2005 Offering for Global Missions

KidsHeart Africa partnership seeks to transform lives of children

“It is impossible to convey the magnitude of the crisis that is being faced in sub-Saharan Africa in relation to children in especially diffi cult circumstances,” Sam said. “Th e eff ects of poverty, HIV/AIDS, war and corruption have conspired to rob the very life from humanity that is normally manifest in healthy,

growing children.”In an eff ort to “stem the

tide and make the reality of abundant life a possibility” for the children in that African region, the Fellowship and Buckner Baptist Benevolences have formed a partnership called KidsHeart Africa.

Sam, who with his wife, Melody, was appointed to

work in Kenya in 1999, believes partnerships work best “when they arise out of existing common eff orts, passion and association rather

than from a ‘grand idea.’ “Both CBF and Buckner

have been similarly engaged in the context of sub-Saharan Africa and both have compe-

tencies and expertise to bring to the table,” he explained.

KidsHeart will focus primarily on very young orphans, vulnerable children and issues related to their welfare and development.

“Our sub-Saharan Africa team will partner with churches, organizations and communities who are already engaged to some degree in outreach to children such as with church-operated nursery schools, community centers and HIV/AIDS infant care,” Sam said. “Our teammates in South Africa, Ana Marie and Scott Houser, and Jade and Shelah Acker in West Africa, will work with partner organi-zations seeking to provide holistic care and attention to vulnerable children, particularly those aff ected and

infected by HIV/AIDS.“A most essential ingredi-

ent for the success of Kids-Heart is the partnership of individuals and churches,”

Sam said. “Our dream would be for a relationship to be built between a church congregation and one of

the ministries that we are un-dertaking. While it will not be possible for everyone to see fi rsthand what their eff orts are achieving, we are ready and willing to facilitate on-site participation and involvement

Throughout the world each day, some

30,000 children die from causes that are

largely preventable. A disproportionate

number of those deaths occur among children in

sub-Saharan Africa where CBF Global Missions fi eld

personnel Melody and Sam Harrell strive to bring

hope and healing through the love of God.

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COOPERATIVE Baptist Fellowship Global Missions works with churches and others to provide the bread of life — spiritual, emotional, medical, educational and economic — in partnership with the most neglected, those with the greatest needs and the fewest resources.

Th is special issue of the newsletter focuses on CBF’s Off ering for Global Missions.

Based on John 6:35, this year’s Off ering theme is “Famished Lands … Th e Bread of Life.”

Th e Off ering goal is $6.32 million. One hundred percent of the Off ering goes to assist Global Missions fi eld

personnel in connecting with the most neglected people and meeting human need around the world.

Th is issue will also introduce the Fellow-ship’s newest Global

Missions fi eld personnel us-ing the format from “New Field Personnel Baseball Cards” (see left ) available for free from Th e CBF Store at www.thefellowship.info or (800) 801-4223. f!

Offering helps personnel bring the ‘Bread of Life’ to most neglected

Special Offering for Global Missions Issue – October 2005

How to Respond

LEARN – For more information about partner-ing with KidsHeart Africa, contact Karen Gilbert, CBF Global Missions associate coordinator for volunteer and partnership missions, at (800) 782-2451 or [email protected].

For more specifi c informa-tion on the scope and philoso-phy of this initiative, contact Ana Marie and Scott Houser at [email protected] or Melody and Sam Harrell at [email protected].

PRAY – The Harrells request prayer for these spe-cifi c needs:• that people will be led to be full participants, the

hands and feet, in what God is calling us to do• that our efforts will adapt and conform to the real needs of communities and children• for strength and endur-ance for the many who will carry the weight of this task • that governments and nations will awaken to their responsibilities toward children — our future.

“The body of Christ cannot afford not to participate by all means necessary to avoid ‘the stumbling of one of these.’ As you pray, ask how God might lead you to become involved,” Sam said.

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“In Burma, we have land and we have resources, but we have no peace,” said one man through an interpreter. “Here, we have peace, but nothing else. Life is better here.”

For 11 years Ellen and Rick Burnette and their sons Jesse, Benjamin and William, have walked alongside the Lahu, Kar-en and Palaung, former Burmese hilltribes, as they scratch out an exis-tence in jungle-covered mountains of northern Th ailand. Th e Burnettes use their expertise in agriculture to help about a dozen impoverished hilltribe villages grow enough food to sup-port themselves for as long as they are in Th ailand.

In 1996, the Burnettes started the Upland Holistic Development Project (UHDP) as an openly Christian ministry designed to meet the needs of the displaced hilltribes, who lack Th ai citizenship and access to government services, education and even employment. Th e Palaung began to enter Th ailand more than 20 years ago, fl eeing unrest in strife-torn Burma. Not long aft er arriving, they were granted asylum by Th ailand’s king, to whom they are very grateful.

“Our prayer has been that they will be granted citizenship,” Rick said. “If their felt need is to stay, then the question for us is how do we help them stay?”

Th at’s one reason why the UHDP oper-ates an experimental farm, designed to grow a diversity of crops in the upland jungle environment. While Ellen manages the books for UHDP and works on the citizenship issues, Rick, who has a master’s degree in agriculture from the University of Tennessee, works diligently to unlock the secrets of growing agroforest crops on mountainous land that was once covered in lush, tropical forest.

On the UHDP center’s 16-acres of scrubby, hilly forest, Rick and the all-hill-tribe-people staff of 10 have established nurseries for such crops as rattan palms, which produce edible shoots and cane for use in making baskets or furniture; spices and vegetables such as forest peppers, corn and acacia; multi-purpose crops such as indigo and bamboo; and what Rick consid-ers the world’s sweetest pineapple.

“We’ve identifi ed more than 40 types of plants that UHDP and the hilltribe people can use,” Rick said. “Biodiversity is the key. Our philosophy is that within

one ‘wah’ — basically the distance between my outstretched arms — there needs to be something of value planted. If there are native plants, we say use them. Get as much as you can from nature.”

Because the hilltribes now have access to very little land, they are discouraged from practicing monocultural farming. If all of their eff ort goes into one crop, and that crop fails for reasons beyond their control, then the village will starve. By having a variety of crops, if one variety fails, they will always have something to fall back on.

“We’re not aft er high production; we’re aft er stability,” Rick said. “To our Western eye, it looks like it’s a mess. To us, every-thing needs to be laid out and separate. But this type of farming, with diff erent crops growing under trees all mixed in together makes sense to the hill tribes. It’s really farming by niches.”

Th e UHDP has also expanded into livestock. Th e project now has several concrete basins for catfi sh farming, and pens for growing Chinese moisan pigs.

When the project latches onto a suc-cessful idea, they take it out to the villages, and barter or sell them what they need to get started. Both ma-terials and ideas are exchanged. And the UHDP staff learns something from the hill people on nearly every visit.

“I usually leave a village encouraged and refreshed,” Rick said. “I see people coping, surviving and in some ways thriving in a dif-fi cult situation, and they have been all of their lives. It goes back to the Sermon on the Mount. ‘Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.’ Th ere isn’t anyone meeker than those guys.” f!

By Lance Wallace, CBF Communications

As they pour scalding green tea into plastic cups and pass it to

their guests sitting on mats on the concrete fl oor of the “head

man’s” home, the Palaung villagers explain the benefi ts of being in

Th ailand over their native Burma, now known as Myanmar.

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Holistic CBF ministry plants seeds in northern Thailand

How to Respond

LEARN – For more about UHDP and the Burnettes’ ministry, visit www.uhdp.org/uh/. For more about the Offering, visit www.thefellowship.info/Global Missions/OGM/.

GIVE – To give to the Offering, please use the contribution envelope in this issue and mark your check “Offering for Global Missions.” Or go online to www.thefellowship.info/Landing/Giving.icm and click on the Offering for Global Missions button.

