribes compete
Fallacy of 'sole reliability'
The chess game
A Thursday crucifixion?
March Madness
TBM/ Being the presence of Christ
FOUR FACES OF ISLAM
  The rock is gone from his ear, but the mystery remains. ___
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| Church clinic offers hope & healing ___By George Henson ___Staff Writer ___DALLAS--Once he saw the figures, Elmin Howell could do the math in his heart. The 40,000 people from nine ethnic groups who live within 5 miles of Shiloh Terrace Baptist Church added up to one thing--ministry. ___When a closer look at the numbers revealed that more than 50 percent of those 40,000 people had no health insurance coverage, Howell saw more clearly the type of ministry needed --a neighborhood clinic. ___Something like that took a special person to lead the way, however--a person with a head for the health-care field but also a heart for ministry. ___Jenny Williams fit both those criteria perfectly. Full Story |
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| Baptists called to pray for Tuareg ___By Mark Kelly ___International Mission Board ___RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--The name of one unreached people group in West Africa literally means "abandoned by God." ___On May 19, Southern Baptists will ask God to help that people group, the Tuareg, know he loves them. ___Once Tuareg camel caravans transported everything from salt to slaves across the Sahara. But now the nomadic people group follows their declining herds through barren regions of Algeria, Libya, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso in search of scarce pasture. Many Tuareg have fled the ravages of drought to pitch their tents on the fringes of cities like Tombouctou, Mali. And 99.9 percent never have heard of salvation in Jesus Christ. Full Story |
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