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Haiti . . . Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, continues to sink in despair.  The U.S. economic embargo from 1991-1994, Hurricane Georges, and unstable political leadership have thrown the country into chaos, Religion Today reports (Thursday, May 20, 1999).  One ministry in particular, For Haiti With Love, operates a medial clinic and provides food, medicine, and funding to help Haiti's most desperate citizens.

    "The only people that are making it in Haiti are those who had money before the embargo and those with relatives outside the country who send them money," Eve DeHart of For Haiti with Love told Religion Today.   International aid to the country has been reduced to a trickle.  "It seems everything is refocused because of Hurricane Mitch and Kosovo.  Haiti has kind of faded from the news and people's thoughts," DeHart said.

    Food is scarce and too expensive for the average person, DeHart said.  Rural dwellers can grow food, but those in the cities can't but it.  "They have sold off, traded off, and bartered everything they have until they have nothing left," she said.  The money shortage is forcing people out of their homes because renters usually have to pay a full year in advance.   Saving all that money is 'just a dream,'" DeHart said.  "For those lucky enough to eke out three balanced meals a week, saving anything is an impossibility."

    For Haiti with Love is helping those in need keep their homes.  Rental of a one-room home costs about $180 a year, and $15 a month can help keep a family off the streets.  A church recently donated enough to keep nine families housed, and the Kiwanis International Foundation recently contributed $8,000 for food assistance.  If you or your church would be interested in helping the people of Haiti, contact the ministry at (727)938-3245.

Oklahoma . . .  Oklahoma Relief Operations Enter New Phase

By James Dotson & Art Toalston

OKLAHOMA CITY (BP) -- Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers have prepared more than 115,000 meals and begun scaling down feeding operations as of May 13 in areas of Oklahoma and neighboring states devastated by tornadoes May 3.  Relief efforts have now begun moving into a new phase as chainsaw-bearing crews from across the South began arriving to assist with massive cleanup operations.

    In Oklahoma, where tornadoes claimed 44 lives, units from Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas conventions had prepared 78,730 meals at four locations.  An Oklahoma unit at First Baptist church of Moore had closed operations and moved to Graceway Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, where an Arkansas unit was returning home May 14.  Other feeding units from Texas and Louisiana remain active.  Cleanup and recovery teams arrived throughout the week from Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Texas.  Also, a specially equipped trailer with multiple showers had arrived from North Carolina to supplement another NAMB-owned shower unit from Albany, Ga.

    Sam Porter, Oklahoma Convention Men's Ministry director, said damage assessment stands at 3,320 houses destroyed; 1,832 houses having received major damage; and 3,199 houses receiving minor damage. "While the feeding seems to be stabilizing, the recovery is gearing up," he said.  Volunteers in Oklahoma as of May 13 had completed a total of 243 cleanup projects.  In Haysville, Kan., a feeding unit from Missouri had prepared 30,038 hot meals and a Kansas/Nebraska unit had prepared 7,256 sandwiches as of May 13.  Plans called for closing the Missouri unit May 16.  Campers on Missions groups also reportedly had arrived to help with feeding, and a student group from Oklahoma is working on clean-up projects for local churches.  A Texas state convention feeding unit in DeKalb, Texas, had prepared a total of 6,655 meals as of May 12 and was closed after the final meal that evening.

   LifeWay Christian Resources, meanwhile, is contributing $14,000 to disaster relief funds in the two states in the aftermath of the tornado damage.  A check for $10,000 is being sent to the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma and $4,000 to the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists.  "These gifts are for use in any ways the state conventions feel will be helpful as they assist churches in ministering to victims and looking toward rebuilding," LifeWay President James T. Draper Jr. said.  "In the midst of the tragedy and loss, it has been encouraging to see many evidences of faith and victims able to testify that God's grace is sufficient."  In addition to the direct contributions, LifeWay provides one quarter of free literature and discounts on replacing items not covered by insurance.