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Hilltribe ministry utilizes indigenous leadership

IN THE EARLY DAYS of the Upland Holistic Development Project, good help was hard to fi nd.

“It’s pretty remote and rural,” Rick Burnette said. “We had two Palaung teams come and stay here to get it started. Two of them are still here – Apat and Alap. Apat has been instrumental in getting our nurseries started and tending to them. They both made a commitment to this project. We couldn’t do what we do without them.”

With the exception of the Burnettes, the entire UHDP staff comes from hilltribes. The project’s manager, Jamlong, a Lahu and a Christian, has been on staff for nine years. All of the 30 people who live at UHDP are from hilltribes.

Jamlong typically leads in prayer when he visits the villages, where Buddhism and animism are the forms of religious expression.

UHDP is host to dozens of visitors each year, ranging from missions teams to agriculturists to university students. The staff not only maintains their duties on the farm, they cook and provide for the teams who stay at the facility.

During the spring of 2004, the Burnettes moved from Fang, which is near UHDP, to the city of Chiang Mai, more than two hours away. This arrangement limits Rick’s day-to-day involvement on the project, but he’s completely confi dent in Jamlong’s leadership and the staff’s ability to continue the ministry.

“In this part of the world, there is no shortage of people working with unreached people groups,” Rick said. “We have a niche because we are holistic and try to look at the whole spectrum of needs.”

GIVE – You can also contribute directly to the projects of UHDP by going online to www.thefellowship.info/Global Missions/giftcatalog/td.icm.


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Field personnel use unique ministries to reach Romany

Holmes continues work on a Romany recording of the children’s animated series called “Th e Testament,” originally made by the Welsh portion of the British Broadcast-ing Company. Th ree of the nine-part se-ries have been dubbed, with plans to trans-late one more into the Sinti Romany lan-guage.

“Th ey seem to be very well accepted by the Sinti,” Holmes said. “Adults seem to be as interested in them as the kids.”

Other translation projects have included

audio recordings of Galatians and the Old Testament story of Joseph; video record-ings of the “JESUS” video in two languages; and “Pilgrim’s Progress.” Future projects

include a partnership to dub the book of Acts for use in corporate Bible studies.

Th e re-cordings have potential to bring Romany closer to God. “Rudi, a long-time Christian and

member of a German-speaking church, said he never really realized God spoke his own language until he heard Jesus speaking

Romanese in the ‘JESUS’ video,” Holmes said.

Th rough micro-economic development, Van Rheenen ministers alongside Romany Christians. Some Romany survive through stealing, drug dealing, begging and for-tune-telling — practices that many give up when they become Christians.

“Th ey then seek an honorable way to support themselves, their families and the work of the local church,” Van Rheenen said. “Th ey also desire to become positive examples to the non-Christians around them.”

Because unemployment is high among the Romany, small-business development can provide jobs and livelihood. Th rough a partnership with CAMED, a Christian organization in Moldova, Romany can receive training and loans for starting a business.

Holmes and Van Rheenen, resource co-ordinators to the Romany team, were com-missioned by the Fellowship in 1996. f!

LEARN – For more information about the Romany, visit www.gypsyministries.com.

By Carla Wynn, CBF Communications

It’s the Romany’s desire to reach their own people and the use of

diff erent media to share the gospel that excites Keith Holmes and

Mary Van Rheenen, CBF Global Missions fi eld personnel serving in the

Netherlands.

How to make a Scripture recording

A PROJECT BEGINS with a local Romany Christian expressing a need for a recording to be translated. A local group then works with a trained translator to translate the script. Other Romany read the proposed script for accuracy, understandability and dialectical differences. “Is it a lift or an elevator? Does one cut off the lights or turn out the lights?” Mary Van Rheenen explained.

Keith Holmes, a translator and some local Romany watch or listen to the original recording, select-ing voices they think suit the tone or message of the video or audio recording. Holmes fi nds a quiet place, such as a church basement, to record. Van Rheenen arranges for prayer support during the recording.

In order to get proper voice in-fl ection, Romany make the record-ing rather than a translator. The translator tells Romany participants their lines, which are repeated back for recording. “Most Romany would not feel comfortable reading a script, even if they could read their own language,” Van Rheenen said.

Once all parts are recorded correctly, Holmes mixes the recording. A draft is shown to a sample audience to determine if the message is correctly communicated. Once necessary changes are made, a master copy is sent for reproduction and distributed through locals.

By Carla Wynn, CBF CommunicationsCBF GLOBAL MISSIONS is using the work of two artists to help tell the story of this year’s Off ering for Global Missions. At-tendees of the 2005 General Assembly may recognize the two artists — Ken Medema and Simon András — from their art that enriched that meeting.

Ken Medema, a singer/songwriter known for his musical responses to people and situations, wrote the tsunami refl ec-tion that was presented at the General As-sembly. Th rough this year’s OGM anthem, “Famished Lands … Th e Bread of Life,” Medema gave voice to the importance of social justice.

“For years now, I have been looking for ways to express my yearnings about the involvement of our churches in issues of justice and mercy,” Medema said. “One of those issues has been the matter of feeding the world’s hungry people. I couldn’t imag-ine a better union than that of concern for physical feeding as well as for spiritual feeding.”

Likewise, the art of Simon András touches on themes of social justice. Some of his pieces were included in the General Assembly’s silent art auction. Recently András employed his talents in line art to produce a 12-image series illustrating the Lord’s Prayer. One piece from that series serves as the visual component of this year’s OGM artwork. Originally from Budapest, Hungary, András works in wa-

tercolor and line drawings to provoke theo-logical and social refl ection.

According to Steve Johnson, CBF asso-ciate coordinator for global missions com-munications, CBF Global Missions makes a conscious eff ort to connect with artists like Medema and András. Th e resulting collab-oration both supports the artists’ work and provides a venue for their art to communi-cate the importance of global missions. f!

LEARN – A soundtrack and sheet music of “Famished Lands … The Bread of Life” are available by calling Terry Walton at (800) 352-8741. For more information about Simon András’ work, visit www.artbyandras.com. Visit Ken Medema’s Web site at www.kenmedema.com.

By contributing writer Sarah Satterwhite, Houston, Texas

Artists help illustrate Offering theme


Keith Holmes, one of CBF’s Global Missions field personnel, makes a Scripture recording.

Bread of lifeFor famished landsGently carried by these our handsWe have heard our master’s callNow to bring the bread of life to one and all

Living water, healing streamBrings new life, new hope, new dreamsWe’ll not hide from pain or strife,In this our holy task to bring the bread of life

Tiny village, ancient town, city sidewalks, furrowed ground

Mountains high or desert sands, out on the sea across the land



We gladly share our daily breadWith all who hunger, as the master saidWe work for justice, we live in peaceNow set the table bring the feast, bring the feast



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Offering resources help churches connect with CBF Global Missions

The “How-To” Guide for Promoting the 2005-2006 Offering for Global Missions

Th is comprehensive, easy-to-use resource for teachers and group leaders includes descriptions of resources and explains a variety of methods for con-necting with CBF Global Missions — everything needed to prepare for and promote the Off ering for Global Missions.

Famished Lands ... The Bread of Life Multimedia Resource

Explores the manner in which CBF Global Missions fi eld personnel are sharing the Bread of Life with fam-ished lands. Th e theme music is written and performed by singer/songwriter Ken Medema.

Famished Lands ... The Bread of Life Bulletin Insert

Introduce your church and family to agricultural innovation among refu-gees in north-ern Th ailand; progress in Bible translation eff orts among the Romany (Gypsy) people of Europe; and care and relief for victims of the tsunamis, hurricanes and other natural disasters. With compelling quotes from fi eld personnel, this insert illustrates the manner in which CBF Global Missions works with churches and others to provide the Bread of Life in partnership with the most neglected.

Famished Lands ... The Bread of Life Promotional Poster

Color portraits taken from three continents grace this 18” x 22” poster. Th is resource is two-sided, one for Eng-lish speakers and one for Spanish speakers.

