Potpourri OAK GROVE – First church: Bayou Macon Associational Brotherhood Men’s Rally; Jan. 11, 7 p.m.; supper included; for information, call the associational office at 318-926-3251; Tom Sharplin, associational Brotherhood director; Jay Morgan, director of missions; Carl Gulde, pastor. NATCHITOCHES – First church: Sunday School Conference; Jan. 7, 4-7:30 p.m.; John and Missy Hunt, conference leaders; free; for information, call Tanya Conlay at 318-352-3737 or email tconlay@fbcnatchitoches.net; Josh Hunt, guest speaker at 11 a.m.; Thomas Rush, pastor. HAUGHTON – Koran church: Phaedra Clemons in concert; Dec. 31, 11 a.m.; George Rogers, pastor. … [Read more...]
Church news notes connect us
HAYNESVILLE – First Baptist has a new website:www.baptistsites.net/fbchaynesville. The Message checked it out: Looks pretty good! It’s apparently a free website with the master website being churchwebsites.com, which advertises itself as a Christian business that has a pastoral advisory board. BLANCHARD – First Baptist – where James Hill is pastor – has set time in early January for a Prayer Seminar as part of their Revival for Kingdom Growth emphasis. Bob Eklund, who has led prayer seminars in Texas for many years, according to the First Blanchard’s newsletter, The Lifeline, is to lead Jan. 6-7 at the church. “We will be asked to commit to a prayer strategy that will lead us to pray for a spiritual awakening starting in our church and spreading to our town and beyond,” The Lifeline reports. Discipleship groups start Jan. 14 at First Blanchard. They include The Man I Want To Be by pro quarterback Neal Jeffrey; Creative Correction by Lisa Whelchel; and In My Father’s House: Women Relating to God as Father, by Mary Kassian. SHREVEPORT – Kingston Road Baptist included in the Dec. 12 issue of its Messenger newsletter a copy of the Christmas story in the King James Version, which they’d … [Read more...]
Group returns Hurricane Katrina favor
Called “the forgotten city” during recovery from Hurricane Katrina, Bogalusa, La., may now become known as the community that never forgets. Nearly a dozen of its citizens are in Macon County cleaning up debris from the great ice storm of 2006 [in mid-December] because Illinois Southern Baptists are the ones who came to them last year when disaster relief teams seemed to be going everywhere else. DECATUR, Ill. – Called “the forgotten city” during recovery from Hurricane Katrina, Bogalusa, La., may now become known as the community that never forgets. Nearly a dozen of its citizens are in Macon County cleaning up debris from the great ice storm of 2006 [in mid-December] because Illinois Southern Baptists are the ones who came to them last year when disaster relief teams seemed to be going everywhere else. “They arrived before some of us were able to get home,” said Ira Craft. “When we heard you had a problem, we said, ‘It’s our turn.’ “ Craft, 71, is among 11 members of Bogalusa’s new Southern Baptist chain saw team who traveled more than 800 miles to Decatur on Tuesday. They joined about 35 other Southern Baptists from all over Illinois who have been staying at Tabernacle Baptist Church and … [Read more...]
Rogers overcomes life’s obstacles
Nearly five years ago, William Rogers began working on his doctor of ministry degree at age 71. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) – Nearly five years ago, William Rogers began working on his doctor of ministry degree at age 71. At age 76, Rogers earned that degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 8 and was the oldest graduate in his class. During those five years, the New Orleans pastor endured the death of his wife for 51 years, Joan, and the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, seeking to hold himself and his church together as he completed his degree. Rogers’ dream of earning a doctorate was a long shot from the beginning. In 2001, he received a letter from the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth about the D.Min. program it offered at Southern Seminary. Out of school for more than 40 years, Rogers dismissed the letter without a second thought. Then came a second letter. And then a third. “I got the second letter and thought, ‘It would be a chance in a thousand to be accepted,’ and I threw it away,” he said. “The third time, something in my heart said ‘If you don’t check this out you will regret it for the rest of your life.’ So I decided to … [Read more...]
Hofius harvests through disasters
Earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes. Glenda Hofius has responded to them all, providing food, soothing hurt, and most of all sharing Christ’s love with the lost and desperate survivors of natural disasters, even when the results of her work are not evident. SHREVEPORT — Earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes. Glenda Hofius has responded to them all, providing food, soothing hurt, and most of all sharing Christ’s love with the lost and desperate survivors of natural disasters, even when the results of her work are not evident. First responders attached to a Southern Baptist disaster relief feeding unit, Glenda Hofius and husband Ted have traveled around the world bringing aid to disaster survivors. “People ask, ‘Why are you here?’” Hofius said of those she’s helped. The answer is simple. She tells them: “It’s because Jesus loves you, and because He loves you, I’m here.” After a tsunami, triggered from the Indian Ocean earthquake in December 2004, struck Banda Aceh, the closest major city to the earthquake’s epicenter, the Hofiuses traveled there to lend a hand. The earthquake, measuring 9.1 on the Richter scale, triggered many tsunamis that killed an estimated 238,000 … [Read more...]
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