   Calls are being made to churches known to have sustained damage to provide information about disaster assistance and identify needs.  More information is available by calling LifeWay at 1-800-357-7029.  First Baptist Church in Moore, Okla., which sustained some damage in the tornado, nevertheless remains a command center for the American Red Cross, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other relief agencies.  In a national Associated Press story, Rick Whitaker, one of the church's ministers, recounted how the white cross atop First Baptist survived the tornado.  "All people could see after the tornado passed was the light of our cross and they started coming this way," Whitaker said.  "From the moment the tornado happened, the church became the primary hub for this area."

    Donations for Oklahoma Baptist relief efforts can be sent to Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief, 3800 N. May, Oklahoma City, OK 73112-6506.

   Oklahoma Baptists' disaster relief fund will be used to channel $500 gifts to Baptist families with emergency needs, Anthony Jordan, executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, has announced.  The disaster relief fund also will help with the cost of several Baptist disaster relief units preparing meals for tornado survivors and relief workers, Jordan said.

   Donations for Baptist relief needs in Kansas, meanwhile, in the wake of May 3's tornadoes there, can be sent to the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists, Attn.: Disaster Relief, 5410 SW 7th St., Topeka, KS 66606.

   Numerous students from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee have been among the relief workers in the Oklahoma City area, according to a report filed by OBU student newswriter Stacey Keller.  OBU nursing students, for example, volunteered at Oklahoma City's Integris Southwest Medical Center and at Midwest City Hospital caring for some of the hundreds of injured that flooded both facilities.  Arianne Kopczynski, a junior exercise and sports science major, joined a team of OBU students who went to First Baptist in Moore to offer relief.  "When I first walked in and saw the bumper-to-bumper people coming for help, I just broke down in tears.  It was so sad to see," Kopczynski told Keller.  Kopczynski and other OBU students helped unload trucks filled with supplies, assisted in food service, aided in cleanup efforts and responded to whatever need surfaced.  "It was incredible to watch all the volunteers who had given up their time and the people that had given their possessions," Kopczynski said.  "A little 4-year-old boy came in with a big basketball that was about twice the size of him.  He said he wanted to give up his basketball for the other families that were in the tornado."

   Fred Vocke, who directs the Aramark food service at OBU, received a call for help from OBU President Mark Brister for victims desperately needing food donations, water, coolers and gloves, which the OBU food service director quickly helped arrange.  More importantly, however, was the need for individuals to help prepare a dinner at First Baptist, Moore, to be served Sunday afternoon after a memorial service for the tornado victims.  Without a moment's hesitation, Vocke and his Aramark staff agreed.  All weekend long, the OBU staffers worked side by side with other restaurant managers who had come from around the state to help with the enormous dinner.  "It really was a community effort," Vocke said.  "We stayed busy the entire time because we wanted to make a really nice meal for them."  More than 4,000 individuals came through the dinner line that Sunday afternoon and ate donated products from Tyson Chicken, Applebee's, Outback and many other food suppliers.

   In Linden, Tenn., cleanup and recovery volunteers were expected to begin work May 15 in the wake of a powerful storm that struck the area May 5.  Three homes and one mobile home were destroyed, in addition to downed power lines and telephone lines.  First Baptist Church of Linden also suffered extensive damage to the roof of its family life center and suffered water damage in the sanctuary.  "These items were the greatest extent of damages except for loss of numerous trees and incidental wind damage along the storm's path," reported Dick Staggs, a Tennessee Disaster Relief volunteer.  Thirteen counties in Tennessee were declared disaster areas because of the tornadoes.

(Baptist Press, Friday, May 14 1999)

 

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Relief efforts by the North American Missions Board are, at present, focusing on a number of fronts. Officials with NAMB are asking interested individuals and churches to send monetary contributions marked "Oklahoma Relief Effort" and these funds will be handed over to the Oklahoma Baptist Convention for distribution.

    In addition to efforts by NAMB, Operation Save the Children, is collecting new or like-new toys for the children. A new toy may be just the thing these children need to help get their minds off of their very difficult situation. Again, if interested, contact Operation Save the Children directly or email me and I will make arrangements to receive your donation.