MissionConnect PostersA complement to the Off ering for Global Missions

poster designed to highlight MissionConnect, the Off er-ing’s spring emphasis.

MissionConnect Bulletin InsertCBF’s values of listening,

equipping and partnering are demonstrated in the details of stories from CBF Global Mis-sions fi eld personnel who live and work in urban settings. Th ese include Ronnie Adams, Mary-Katherine Williams and Jesse Loper, working in New York City, as well as Melody and

Sam Harrell, ministering in Nairobi, Kenya. Th e insert includes direct contact information for fi eld personnel.

Offering for Global Missions EnvelopesTh ese envelopes provide a convenient way for church

members to give to the Off ering.

Offering for Global Missions BankWith one touch, the pre-folded item becomes a small,

14-sided world globe with a slot for coins on top and a place for a person’s name on the bottom.

Doing Missions in a World Without Borders Curriculum Promotional Brochure

Th is fl ier provides a comprehen-sive overview of the Doing Missions in a World Without Borders Mis-sions Education Curriculum, com-plete with curriculum topics, testi-monials and a tear-off order form.

New Field Personnel Baseball Cards

Children and adults will love these cards, which describe the lives and ministries of CBF Global Missions’ most recently appointed fi eld per-sonnel. Samples of these cards are placed throughout this issue of the newsletter. Since printing of these cards, some of the fi eld assignments may have changed, but the need to pray for these fi eld personnel remains unchanged.

face2face Promotional BrochureIncluded in this guide is the process by which church-

es and individuals can connect with CBF to secure some-one to share their ministry story as well as to listen to the needs of the congregation.

People Group Videos/DVDsCBF Global Missions recently released two videos related to

the Off ering for Global Missions. Videos on the Palaung peo-ple group and Kenya are available now, with DVDs on these topics planned for release by November. Th e videos update previous versions released. Th e DVDs will contain updates of previous videos on the topics with new interviews and graph-ics. Th ey also contain a slide show suitable for incorporation into worship services or prayer gatherings. Th e Palaung video and Kenya video are $4.95 each. DVDs are $9.95.

Web resourcesTh e following resources help connect individuals and churches with the Off ering online:

Offering for Global Missions Web site: www.thefellowship.info/Global Missions/OGM/

Provides comprehensive information about the Off er-ing, including highlighted ministries in the fall and spring Off ering emphases. Th e Web site also provides informa-tion about face2face (formerly the CBF speakers bureau) and access to photos, clip art and a chart illustrating giv-ing progress, and allowing you to learn and share Off ering promotion ideas and providing input to the Fellowship.

Offering for Global Missions E-UpdateEach issue provides timely, innovative ideas and links

to resources to help promote the Off ering. Contains prayer calendars to assist churches in remembering to support CBF Global Missions fi eld personnel in prayer, as well as opportunities for volunteer missions service. To subscribe, e-mail your request to [email protected] or call (770) 220-1630.

Prayer resources“Sharing in God’s Grace… by Praying One for An-other” Year-Long Guide to Global Missions Praying

A small but beautiful volume that guides the reader to participate in the very heart of CBF Global Missions: prayer. It is designed almanac-style with descriptive, week-by-week prayer needs, meditations and more.

Partners in Prayer CalendarTh is resource helps users remember in prayer CBF

Global Missions fi eld personnel and their children on their birthdays.

Th e online component is the Prayer Central home page on the Fellowship Web site. It includes prayer requests from CBF Global Missions fi eld personnel as well as a birthday list of fi eld personnel and their families. Other prayer needs are oft en listed as well. To access the Prayer Central home page, visit www.thefellowship.info and click the “Global Missions” and “Prayer Central” buttons. Many of these prayer resources can also be distributed through e-mail and the U.S. Postal Service. For more information, call the CBF Global Missions offi ce at (800) 352-8741.

The following free promotional resources explain the Off ering appeal as well as the CBF

Global Missions strategy. Th e resources are fl exible and can be tailored to fi t your church’s

unique approach to missions promotion. To order items, contact Th e CBF Store at (888) 801-4223

or www.thefellowship.info.

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FOCUSING ON THE most neglected is Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s key strat-egy for global missions, according to Jack Snell, interim coordinator for CBF Global Missions.

Snell, who was named interim coordina-tor by the CBF Coordinating Council prior to the General Assembly, presented an As-sembly workshop on the strategic approach behind CBF Global Missions. He had served for six weeks as acting coordinator following the resignation of Barbara Bal-dridge. Snell served previously as associate coordinator for fi eld ministries.

Th e strategy of ministering among the most neglected — which includes the un-evangelized and the marginalized — has developed out of an ongoing strategic plan-ning process in CBF Global Missions.

“Under our current plan, we have grouped these together as the most ne-glected,” noted Snell. Th ese are “the people who have the greatest needs in the world and who have the fewest resources to meet

those needs,” said Snell.Snell cited some examples of the Fellow-

ship reaching out to the most neglected:• Increasing ministry to

persons with HIV/AIDS in New York, Miami, Nairobi and South Africa

• Transformational development projects

• Ministries among the hungry in various locations around the world

• Ongoing tsunami relief and rebuilding in Southeast Asia

• Work among the Gypsies • Th e Fellowship’s rural

poverty initiative.“Th e Scripture is replete with examples

of ministry to the neglected,” Snell said. “We are serious that our ministry should be holistic.” Th at means addressing spiritual, physical, social and other needs. In times of crisis, this may mean being willing to

meet physical needs fi rst and then sharing the love of Christ with people as the Spirit directs, he noted.

Approximately 80 percent of CBF Global Missions’ work is among the most neglected, said Snell. In the current proposed budget, $11.3 million of the $13.7 million for CBF Global Missions is designated for work among the most neglected. Th e other portions go to Global Missions partnerships, volun-teer missions, church planting and other ministries. f!

LEARN – For more informa-tion about CBF Global Missions,

visit www.thefellowship.info/Global Missions/. For more information about Jack Snell, read his online biography at www.thefellowship.info/Inside CBF/Jack Snell.icm.

By contributing writer Alison Wingfi eld, Dallas, Texas

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face2face links the Fellowship, localchurches by sharing, engaging

“face2face is about one-on-one conver-sations as well as expanded presentations,” said Terry Walton, CBF face2face facilitator. “As CBF leadership visit local congrega-tions, mutual advocacy develops. Church members hear of ministry occurring around the corner and across the globe, and they are invited to become an active partici-pant. Our leadership listen to the needs and challenges faced by these congregations so that we can learn how to serve them better.”

Debbie Farrell, WMU director for First Baptist Church in Graham, N.C., called aft er fi nding information about speakers on the CBF Web site. Farrell said several CBF staff members made it easy to arrange a visit with CBF Global Missions fi eld personnel.

“It was really neat to have a real live mis-sionary come and share her experiences with us,” Farrell said. “She made a great impact on the congregation.”

Farrell said the speaker shared information with the church about the plight of orphans in Africa. “She was very sincere and spoke from

her heart,” Farrell said. “We all wanted to go there and help her when she was fi nished.”

She was so inspirational, in fact, that nine church members traveled to Kiev, Ukraine, in August to help construct an orphanage for homeless children. Farrell said her church is also working with CBF of North Carolina to develop a Hispanic ministry for their community.

Walton said this result is an example of what face2face strives to do with every church that contacts the Fellowship.

Sometimes, the contact inspires changes within a congregation and changes in people’s lives. Carolyn Boyle contacted the Fellowship last year to coordinate a speaker for the newly organized Women’s Mission Ministry at First Baptist Church in Ashe-ville, N.C. To kick off the new program, Boyle arranged for Amy Whipple Derrick to come and speak to the group.

“Amy was wonderful, her message was so invigorating,” Boyle said.

