ASSOCIATIONS
Twenty-nine volunteers from Weakley County Baptist Association churches spent Jan. 27-Feb. 2 serving in Puerto Rico. Half of the team worked at a church in the middle of the city of Fajardo (with a population of 25,000) doing various construction jobs while the other half worked in the island city of Vieques (with a population of 8,200). That team worked on a local church, a future Christian camp and held a retreat for pastors and church staff. “We have spent the last few years in Puerto Rico where we have helped make a positive change in the lives of the people there,” said Phil Mitchell, director of missions.
LEADERS
Kelvin Moore, a professor of biblical studies in the school of Theology and Missions at Union University and pastor of First Baptist Church, Bradford, has recently published a Christian novel entitled Three Noirs and a Blanc, which celebrates unlikely but genuine Christian friendships. The book crosses racial lines about a friendship between three black, senior adult men, facing poverty and homelessness, meeting a white 17-year-old homeless teenager. The book is available from Amazon.com. [Read more…]