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NAMB Releases $150,000 to Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims
By James Dotson

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--The North American Mission Board has released $150,000 in disaster assistance funds to help victims of May 3's deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma.
    The money will be used primarily for $500 grants to individual families through local churches, said Jim Burton, director of volunteer mobilization for NAMB.
    "The local churches are screening the families, verifying the needs, and the checks eventually will be delivered to them to help them from anything ranging to apartment deposits to food and anything else they need," Burton said.
    The NAMB funds are in addition to another $150,000 in disaster assistance funds released by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma last week, Burton said.
    Burton said the expenditure is the largest amount released at one time since disaster relief became the responsibility of NAMB at its formation in 1997.
    "This is just a first step, and we anticipate many requests," he said, noting damage assessment is not complete and long-term rebuilding efforts likely will be extensive. "We're into a catastrophic type of response. It's going to take an extraordinary means to help these people get their lives back together and minister to them in the name of Christ."
    Randy Singer, executive vice president of the North American Mission Board, said, "It is our privilege to stand with our state partners in Oklahoma and Kansas who have ministered so faithfully during this time of crisis.
    "The massive disaster relief efforts in those states in the wake of the recent tornado damage is a testament to the mission heart and cooperative spirit of Southern Baptists," Singer added. "By helping to meet the dire physical needs of those most severely affected, we pray that this tangible demonstration of the love of Christ will prepare many hearts to receive the good news of the gospel of Christ."
    Southern Baptist disaster relief units, meanwhile, had provided more than 22,250 meals to storm victims and relief workers in Oklahoma as of May 7, according to Mickey Caison, national coordinator of Southern Baptist disaster relief and an associate in adult volunteer mobilization for NAMB.
    An Oklahoma feeding unit is currently operating at First Baptist Church of Moore, and another Oklahoma unit in Stroud was just closed Sunday. Additionally, a Texas feeding unit is based at First Southern Baptist Church of Del City, and an Arkansas unit is at Graceway Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. An additional feeding unit from Louisiana arrived in Mulhall May 9.     In Haysville, Kan., feeding units from Kansas/Nebraska and Missouri had prepared more than 3,000 meals as of May 7, and a Texas unit that responded to a related tornado in Dekalb, Texas, had prepared 973 meals.     Contributions to the NAMB disaster assistance fund may be sent to Disaster Relief -- Midwest Tornadoes, North American Mission Board, 4200 North Point Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30022. (Baptist Press, May 10, 1999)

Honduras Construction Teams -- In addition to the Food Boxes mentioned above, the South Carolina Baptist Convention is working in conjunction with the North Carolina Baptist Convention to help rebuild Honduran homes. The Convention is now seeking volunteers to staff seven construction teams. Dates for the work are April 7-15, May 17-25, June 17-25, July 23-31, August 11-19, September 14-22, and November 2-10.

. . . If interested in helping, contact me or telephone Cliff Satterwhite, 803-165-0030. And again, share this information with your church and/or church group!

 

Kosovo . . .

An effort is now underway to help the needy in Kosovo with an item overlooked at present -- underwear. It's not something we often talk about but it is very much in need right now.

    Operation Save the Children, in conjunction with Southern Baptists and other churches in South Carolina, are collecting undergarments for both sexes and all sizes. Diapers are not being asked for but one may contribute such if your heart desires. If you are interested in helping, please buy NEW undergarments and contact your Operation Save the Children or contact me and I will make arrangements to receive your donation. Other relief organizations are collecting other items and, of course, monetary contributions. Our Journey Through the Bible web site has more details.

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(Religion Today, April 6, 1999) A Christian leader from Kosovo is safe in Macedonia. Other evangelical leaders are presumably hiding and are in need of prayer, Peter Kuzmic of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Osijek, Croatia reports. Graduates of the school started one of the first evangelical churches in Kosovo. There are about eight evangelical congregations with some 400 believers in the Serb province. More Christian workers are needed to help the more than 100,000 refugees who fled Kosovo, Kuzmic said. Witnesses report that Serb troops are forcibly evicting people from their homes and committing atrocities against innocent civilians.

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(Baptist Press, April 5, 1999) The Southern Baptist International Mission Board has allocated an initial $100,000 to help minister to some of the estimated 634,000 ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing their homes in southern Yugoslavia's Kosovo province.