Derrick, CBF associate coordinator for

Global Service Corps and Student.Go, told the group about a new missions initiative called AsYouGo, which allows individuals to affi liate with CBF Global Missions, even if they are funded by churches, have full-time employment, or some combination of both.

A member of the church who heard Derrick’s presentation told some friends, Fran and Mike Graham, about the initia-tive. At the CBF General Assembly in June, the Grahams were commissioned as AsY-ouGo affi liates to coordinate the work of Slavic ministries in Asheville.

“Our hope for face2face is that it will bring about more of these connections for people,” Walton said. “Initially, this service was only of-fered as a promotional eff ort for the Off ering for Global Missions. We now have representa-tives who are available to speak on a variety of topics ranging from congregational health issues to leadership development.”

It all begins with the fi rst contact from a church.

“We look at the interest and needs of the church. We secure an appropriate speaker and handle much of the logistical planning. We want to make the process as easy for them as possible,” Walton said. “We believe each visit is an opportunity to discover our God-given mission.” f!

LEARN – To fi nd out more about face2face, visit www.thefellowship.info/face2face or contact (770) 220-1630 or [email protected].

By contributing writer Bob Perkins Jr., York, Pa.

Since its inception, the CBF Speaker’s Bureau has played an

important role in telling the Fellowship story as staff and

Global Missions fi eld personnel share their specifi c work with local

congregations. However, to assist congregations more intentionally in

connecting with missions and ministry opportunities, this initiative has

been revisioned to include an emphasis on listening to the needs of the

local church and engaging church members in the life of the Fellowship.

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Global Missions Coordinator Position

THE COOPERATIVE Baptist Fel-lowship is prayerfully seeking a person to lead its global missions efforts. CBF works with churches and individuals to help them fi nd and fulfi ll their God-given purpose. CBF Global Missions works through a team structure comprised of fi eld personnel, administrative personnel and domestic and international part-ners. The coordinator will lead this team as it attempts to address the holistic needs of our world, using the resources God makes available through individuals and churches.

The coordinator must have a demonstrated, abiding commitment to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and to the fulfi llment of His commission to share the gospel with all people in a culturally meaningful manner. An undergraduate degree is required and an advanced degree is preferred. As a person of spiritual maturity and in-tegrity, the coordinator must be ready to fulfi ll the role of servant leader and team player. The coordinator will need to listen effectively, assimilate varied viewpoints, understand the needs of team members and the people of our world. Strength to make, interpret, and implement diffi cult decisions will be essential. Experience in admin-istration and budget processes will help the coordinator lead the global missions team effectively.

The person who serves in this position must have signifi cant cross-cultural experience and proven ability to communicate ef-fectively with individuals and groups through public speaking and mass media. Candidates for this position also need a demonstrated commit-ment to the concept of missions and Baptist principles as embraced and practiced by the Fellowship.

The Global Missions Coordina-tor Search Committee will accept applications or recommendations from now until Jan. 1, 2006. Elec-tronic submissions are preferred and may be e-mailed to [email protected] or paper submissions may be mailed to Global Missions Coordinator Search Committee, 1901 Girard Ave., Richmond, VA 23229-4129.

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Missions journal

THE FOLLOWING is a journal written by CBF Global Missions fi eld personnel Keith Holmes and Mary Van Rheenen who work among Romany in Europe.

Rudi, a Sinti Romany evangelist, traveled from his home in Germany to visit Romany in the Czech Republic and further east. He preached, baptized and encouraged. When he came to the Ukraine, he was both heartened and disheartened. He worshipped with a joyful congregation … who lived in abject poverty.

Keith and our Wycliffe partner Armin saw video footage of Rudi’s trip. Keith, who has seen children digging for food in garbage bins, came home shocked. The roof ends of the houses weren’t even closed in. Many homes had only mud fl oors.

Armin wrote to his Wycliffe contacts to ask for help. A contact in Poland responded. Two teams of volunteers wanted to help local people winterize their homes, but did not have enough funds to do the job.

Keith shared about the needs in the Ukraine at his English-language Bible study in the Netherlands. A couple from New Zealand and one from the U.S. donated enough funds for the volunteers from Poland to fi nish their job.

“No fi eld or entity can see this happen alone,” Armin wrote, “but what we form together, with full ownership, can be a great tool for the Lord’s work.”

GIVE – To help fund projects like this one, contribute to the Offering for Global Missions. Please use the contribution envelope in this issue and mark your check “Offering for Global Missions.” Or go online to www.thefellowship.info/Landing/Giving.icm and click on the Offering for Global Missions button.

Prayer requests

Keith Holmes and Mary Van Rheenen request prayer for the following items:

• Thank God for the outreach to Bosnian refugees in St. Louis. Pray for Sasa and his wife, Mira, as they reach out to Romany as well as Bosnians.

• Thank God that three children’s videos, Ruth, Jonah, and Noah/Creation, are completed in the Sinti Romany language; continue to pray for distribution and use during the Sinti Christian’s summer season of tent meetings.

• Pray for encouragement for Armin, our partner with Wycliffe Bible Translators, Sinti Romany.

• Thank God for a volunteer team (American and Moldovan) which held Vacation Bible School in the Romany village of Vulcanesti the week of July 4.


“I remember that fi rst morning, we got off the subway and walked to Greater Restora-tion (Baptist Church). We saw Ken (Bogan) in the doorway, and he greeted each of us with a handshake and a hug,” recalled Philip Vestal, pastor of Harlem Baptist Church in Harlem, Ga. “God moved in that initial mo-ment, just that instant bond that we felt for one another.”

Th at was the beginning of a long-term partnership between the two churches, one primarily white, located in rural Georgia, the other primarily African-Ameri-can, located in the urban setting of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Vestal’s church fi rst heard about Greater Restoration through Jimmy Lewis, missions coordinator for CBF of Georgia, following Sept. 11.

“I made the appeal to my church, and they responded with overwhelm-ing love and concern and action,” Vestal said. A team of 20 volunteers went to New York in the spring of 2002. Th eir fi rst task was to as-sist Greater Restoration, which is housed in a storefront, to renovate a basement, turning it into a functional, multi-purpose room.

Th e second year of the partnership, Harlem sent a team to work on a project in conjunction with Greater Restoration members at a community center, and con-ducted VBS at a local park. Ken Bogan and his wife, Bettye, have also gone from Brooklyn to Harlem to speak.

In addition to sending teams, Harlem has given prayer and fi nancial support, sending money for scholarships to help enable kids to attend Greater Restoration’s summer camps and praying for Greater Restoration every Wednesday night.

Long-term partnerships such as the

one with Harlem, have the most impact, according to Bogan. “Th ey (long-term partnerships) are the ones that make the diff erence,” he said. “Th ey’ve brought work teams that have helped us to get our buildings into shape so we can carry out the kinds of ministry we need to carry out. Th is kind of partnership has not only helped us keep our doors open, but helped to minister to hundreds of people.”

Harlem has also benefi ted from the part-nership. “It has gotten people to look be-yond their borders,” Vestal said. “It increased our burden for people and the lostness of people, and increased our prayer life. It has also caused us to be better stewards of our money and evaluate our missions giving.”

Vestal also noted that going to Brooklyn enabled members to practice racial under-standing. “It increased our passion to con-nect all people to Christ.”

In a recent meeting on future missions projects, Harlem committed to go back to Brooklyn. “Th is partnership is like a journey and we will continue to travel with GRBC until God ends the journey,” Vestal said. f!

LEARN – For more information about the ministries of Greater Restoration, visit www.thefellowship.info/Global Missions/fi eldteams/Urban/WilliamsProjects.icm or contact Mary-Katherine Williams at (618) 567-6279.

By contributing writer Alison Wingfi eld, Dallas

A handshake was all it took to begin a meaningful partnership

between two diverse congregations.

