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Standing-room-only crowds gathering for BCM events at universities across Georgia
ATLANTA, Ga. — Standing-room-only crowds of students have been flocking to Baptist College Ministries on university campuses across Georgia as the new academic year gets underway. One of the largest gatherings involved 450 international students who gathered at Georgia Tech for worship and a meal provided by First Baptist Church of Woodstock, said Beverly Skinner,…
Read MoreGeorgia property looks like a little piece of heaven to Cambodian Southern Baptists
By KAREN L. WILLOUGHBY, Index News Service STATESBORO, Ga. — Cambodian Southern Baptist leaders believe their recent purchase of a 7-acre former wedding venue, to be used as a conference center, is a miracle given to them by God. They call it the Blessing Field, an obvious reference to the Killing Fields Cambodians endured during…
Read MoreRetired pastor fulfills promise to serve Georgia’s smallest churches
Retired Pastor Darell Young sits on the back pew at Hiltonia Baptist Church where he is serving in an interim role. Interim Pastor Darell Young poses outside Hiltonia Baptist Church in east Georgia. By ROGER ALFORD The Christian Index HILTONIA, Ga. – On the typical Sunday, Darell Young preaches to a congregation of about a…
Read MoreGeorgia revival reaches migrant workers; more than 30 men harvesting melons turn to Christ
By ROGER ALFORD, Index News Service ROCHELLE, Ga. — More than 30 migrant workers who came to southwest Georgia to harvest watermelons will leave with much more than a paycheck. That’s because they prayed to receive Christ at First Baptist Church of Rochelle, where they gathered Thursday for dinner and a gospel presentation by Georgia…
Read MorePRAISE REPORT
By Gary Toole, The Christian Way Ministries I wanted to be in style and so I bought me a pair of these awesome (yes, I finally used that word) mud bogging shoes with the heavy track soles and heels that is supposed to keep you from having an accident. Wrong!! Those things will get you…
Read MoreGood News – To Endure
By Vic Dove “If we endure hardship we will reign with Him…If we deny Him He will deny us.” 2 Timothy 2:12 Endure means to stand…to tolerate…to continue and to persevere. I would like to use my farmer friends as an example of what it means to endure. Farmers are forced, at times, to endure…
Read MoreGood News – Comforter
By Vic Dove Comforter “Blessed be the God…of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulations, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 One of the best ways to describe comfort is…to…
Read MoreLet it shine – this St. Valentine’s Day!
Brother Steven Montez, O.M.I. recently told me about a wedding he observed at Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Brownsville, Texas. Immediately, I knew I had to share it with you before St. Valentine’s Day.Marielisa Huerta and Andre Benavides had their perfect wedding planned for April 25. But when the Covid-19 pandemic began, everything went into disarray,…
Read MoreGood News: Sufficient
By Vic Dove Sufficient “Three times I asked the Lord…that it might depart from me, and He said to me, My Grace is Sufficient for thee.” 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 I was listening to a testimony the other day about how a pastor had a member whose son was in a car accident, and sustained some…
Read MoreMephibosheth: A Picture of Salvation
By James Cagle The Bible (KJV) says, “And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee,…
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