Southern Baptist missionaries will use the money to buy blankets and food and are assessing needs in both Albania and Macedonia to identify how they can best respond to the physical and spiritual crises the mostly Muslim refugees are facing.

Albania has absorbed much of the flood of refugees and marshaled airplanes and relief supplies over the weekend to help those who have crossed its border with Kosovo. Macedonia has refused to accept more refugees, and NATO countries organized an airlift for tens of thousands of people stranded at the border.

Bill Steele, a Southern Baptist missionary in Bosnia, joined missionary Lee Bradley in Albania to assess the refugee situation there, said Jim Brown, the IMB's consultant for human needs ministries. Missionaries Kyle and Jackie Kirkpatrick are evaluating needs in Macedonia.

Anyone interested in assisting with Kosovo relief efforts may call (804) 219-1675, or mail donations to the General Relief Fund to: Office of Finance, International Mission Board, P.O. Box 6767, Richmond, VA 23230.

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(Religion Today, April 5, 1999) World Vision has launched a $2 million program to aid Kosovo refugees in Montenegro and neighboring areas. Local staff this week distributed food, personal care items, diapers, and blankets in Montenegro, where the number of refugees has more than doubled to 45,000, the ministry said. World Vision's program aiding 75,000 people in Kosovo was suspended on March 21 when heightened tensions forced international staff to evacuate. The agency's program in Montenegro is still operating with local staff members. The ministry expects to help at least 50,000 Kosovo refugees over the next several weeks. Ethnic Albanians are being forced out of the country. (http://www.religiontoday.com/Archive/FeatureStory/view.cgi?file=19990401.s1.html)

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By Art Toalston (Baptist Press, March 25, 1999)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- At the outset of U.S.-NATO air strikes against Yugoslavia March 24, the need for humanitarian aid, prayers and resolve to stop the "ethnic cleansing" of Kosovo's Albanians are among the concerns being voiced by evangelical leaders.

Franklin Graham, who heads the Samaritan's Purse evangelical relief ministry, was among the guests who discussed the Yugoslav-Kosovo crisis on CNN's "Larry King Live" March 23.

"The horror there is just unbelievable," Graham told King. "And it's going to get worse, I am afraid. And something does need to be done to stop this, and the people [Kosovars] that are fleeing -- this is wintertime, Larry, and they're having to go through the mountains and through the snow and with babies and children, and -- it's just -- the suffering is unbelievable."

"And we need -- when I say, 'we,' I am talking about relief organizations -- we need blankets; we need food for these people, medicines. And there's such a multitude of people coming, it's overwhelming."

As to what people can do to help, Graham said, "Look in the different newspapers, especially USA Today and others that would list the different organizations that are working in that part of the world and help them because they're not that many. There's only about 10 or 15 from this country that I know of that are working over there. They're all great organizations. They're doing a wonderful job, but they're just overwhelmed and they do need help." The ministry Graham leads is based in Boone, N.C.

Asked by King for his opinion of the military action against Kosovo, Graham directed his answer toward prayer, saying, "... we need to pray for our president, for those that are in leadership over us, and we need to pray for those men and women that are serving in our armed forces. We need to pray for protection for them and we need to pray for safety and that they'll come back to their husbands and wives, mothers and fathers."

On the same broadcast, former Sen. Robert Dole, who has traveled to the region in an effort to mediate the conflict, described the Kosovo situation as "terrible. I mean, you drive through these villages and there's nobody home. There may be a dog barking. The Serb homes are standing. The Albanian homes have been leveled.

"There's no question about it, this is ethnic cleansing. This is genocide," Dole said. "I thought we had said to ourselves as nation we wouldn't let this happen as it happened in World War II. And I would hope my colleagues would take a look at what's happened in the past seven years -- genocide, ethnic cleansing, it's the same. It should not be tolerated.

"Even though he [Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic] may claim this is a sovereign nation, you can't let somebody in that country kill off another class of people," Dole said. Serbia, including its independence-seeking Kosovo province, and Montenegro now comprise Yugoslavia.