Handshake begins partnership between Brooklyn, Georgia churches

POVERTY, HUNGER, AIDS issues, bro-ken homes, language barriers and gangs are just some of the overwhelming issues CBF Global Missions fi eld personnel in New York City deal with on a daily basis. In light

of these issues, what is the greatest need for their ministries?

Prayer.“Prayer support is always our number

one need,” said Ronnie Adams, program

director for Rauschenbusch Metro Minis-tries (RMM), located in Hell’s Kitchen in midtown Manhattan.

Jesse Loper, director of youth and ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) at RMM, agreed. “Prayer is number one,” he said. “Pray for our kids and our English students, especially for our youth.”

Prayer is especially needed for their vol-unteer leadership, Adams noted.

“(Th e ministry) is pressure-packed, it wears and tears on your physical, spiritual and emotional health,” he said.

Adams, who works with three diff erent AIDS programs primarily in pastoral care, also asks for prayers for those with HIV/AIDS, that the ministries would make a diff erence in their lives.

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How to Respond

LEARN – For more information, call (212) 594-4464 or visit www.metrobaptistchurchnyc.org/.

GIVE – Hell’s Kitchen is largely populated by various ethnic groups with jobs usually below minimum wage. RMM’s efforts are geared to meet the needs and concerns in the area.

In addition to the prayer support, Adams and Loper outline some of the needs coming up this fall and winter and beyond:• Clothes Closet: Need for winter clothing

for adults, including coats and sweaters in October for distribution starting in November. The clothes closet helps provide clothing for the homeless and seniors who live in poverty in the area. “CBF churches have a huge part in this,” Adams noted.

• AIDS Christmas Cheer Program: Funds needed for Christmas bags for people with AIDS which are filled with local items, such as METRO cards for the subway.

• Toiletry Kits: Year-round need for basic toiletries for the homeless. Kits should include gallon-size plastic bags with travel sizes of deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrush, a comb, washcloth and lotion. Groups can send multiples of one item or full kits already assembled.

• Teen Center: Open on Sept. 19, the teen center provides a central gathering place for teenagers to come after school and receive homework assistance and hang out in a safe environment. The center is in need of new computers, as well as additional financial help to add more programs. “We’re taking it step by step as God provides,” Loper said.

• Sponsors: Need for scholarships for youth to attend summer camp.

Send items to:Metro Baptist ChurchAttn: Rauschenbusch Center410 West 40th StreetNew York, NY 10018

Prayer helps meet challenges of New York City

Volunteer Taryn Birchfield does a special request painting during Vacation Bible School in a Brooklyn park.

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Kenyan, American students hold second international Passport camp

“Being with the Kenyan youth was really cool. We thought we were going to be really diff erent but we were similar,” she said.

Th irty students from the United States joined 30 Kenyan students for an international youth camp this summer sponsored by Passport Inc., a non-profi t youth camping organization and Cooperative Baptist Fel-lowship partner.

“Th rough Passport Kenya we are given the opportunity to learn about ourselves and what we’re called to do,” said Philip Pierce, a freshman at James Madison University.

Rather than transplant-ing the format of U.S.-based camps, Passport Kenya uses the Passport framework with a focus on Kenyan themes. It off ers the local and visiting youth a chance to become part of a mu-tual expression of friendship, learning and service. Campers went to church services

that incorporated elements of the local lan-guage, heard from local pastors and hosted a day camp for nearly 170 children in one of Nairobi’s poorest areas.

For many of the Kenyan students, who helped the American students with language interpretation, the day camp was their fi rst experience with extreme poverty, according

to Colleen Burroughs, executive vice presi-dent of Passport, Inc., who said many of the Kenyan campers come from the American equivalent of middle-class homes.

“Th at’s exactly what happens with Pass-port kids in the [United] States. A lot of them have never been exposed to the poverty that exists right outside their door,” she said.

Each child at the orphanage received a backpack with basic school supplies, which were provided by the American churches par-

ticipating in the trip. “Th e (purchase of) school

supplies are a fi nancial hin-drance to many of the chil-dren who want to attend school. Our hope is that some of these children will get to at-tend school this year because of this simple gift ,” wrote Wes Browning, the camp’s videog-rapher, in an online Passport forum from Kenya.

Passport fi rst off ered this trip in 2003, partnering with Melody and Sam Harrell, CBF Global Missions fi eld person-nel serving in Kenya. f! LEARN – For more on

Passport Kenya, visit www.passportcamps.org/forum/categories.cfm?catid=232.


Alex Lowman, 15, didn’t know if she would have anything in

common with youth from Kenya. But a weeklong Passport youth

camp just outside of Nairobi, Kenya, showed her the world was a smaller

place than she thought.

‘Prayer Safari’ takes VBS through missions experienceCHILDREN AND volunteers from Wieuca Road Baptist Church in Atlanta journeyed on a prayer safari during Vacation Bible School and, in the process, raised more than $1,000 for missions.

VBS Director Helen Wallace, along with Wieuca’s Minister to Children Dale Doud, led a group of 225 children through “Kingdom of the Son, A Prayer Safari,” a unique VBS experience which gave chil-dren an up-close look at a missionary family. More than 60 volunteers helped make the week possible.

During the week, Wieuca chose a missions project to support CBF Global Missions fi eld personnel Melody and Sam Harrell, who work with at-risk chil-dren in poverty in Nairobi, Kenya.

Th e Harrells support two ministries: Baptist Children’s Center, an orphanage that includes a technology training center, a medi-cal clinic, a chapel, and a nursery school for the community; and Kids to Kids, a day pro-gram that reaches out to impoverished chil-dren through feeding and formal education.

Th is year, Wallace, along with Doud, sent a letter to the parents of pre-registered children to explain the project in advance.

In addition, the children gathered each

morning of VBS, not only to participate in worship together, but to watch video foot-age of the Harrells, their three children, and the children among whom they minister.

“Having the family on video really helped our children get to know the mis-sionary family much better,” Doud said. “I

believe it caused our children to want to give to real people who face real needs.”

Melody said she and her family are grate-ful for the creativity of many in Fellowship churches who work hard to tell the missions story in their context. “I believe very deeply that the community of faith extends beyond the seas and that each of us has something to off er the other. God is at work in both contexts and we only gain when we willingly

participate in His love around the world.”A new concept to Wieuca’s VBS was the

prayer journal. Instead of participating in a closing ceremony at the end of each day, the children were encouraged by their “sa-fari guides” to record their prayers in jour-nals. Th e guides, volunteers of all ages, told the children not to worry about spelling or punctuation errors.

“Th ere were no restrictions. Th ey could draw pictures if they wanted to,” Wallace said.

“I like how we brought missions to our church instead of this faraway land,” said Laura Buchanan, a church member who served as a safari guide.

Wieuca raised $1,053.66 to help support the Harrells.

“Th e off ering raised during Wieuca Road’s Vacation Bible School will go to-wards various ministries to needy children in Nairobi, all of whom live in situations of extreme poverty,” Melody said.

“We were stunned at what came in by the end of the week,” Wallace said. “For me, this VBS was one of the best.” f!

LEARN – For more information about the Harrells’ ministry, visit www.africaexchange.org.

By contributing writer Ashley Grizzle, Atlanta

Thirty students from the U.S. and 30 Kenyan students participated in the second Passport Kenya international camp with CBF Global Missions field personnel hosts, Melody and Sam Harrell.

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‘Prayer Safari’ takes VBS through missions experience

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Construction volunteers needed for tsunami relief

CBF Global Missions fi eld personnel in Sri Lanka hope one village will go a long way to rebuilding lives of tsunami victims.

On the western coast of Sri Lanka, Scott Hunter, one of CBF’s fi eld personnel, is leading the Fellowship’s efforts in a partnership that will build a new village for Sri Lankans whose livelihoods and homes were destroyed in the tsunami in Southeast Asia.

