For 23 years, Randy Oliver worked exclusively in the United States as a family physician. But a medical missions conference changed the course of his life. Over the past decade, the Illinois doctor has gone on multiple mission trips to treat patients and share the gospel, including trips to Ukraine and Uganda this year. Oliver […]
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Disaster Relief teams offer aid after Florence
Shortly after Hurricane Florence made landfall in mid-September, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers arrived in the Carolinas to help homeowners start the recovery process. In Lumberton, a small North Carolina town made a virtual island by flood waters, the National Guard used high-water vehicles to deliver supplies and hot meals prepared by Disaster Relief volunteers. […]
Harrisburg ministry makes room at the table
Harrisburg is a tough place right now,” said Joe Thompson, an associate pastor at the southern Illinois town’s First Baptist Church. “We’re dealing with a lot of unemployment, food insecurity for children, and there’s just a lot of under-resourced people around us. And the churches are aware of that.” Thompson’s rural community lies in one […]
‘Game On’ in Poland
Rochester First Baptist Church had sent individual members on mission trips. What they hadn’t done, said Pastor Chad Williams, was send a team to serve together. In June, Williams and five others from his church traveled to Poland to serve alongside missionaries who are building relationships in a country characterized by institutional religion. “Like most […]
Live, work, play, serve: Families take an all-in approach to community transformation
In the second-deadliest neighborhood in Chicago, Edgar and his wife, Sonia, are raising their seven children to play an integral role in transforming their community by sharing—and living— the gospel. Read…
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