An official with Samaritan's Purse said March 24 the organization is seeking to assist the Kosovo relief efforts of the Bread of Life ministry based in Belgrade, Serbia, operating in behalf of evangelicals who number no more than 2,000 in a city of 2 million people. Bread of Life also is assisted by the Southern Baptist Convention's World Hunger Fund.

Jasmina Tosic, co-director of Bread of Life and a member of First Baptist Church, Belgrade, recounted at a Southern Baptist world hunger conference last fall that Belgrade's evangelicals, whose evangelistic vision once was limited to their neighbors, began to pray and study the Bible after the ethnic strife erupted in 1991 and refugees began flowing into the city. There are now about 2 million refugees in the former Yugoslavia, and 650,000 in Serbia, she said at the time.

Evangelicals realized "we have to do something about ... people who came to us without any hope or any strength to continue," Tosic said, "without anything, really."

Bread of Life's refugee ministry involves volunteers from 11 Belgrade churches primarily serving about 3,000 refugee families in Serbia from ethnic strife in the Balkans. Bread of Life efforts include visitation teams to personally visit each refugee family receiving food assistance, handyman teams to tackle needed repairs in their living quarters, small business and agricultural pilot programs to help refugees begin working again, a secondhand shop and a kindergarten.

Contributions marked for Kosovo relief may be sent to General Relief Fund, Office of Finance, International Mission Board, P.O. Box 6767, Richmond, VA 23230; for queries to Samaritan's Purse, the toll-free number is 1-800-665-2843, P.O. Box 3000 Boone, NC 28607.

Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, said March 25 he has been calling for NATO to stop Milosevic for years. He said he agrees with the NATO air strikes but they should have come sooner.

"The president of Serbia is a war criminal, by any recognized international standards," Land said. "He has committed multitudinous crimes against humanity, including systematic torture, murder and the organized rape of tens of thousands of women by his army as an act of war to demoralize the population he sought to subjugate. He has denied all rights to the Kosovar population, which is 90 percent of Kosovo, and has used his military might to systematically burn, pillage, murder and drive from their homes large segments of the Kosovar population.

"If President Clinton and NATO had acted earlier, they would have saved thousands of lives and terrible suffering for countless more thousands," Land said.

"Armed conflict is sometimes the price you pay for living in at least the semblance of a moral universe," he continued. "We cannot stop atrocities against our fellow human beings everywhere in the world, but we can do so in Kosovo, and the ability to do so brings with it the moral responsibility to stop the crimes against humanity that are the routine practice of the war criminal Milosevic and his henchmen security forces."

Land said he hopes Clinton and other NATO leaders "are prepared to sustain this military action until Milosevic either withdraws from Kosovo or his ability to make war is severely damaged. As the president said [in an address to the nation March 24], the dangers of doing nothing are far greater than the dangers of acting. Left to itself, the Kosovo tragedy and the hundreds of thousands of refugees it was generating had the capacity to ignite a conflagration that would involve Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and perhaps even Russia, which would shatter NATO's southeastern flank -- Turkey and Greece, two NATO members, at war with each other."

Worse yet, the Serb-Kosovo crisis left unchallenged "has the dark potential of igniting a general European war," Land said.

Land said he is concerned "that now that we have decided to exercise military power that we exercise it decisively."

If Milosevic doesn't respond appropriately to the air strikes, the next step to be taken is "destroying his heavy armor and his air force," Land said, "and if he still doesn't withdraw and agree to the peace accords, then I think the next step would be to [additionally] arm his enemies who are fighting for their freedom." Doing so, Land said, "is far better than introducing American and NATO troops into a combat zone. Doing that without a clear exit strategy has the capacity to be another Vietnam.

"And, of course, just-war theory makes it clear armed intervention must have proper authorization, and for United States combat troops that means a joint resolution of Congress or a declaration of war. So it is imperative that each step of the way the president consult with and gain the approval of Congress," Land said.

Prison Anyone?  For those who may be interested, your pastor and denominational leaders can help you reach those in prison with the good news and life-changing love which Jesus offers.  If you want to learn how, drop me a note today.  I'll be happy to direct you to a resource center in your area.