Hunter is requesting immediate volunteers to aid in the construction of an 88-home village with a community center. Originating with Sri Lankan Baptists, the new village will provide housing for “squatter” families, who lived on borrowed land within 100 meters of the ocean. The Sri Lankan government created a buffer zone preventing homes from being rebuilt within that area. While coastal landowners were compensated for their land loss, squatters were left without homes, Hunter said. “They will not be compensated for their loss and have nowhere to go and do not have the resources to buy land to start over.”

The Fellowship helped purchase the land for the new village. In addition to providing housing for 350 people, the village will have a community center with specialized programming based on residents’ needs that could include day care, English language training, computer training, welding and small engine repair, and agriculture classes.

“The center we are building is planned to offer life restoration skills to people that need help to rebuild their lives,” Hunter said. “The center is an outward sign that we are committed to rebuilding homes and lives, not just building houses.”

In Thailand, the Fellowship is partnering with Habitat for Humanity and Mercy Foundation to build more than 2,000 homes in southern Thailand. While the project can use any volunteer who can do manual labor in the heat, specifi c needs are for construction site supervisors, general contractors, brick masons and welders.

Volunteers should commit to a minimum of two weeks. In Sri Lanka, family teams can also participate as long as the family provides its own childcare. Although volunteer needs are immediate, the need is long-term, said Timothy Wood, the Fellowship’s volunteer missions program manager. Hunter anticipates the Sri Lanka project taking a minimum of two years to complete.

SERVE – For more information, visit www.thefellowship.info/Global Missions/Volunteer Missions/ or contact Volunteer Missions at (800) 782-2451 or [email protected].


Th e Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami took his village and many of his family and friends in one of the hardest hit regions of Southeast Asia where more than 25,000 people died. He lift s his broad-brimmed hat and wipes his brow on his sleeve as one of CBF’s Global Missions fi eld personnel speaks to him in his native language.

At the conclusion of the conversation, the man says to him, “Tell America thank you for all they have done.” He nods and takes up his shovel and resumes digging.

Th roughout the tsunami-aff ected area, people are trying to resume their lives by reclaiming their homes, their livelihoods or their health, and CBF Global Missions fi eld personnel are connecting resources to these eff orts and walking alongside them as they persevere.

“CBF has responded with personnel, funds and compassion to the tsunami victims,” said Anita Snell, CBF Global Missions associate coor-dinator for missions teams in Asia.

So far, the Fellowship has received more than $2.5 million for tsunami relief, distributing more than $642,000 on the eff ort throughout Southeast Asia. Additional transformational development projects, totaling more than $1 million have been planned for the area.

Much has been accomplished, including establishing 10 medical clinics, installing water fi ltration systems for internally displaced persons camps, cleaning fi sh ponds for the resumption of aquaculture, cleaning wells and repairing water reservoirs, purchasing sewing machines for the resumption of local industry and many, many other projects.

“One of the reasons we have been so eff ective is that we already had people on the ground who spoke the language,” said Scott, one of CBF’s fi eld personnel in Southeast Asia. “We’ve gotten a good reputation. People know our local contacts. A lot of the bigger NGOs (non-governmental organizations) come in and tell local people what they need. We come in and ask them what they need.”

Craig, one of the responders in South-east Asia, said that the CBF response philosophy is to “facilitate the work face-to-face, connecting people to resources,

people to people” in helping build or reno-vate water systems, provide medical aid, reconstruct homes, encourage economic rebuilding through business development initiatives and foster transformational de-velopment.

“As a result of the tsunami, many people are searching for Christ,” he said. “And the people have responded. In one area, a wom-an told us, ‘Th e Christians were the fi rst to arrive and they wiped away the tears.’”

In keeping with the CBF Global Missions approach of basing transformational devel-opment on local assets, fi eld personnel work strategically to mobilize and equip local be-lievers in order to have a long-term impact.

As the transforma-tional devel-opment phase takes hold, the need for volunteers has broadened. Vol-unteers no longer must have a limited skill set involving water fi ltration.

“We need people who can work in construction, who can carry buckets,” said Jim Rich, one of CBF’s Global Missions fi eld personnel dispatched to the aff ected area in the immediate response. “We especially need welders.”

Even though the world’s attention has shift ed, the tsunami response in Asia is just beginning. Th e devastation infl icted by the tsunami will take years to recover from — long aft er the initial $2.5 million has been spent.

Among CBF’s highest priorities for relief funds and volunteers include construction of education centers, development of water treatment systems, economic development through micro-enterprises, home construction or rehabilitation, and medical and dental clinics. f!


Note: Due to global security concerns, names and specifi c locations of some of CBF’s fi eld personnel will not be publicized.

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How to Respond

Assist the efforts of CBF Global Missions field personnel and their partners in Southeast Asia by taking the following actions:

LEARN – For more information about CBF’s response to the tsunami in Southeast Asia, visit www.thefellowship.info/AsianResponse.icm.

PRAY – Pray for the tsunami survivors and CBF Global Missions field personnel and

volunteers working with them. Prayer updates are available online at www.thefellowship.info/AsianResponse.icm.

SERVE – For more information about volunteer opportunities, contact Timothy Wood at (800) 782-2451 or [email protected] or visit www.thefellowship.info/Global Missions/Volunteer Missions/asiarelief.icm.

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Areas of Southeast Asia hardest hit by last December’s tsunami still face great needs.

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Hattiesburg church reaches out to fellow hurricane survivors

Th e back parking lot of University Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Miss., has become the center of operation for Cooperative Baptist Fellowship disaster response in Mississippi.

A supply line has been set up so that those in need can drive through to pick up water and energy drinks, baby and paper products, toiletries, food and some building sup-plies. And while some volunteers handle the distri-bution of supplies, others have been involved in debris removal at church mem-bers’ homes and around Hattiesburg. About 30 volunteers are working at any given time.

On Sunday, Sept. 11, Fellowship Coordinator Daniel Vestal responded to a request by Pastor Phillip Reynolds to preach at the 375-member University Baptist. His two key points to a church fi lled nearly to capacity: God is at work in our hurts as well as in our pleasures; and our pain can never separate us from God’s love.

“Th is was just right that Daniel be with us today,” said Darleen Dale, a church member for 35 years. “Our church has never been through anything like this.”

As soon as worship was over, the supply lines were reopened and a steady parade of cars streamed through the parking lot throughout the hot aft ernoon.

Th e CBF Disaster Response Team is co-ordinating the relief eff ort, led initially by Ken Corcoran, the CBF Disaster Response team leader in Hattiesburg who serves as minister of missions at First Baptist Church in Columbus, Ga.

Church members Bryant and Peggy Myatt, Red Cross-trained disaster response volunteers, are coordinating the debris removal eff orts.

Benefi ting from the debris removal teams have been church members Carroll and Pattie Russell and their son, Lee. Th eir carport, with their car inside, collapsed when a tree fell on it. Nearly every tree in their backyard is down. Church and CBF volunteers have helped.

“Our church is a family,” Pattie said. “Everybody has supported us.”

Among those working on debris remov-al were Robert Sproles and Roy Peterson, who arrived on Sept. 7 from Second Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., with a carload of tools. Th ey spent four days cleaning up two yards with 18 other volunteers.

As worship ended at University on Sept. 11, another truckload of supplies arrived from First Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., six hours away from Hattiesburg. Church members Scott Smith and Frank Clements delivered this load, the sixth sent by the church.

“Our church is responding to the needs as we learn about them,” Smith said.

And the members of University are waiting with expectation to see how the storm of their lives will impact the church. Reynolds already sees change.

“It has been profound the way this disas-ter has brought us together,” he said. “Th e storm that was to break things apart has brought us together.

“And outside of our own membership, we have reached more people in the com-munity through all of this than any evange-lism program or outreach plan ever could,” he said. “But we’re not doing this to help our church or to strengthen our position in the community. We’re doing it because people are thirsty and hungry and babies need diapers. Period.” f!

By contributing writer Sue H. Poss, Green-ville, S.C.

