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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...]