Archives for September 2017
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The GBO’s impact: disaster relief
By Gibbie McMillan, Louisiana Baptists disaster relief strategist GBO provides our budget to have a ready response during times of disaster in Louisiana as well as across the USA. -- All the funds needed for training come from the GBO. -- All the funds for start-up equipment we use in national disasters come from the GBO. By faith we train and prepare for disasters. But if we did not have the funds from the GBO we would not be able to respond. Last year, during the floods inf Louisiana we had teams from 29 different state conventions that came to assist in our response. We were able to assist the Red Cross in preparing thousands of meals to survivors as well as providing meals for the volunteers who came on their own dollar and stayed for months helping people through these devastating floods. I hope and pray that your largest gift this year beyond your local church will be to support the GBO. When everyone in our 1,600 plus churches give to the GBO it makes a difference when the storms of life touch the people of Louisiana. Give with a cheerful heart. Thanks for your faithfulness to the GBO and the CP. Named for the first executive director of the Woman’s Missionary Union, the Georgia Barnette … [Read more...]
31 LC Wildcats enjoy victory in Jesus
By Brian Blackwell, Message Staff Writer DEVILLE – On August 27, the season had yet to open for the Louisiana College football team, however, members of the Wildcats experienced a victory more meaningful than any margin posted on a scoreboard when 31 players came forward to humble their hearts to Christ and surrender their lives to Him during a special service held by evangelist Rick Gage at Philadelphia Baptist Church in Deville. Him during a special service held by evangelist Rick Gage at Philadelphia Baptist Church in Deville. Coach Justin Charles said he was overcome with emotion as he watched so many of his players, one-by-one, walk to the front of the worship center to speak with Gage, himself a former college football player and coach. “That day was more fulfilling than winning a football game,” said the first-year head coach for the Wildcats. “Knowing you had 31 young men all turn their lives to Christ is a feeling that is hard to describe for this coach.” Devyn Allen, a sophomore linebacker from Baton Rouge, said he was convicted that he was not living the way Christ intended and that he needed to repent. “I believed I was a Christian but I wasn’t living my life right,” Allen said. “His message hit me … [Read more...]
In seven years, more than 200 Louisiana Baptist churches have been planted using Georgia Barnette Offering funds
Georgia Barnette Offering funds helped make possible for Disaster Relief volunteers to share the Gospel with 1,646 people in Louisiana last year
BCM students use holiday weekend for service, not self
By Brian Blackwell, Message Staff Writer ALEXANDRIA (LBM)—Students with three Louisiana Baptist Collegiate Ministries took time out of a holiday weekend and a television schedule full of college football to minister to survivors of Hurricane Harvey. Saturday through Monday, Sept. 2-4, 130 BCM students and leaders from LSU, Louisiana-Lafayette and McNeese State, with assistance from Living Hope Fellowship in Baton Rouge, gutted homes that had been flooded by rainfall from the epic storm. They formed 14 different teams that each worked in one of four areas – Lake Charles, Moss Bluff, Orange, Texas and Port Arthur, Texas. Blake Grundy, BCM campus minister at McNeese, told the Baptist Message that the trip was well suited for college students who have a heart of service. “Many of the students who went on this trip have done mud-out work before, so they know the heartache the destruction causes the homeowner,” he said. “College students have time and the one thing our students love to do with it is to serve. They love to bless people for whom hope seems lost. For them, it’s one aspect of putting faith into action.” Grundy said many of the students indicated their desire to make return trips to the hard-hit areas. He … [Read more...]
First Bossier minister returns to roots in disaster relief trip to Texas
By Message Staff ORANGE, Texas - Frank Teat returned "home" Sept. 7-9, bringing his wife, Carol Beth, and three friends from First Bossier to minister to Hurricane Harvey victims in a community where lived and served on North Orange Baptist Church's staff for 21 years. Together, the team gutted out a home and unloaded at North Orange Baptist Church a trailer that members of First Bossier filled Sunday, Sept. 3, with items such as cleaning materials, diapers, food and water that will contribute to the church's supply area for Harvey victims. Teat, connections pastor at First Bossier, was student minister at North Orange Baptist Church during his time in that community. Because available lodging is scarce near Orange, the team stayed at East Texas Baptist Encampment in Newton, Texas, a 50-minute drive from Orange. "Camp Director Andy Narramore provided beds, hot meals at breakfast and supper for work crews, as well as sack lunches," Teat said. "At the end of a day cleaning of this nature, the drive is no issue as you know you are headed to a great hot shower, hot meal and a comfortable bed." He said First Bossier Pastor Brad Jurkovich not only understands his concern for this area based on Teat's tenure here, but sees this as a … [Read more...]
The Georgia Barnette Offering helped Disaster Relief volunteers provide 39,078 meals during floods in south Louisiana in 2016
The GBO’s impact: salvation decisions through church planting
By James Jenkins, Louisiana Baptists church planting director Since 2010, 11,194 people have made a decision to follow Christ as Lord and Savior in church plants that the GBO helped to support. In that same time frame, 2,908 people submitted to baptism in church plants that the GBO helped to support. When Louisiana Baptists give to the GBO, they help to support church planters who have a passion to preach the Gospel to all kinds of peoples in all kinds of places. Named for the first executive director of the Woman’s Missionary Union, the Georgia Barnette Offering’s annual Week of Prayer is set for Sept. 10-17. The theme for this year is “Why Wait, For They Are Ready” inspired by John 4:35. This year’s offering goal is $1.7 million. … [Read more...]
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