In a church and a community ravaged but not destroyed by

Hurricane Katrina, the ministry of helping others goes on —

day aft er scorching hot day.

Relief efforts focus on long-term recovery

AS HURRICANE KATRINA relief efforts continue in the Gulf Coast region, the Fellowship continues to employ its disaster response processes to deter-mine how to best meet the growing needs of the affected communities.

“We’re trying to keep [relief ef-forts] within the focus of who we are and what we have as a fellowship — that often determines where and to what extent we can respond,” said David Harding, CBF international co-ordinator for emergency response.

Because the Fellowship is a network of churches, the heart of any disaster response is the local church. And Fellowship churches around the country are responding with donated supplies, fi nancial support or housing.

Another church-based response to Hurricane Katrina has been the hous-ing of evacuees. Some churches are serving as American Red Cross shelters, and some church members have opened their homes to victims.

State CBF organizations help manage disaster response in their areas, with national CBF com-ing alongside as a partner and resource, Harding said. Resources available from the Fellowship include preparedness planning, volunteer management and immediate emer-gency funding of up to $5,000.

Depending on the magnitude of the disaster, the Fellowship sends an initial response team to the region to evaluate needs and how the Fel-lowship can best respond with the resources it has.

Often times, the most effective strategy is to partner with other relief organizations that specialize in disaster response.

“We’re deliberate in coming along-side other responders to fi ll niches that they might not be able to fi ll,” Harding said. “We’re not a full-fl edge relief operation, but we do want to provide opportunities for those within the church family who can help in situations like this.”

Because the Fellowship does not have the infrastructure to act as a fi rst responder organization, volun-teers are sent not for emergency aid but to meet long-term needs.

“Volunteers come in not as search and rescue but to begin the recovery phase,” Harding said.


Roy Peterson, a member of Second Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., helps clean the yard of a University Baptist Church member in Hattiesburg, Miss.

How to Respond

The Fellowship has organized several ways to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

LEARN – Visit www.thefellowship.info/ landing/relief.icm to see the latest stories, photographs and resources related to Hurricane Katrina. If you need resources to assist you with addressing the disaster in worship or prayer gatherings, visit www.thefellowship.info/CL/FF/CMResources/Disaster.icm.

GIVE – Your contributions to the Offering for Global Missions make it possible for the Fellowship to have Global Missions field person-nel respond immediately to events such as Hurricane Katrina. If you have items to donate,

please contact Laura Cadena, missions partner-ship relationship manager, at (800) 782-2451 or [email protected] prior to collecting items. Donors are responsible for all shipping costs related to gifts in kind.

SERVE – All volunteers, individuals and teams, should contact Timothy Wood at (800) 782-2451 or [email protected] to begin the application process for work in hur-ricane relief. If you want to connect to churches in the Gulf States that have been impacted, contact Michele Deriso, associate coordina-tor of congregational life, at (770) 220-1626 or [email protected].

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Global Service Corps Opportunities

THE GLOBAL SERVICE CORPS pro-vides opportunities for service from one to three years in assignments that fi ll strategic needs all over the world. The following opportunities relate to people groups or areas highlighted in this year’s Offering for Global Missions:

Street School Developer: Brooklyn, N.Y.

The Street School Developer (principal/lead teacher) would be responsible for the start-up and development of a small non-public school located in the heart of Brooklyn. The school will target urban youth, initially sixth-eighth graders that have failed or are struggling in the public schools and will seek to minister holistically while pursuing an individualized plan of success for each student. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated and skilled in build-ing relationships and community alliances; have a bachelor’s degree, preferably in education; have class-room teaching experience; and have the tolerance and apprecia-tion for a diverse urban lifestyle. Length: two – three years

Agriculture/Rural Development Assistant and/or Project Assistant: Thailand

A person or couple is needed to assist with the ongoing activities of the Upland Holistic Development Project (UHDP). A university degree, preferably with a professional background related to agriculture, natural/environmental sciences, natural resource management and/or rural development is required. Primary duties will include the following: host and assist English-speaking volunteers and teams to UHDP, host English-speaking visitors and provide project tours, teach English to interested UHDP staff, assist in proposal writing, and other duties within agricultural testing, data collection and analysis, and rural development. Experience with project and community development is helpful. Length: two – three years

Offi ce Support Worker: Bucharest, Romania

A person is needed to participate in the activities of the Project Ruth offi ce of the Ruth School, which works with illiterate Gypsy children, and other related ministries for Gypsy people. Computer and com-munication skills are needed for maintaining relations with support-ers including writing of documenta-tion and publicity material, and managing the database of support-ers. Other responsibilities include coordination of visiting volunteer teams, bookkeeping and fi nancial reporting, possible English teaching opportunities, and possible graphic design. Length: two years

LEARN – For more informa-tion, call (800) 352-8741 or e-mail [email protected].

Children’s art provides ‘Wave of Hope’THE NEWS was personal and painful. When Liliana Cadavid-Ponce arrived in her hometown of Caracas, Venezuela, on Dec. 26, 2004, her mother told her about the tsunami. Southeast Asia is home to Cadavid-Ponce’s stepfather, and he had been there for several months visiting extended family.

Upon Cadavid-Ponce’s return home to Miami, her stepfather was constantly on her mind, along with all of the funny and diffi cult moments they had shared. She wanted to help in the midst of the tsunami devastation, to give back some of the companionship, love and joy that her stepfather, his people and his culture had given her through the years. In thinking of that generational legacy and in seeing her 6-year-old son, Luigi, Cadavid-Ponce became determined to help the children of Southeast Asia.

“As much as clothes, food and water were my fi rst thought, I learned that giving those things would be diffi cult, time-consuming and risky,” Cadavid-Ponce said. In the face of that logistical challenge, she still wanted to help.

“I remembered that Luigi, my son, had to draw what he had learned in a book as

homework, then more thoughts came to my mind: drawing, children and lessons from a book I would have rather not opened,” Lily said. “If people can hold a blood drive or a food drive, why not a draw drive?”

Cadavid-Ponce envisioned this collection of drawings — the Wave of

Hope — as a way to unite children across cultural boundaries as the oceans encircle the world. She wanted to communicate the hope of friendship and of still waters. She spread word of the project to friends and to her church, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship-affi liated University Baptist Church in Coral Gables, Fla. Th rough the generosity

of friends and of strangers, along with the speed of e-mail communication, Cadavid-Ponce is fi nding a tremendous network

of support for Wave of Hope throughout the United States and in Europe. Th e CBF of Florida is coordinating the delivery of the Wave of Hope drawings to Asia.

Cadavid-Ponce still has not received word about her stepfather. She prefers to focus her energy on Wave of Hope and its meaning for all participants — both now and in the future. Th e project is giving children, through their artwork, a chance to aff ect the lives of people on the other

side of the world. Th e process also provides a therapeutic element for those who are grieving the loss of life — perhaps the loss of a particular life. For others, Wave of Hope is an opportunity to reach beyond the realm of the familiar to minister to those in need.

For Cadavid-Ponce, it is all of these. Born out of her personal experience of pain, this quest is spreading hope to the farthest corners of the world.

For more information about Wave of Hope, contact Cadavid-Ponce at [email protected]. f!

By contributing writer Sarah Satterwhite, Waco, Texas

Christ is the AnswerI REMEMBER as a boy while riding in the back seat of the family car seeing a roadside sign: “Christ is the Answer.” I didn’t think too much of it until college when I heard a cynic ask, “Yes, but what’s the question?” In the passing years I have struggled, as have so many, with a number of philosophies and world views. As I grow older, I become more and more convinced that indeed Christ is the Answer.

Christ is the answer to the question • OF LIFE’S ORIGIN, “For by him all

things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.”

• OF LIFE’S DESTINY, “God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things.”

