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Louisiana DR teams rushing to assist Hurricane Michael victims

By Message Staff Louisiana Baptist disaster relief units are marshaling their forces in response to calls for help after powerful Hurricane Michael came roaring ashore on the Florida Peninsula Wednesday, Oct. 10. A Louisiana Baptist feeding unit from Rolling Hill Ministry in Ruston leaves Friday morning, Oct. 12 for Panama City, Florida, which is 20 miles from where the storm came roaring ashore along with James Irvine's shower and laundry trailer according to State Disaster Relief Director Gibbie McMillan. "Pray for the teams going and the people impacted by this powerful storm," McMillan said. "People there will be dealing with a lot of flooding and need the love of Christ at a time that can be quite stressful in their lives." McMillan said a chainsaw unit from First Baptist Church, Covington is also gearing up to go and assist with the recovery efforts. "We are going to need volunteers to serve on one of the teams [feeding, mud-out and chainsaw] that will have a presence in Florida through late October," he said. David Abernathy, director of Rolling Hills Ministry, said they hope to begin feeding operations Saturday. “Pray for our safety and travel,” Abernathy said. “And pray for the ones we are ministering … [Read more...]

Taking a stand against wickedness: What to do?

By Joe McKeever Unrighteousness is being aggressive.  Evil is on the march.  The world, the flesh, and the devil are having a field day. What should God’s people do? A lot of people who call themselves Christians disagree with Scripture’s answer to that question. In most cases, this aggression takes very specific forms.  A new city ordinance discriminates against churches and makes it impossible to do ministry.  A perversion of sexuality has become acceptable and local authorities insist that it be taught as the norm in schools.  A decent public figure with traditional values is being targeted by wicked people and slandered.  The list is unending. Many calling themselves followers of Jesus Christ would say, “Organize! Confront! No more Mister Nice Guy! Take the fight to the enemy!”  “Show them you can be as mean as they can!”  “We have the power of God on our side!” “After all,” they will say, “Jesus took a rope and cleansed the temple!”  “Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.” When God’s people begin name-calling, verbally attacking, and using the world’s methods, eventually someone will get a gun and go calling.  In recent years, we’ve had extremists in the pro-life movement shooting up … [Read more...]