• OF LIFE’S MEANING, “I have come that

they may have life, and have it to the full.” • OF LIFE AFTER DEATH, “I am the res-

urrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.” Students of the New Testament oft en

make a distinction between the “kerygma” and “didache” of the early church. But both in its proclamation to unbelievers and in its teaching to believers, the earliest Christian communities centered everything around the crucifi ed/risen Jesus. Th e message and mis-sion of the Church have always been premised on this fundamental conviction: Jesus is Lord.

In a pluralistic world where there are competing voices and a marketplace of ideas, let it be clear that Cooperative Baptist Fellowship resources congregations, de-velops leaders and sends fi eld personnel to make disciples of Jesus Christ. We believe that conversion is to Christ and spiritual for-mation is in Christ. We ourselves seek to be followers of Christ, to live in communities where Christ is loved and engage in Christ’s continuing mission of world redemption.

In a broken world where there is so much suff ering and pain, let it be clear that Co-operative Baptist Fellowship sees the cruci-fi ed/living Jesus in that very brokenness. If we want to “know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of shar-ing in his suff erings, becoming like him in his death” then we will do so by entering into and embracing the suff erings of people. When we see Christ in the faces of the poor and most neglected then we will engage them, serve them and advocate for them.

In a materialistic, consumer world that worships money, sex and power, let it be clear that Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has as its vision to be the presence of Christ to one another and to the world. Th at vision compels us to a more simple lifestyle, a more humble witness, a more loving spirit, a more holy character. Th at vision contradicts com-petitiveness, compulsiveness and control.

With each passing year, I realize how little I know about so many things. I also realize that the challenges and complexi-ties of our time are daunting to the best and brightest among us. But I also become more and more convinced of the greatness and goodness of God, of the providence and power of God at work in the world and of the revelation of God in the life, death, resurrection and continuing presence of Jesus Christ.

Christ is the Answer. f!

As We journey By CBF Coordinator Daniel Vestal

of friendship and of still waters. She spread word of the project to friends and to her church, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship-affi liated University Baptist Church in Coral Gables, Fla.

A drawing by Luigi Luciani, the 6-year-old son of Wave of Hope organizer Liliana Cadavid-Ponce, illustrates the theme of “A Big Heart Will Keep Children Together on Both Sides.”


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P a r t n e r s h i p s w i t h N e w Yo r k C i t y M i n i s t r i e s w w w . t h e f e l l o w s h i p . i n f o O F F E R I N G F O R G L O B A L M I S S I O N S 2 0 0 5 - 2 0 0 6

Churches develop long-term partnerships with New York City ministries

A number of churches and organizations have developed long term partnerships with Greater Restoration Baptist Church (GRBC) in Brooklyn and Rauschenbusch Metro Ministries (RMM) in New York City. Some of these include Teleios Minis-tries in Greenville, S.C.; Taber-nacle Baptist Church in Rich-mond, Va.; First Baptist Church in Plano, Texas; and Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Atlanta.

All four ministries have been heavily involved in GRBC and RMM summer and/or spring break camps for children. In addition, some have helped with clothes clos-ets, soup kitchens, painting and construction projects and setting up computer networks.

Teleios Ministries, a mis-sions group of area churches from Greenville, S.C., began its relation-ship with the New York ministries in 1999. It started with one church’s annual adult mission trip, but soon expanded.

“When we got there, we all felt like that was exactly where we were supposed to be,” recalled Anne Hitt, director of the New York partnership for Teleios and minister of missions and education at Pelham Road Baptist Church. About 60 to 65 diff erent people from 15 congregations have participated over the years.

As an inner city church, Tabernacle Baptist Church feels a special bond with RMM and Metro Baptist Church. “My youth and their youth have a lot in com-mon,” noted Judy Fiske, minister of music and youth. “My kids tend to be creative

and artistic. Th ey’re comfortable with the high energy and creativity in the camps.”

Tabernacle has had one of the lon-gest relationships with Metro, beginning in 1984. Now they take teams of about

20 youth and adults every few years to help with the camps.

Last year, the benefi ts of their long-term relationship were brought home to Fiske when her current youth group met up with Metro’s youth at a PASSPORT camp last summer in Louisville, Ky.

“We knew the Metro kids, because we had had them in camp (when they were younger),” she said. “Th ey have a very spe-cial place in our hearts.”

Aft er just two years of taking seniors in high school to work at Metro during their spring

break, student minister David Ummel of First Baptist Plano knows they will con-tinue their partnership with Metro.

“It has benefi ted our students tremen-dously,” Ummel said. “Th ey see a diff erent

side of life than what they see here. It stretches our stu-dents.”

Th e relationship with Met-ro and First Baptist Plano goes back more than 10 years, when Ronnie Adams, now program director at RMM, served as the church’s singles minister before going to New York.

Aft er sending teams for three years to both RMM and Greater Restoration, Smoke Rise Baptist is ready to expand their partnership.

“We would like to send some folks back at Th anksgiv-

ing and/or Christmas,” said Tim Adcox, min-ister of recreation and missions. Th e church is also working on adding money to their budget for additional projects in the future.

For many members, Smoke Rise’s trips to New York have given them their fi rst taste of missions.

“When you actually go there, that’s when missions gets in your heart,” Adcox noted. “(Th is relationship) has created new life, new health and new vision in our church.”

All agree that a continuing relationship with RMM and Greater Restoration in-creases the impact of their ministries.

“We can accomplish so much more,” Hitt noted. “We know them, they know us. Th e people in the community and the chil-dren in the camp know we are dependable.”

“It’s one of those things where you can see where God is working and you get excited about that and want to be a part of that,” Ummel added. f!

LEARN – For more information about RMM, call (212) 594-4464 or visit www.metrobaptistchurchnyc.org/.

For more information about the ministries of Greater Restoration, visit www.thefellowship.info/Global Missions/fi eldteams/Urban/WilliamsProjects.icm or contact Mary-Katherine Williams at (618) 567-6279.


From a small inner city church in Virginia to a large suburban congregation in Texas,

the Big Apple is taking a bite out of church member’s hearts.

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for groups that covenant to substantially support one of these ministries.”

Currently, KidsHeart’s greatest need is for funding to carry out the programs that are required to make the partnership a reality.

“True partnership means a sharing of available resources,” Sam emphasized. “We are bringing all of the resources that we have developed to the table. What we need are churches and individuals that are willing to share sacrifi cially or from their abundance in order to allocate needed resources to this eff ort.” f!

By contributing writer Gay Campbell, Nashville, Tenn.

KidsHeart Africa— Continued from page 1

Volunteers from Tabernacle Baptist help conduct an art camp in New York City.

How to RespondCBF Global Missions field personnel Mary-

Katherine Williams, community outreach coor-dinator for Greater Restoration Baptist Church in Brooklyn, outlined the upcoming needs of the ministries she coordinates.

PRAY – Pray for students and their families as GRBC reaches out to the community through their new after school program, No Limitz which started in September.

GIVE – Three GRBC ministries need items this fall.

• Christmas Store and Gift Giveaway: The gift give away is for children in the after school

program at Albany Homes, a large hous-ing project near the church. The church also invites families from the community to a “Christmas Store” where they only pay 10 to 15 percent of the retail costs of the gifts. Items needed: gifts for children and teens, ages 8 and up, including CD players, Walkmans, board games and remote control vehicles, as well as Discovery Toy items for younger kids. Financial gifts also welcome. Items needed by Thanksgiving, if possible.

• No Limitz: New after school program at GRBC for middle and high school students. Items

needed: books (preferably new) for teens, magazine subscriptions (Sports Illustrated for Kids, Time for Kids, etc.), computer software (contact Mary-Katherine Williams for software needs), and financial assistance for field trips.

Donated items may be sent to:Greater Restoration Baptist ChurchAttn: Mary-Katherine Williams1156 St. John’s PlaceBrooklyn, NY 11213

Please note if the items are for the Christmas programs or after school programs.


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