 

A Ministry Vacation!  Summer is just around the corner now and that means summer vacation time is not far off.  This year, why not plan to spend some of that vacation time serving instead of being served.  Week and month long missions opportunities are widely available through your church and/or denominational organization.  Best of all, such opportunities are available for youth, adults, and even families.  If you would like to learn more, write me or visit the North American Mission Board or the International Mission Board.  These sites have lots to offer.

 

Colombian Relief Effort -- Local churches and help from the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund, food parcels are now being shared with many earthquake victims. When asked what the food has meant to her and her family, Diana Geraldo unequivocally responded, is keeping us alive. Without "The help is very special. It is all that it, we would not be here." thankful to the people "We are very her frail hands to her heart, Diana declared, Clutching who sent the food. I know they have done it because they love the Lord and because they love people."

 

No doubt, there will be many struggles for Diana and those like her in the months ahead, struggles that Christians will be helping to ease through their support to the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund and other relief agencies. You can make a difference if you are willing to get invovled today!

 

Gifts for Southern Baptists' Colombia earthquake relief efforts can be designated for Colombia relief/World Hunger Fund and mailed to the:

SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty

901 Commerce Street

Suite 550

Nashville, TN 37203

 

Telephone inquiries can be made to (615) 244-2495. (Baptist Press, Feb 15 99)

 

 

2,000 Southern Baptists needed in Asia evangelistic campaign
By Marv Knox (Baptist Press, April 7, 1999)

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Two thousand Southern Baptists are needed to help with nationwide evangelistic campaigns the next two years in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea, reported Dub Jackson, Asia crusade coordinator for the Southern Baptist International Mission Board.
    "These aggressive evangelistic partnership campaigns are calling for over 2,000 participants during the next 26 months," noted Jackson, who recently met with Baptist leaders in the four countries.
    The crusades -- in which teams of 10 U.S. Baptist volunteers work with overseas Baptist congregations -- are being held this summer through the spring of 2001, he said.
    "When we go to these countries for partnership, we go trusting in the Lord and taking our direction from him as he leads through the leaders of each of these countries," Jackson said.
    "Korea alone has asked for 1,000 team members and 100 churches to join with them in what their convention leaders have described as their hope for nationwide revival," he added. "They are praying for a new spark of real revival that will return them to the growing church they used to be."
    Baek Chul Key, president of the Korean Baptist Home Mission Board, told Jackson: "Our convention has stopped growing. We are praying that this major partnership effort will return us to the aggressive church we were in the 1970s."
    When Jackson met with the Asian Baptist leaders, he issued "an urgent plea for their prayers as we confess that America has never been in greater need of revival than now," he said. "The leadership of each of these Asian countries has promised that they will be praying for an American revival as they prepare for revival in their own countries."
    The partnerships have two goals, Jackson added. "We are praying for nationwide revival for the country where we are serving and praying that as our teams return to the U.S.A., we will bring back the spark for nationwide revival in our own country," he explained. "We believe God is pleased with these requests and will honor the prayers of his people."
    After the overseas crusades, Baptists in the United States should "humbly open the doors of our churches to 1,000 team members from Korea and another 1,000 team members from Asia and aggressively seek revival for America now," Jackson pleaded.
    The International Mission Board has promised to deliver the volunteers necessary to conduct the Asian crusades, he reported.
    "This cannot happen without the miraculous moving of our Lord in our hearts and a new commitment to serve wherever he shall lead," Jackson acknowledged.
    "As we decide whether the Lord would have us go on one of these partnership campaigns, our only prayer should be, 'Lord, do you want me to go?'" he advised. "If he leads us to go, he will care for all of the needs connected to that decision."
    The campaigns are:

            Hong Kong, 20 teams, July 29-Aug. 9, 1999

            Taiwan, five teams, Nov. 4-15, 1999

            Japan, 20 teams, June 21-July 3, 2000

            Korea, 100 teams, Oct. 18-31, 2000

            Taiwan, nationwide crusade, spring of 2001

 

For more information, contact Jackson's office at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Phone (817) 923-6280 or (817) 923-1921, ext. 4871; e-mail asiapartnership1@juno.com.

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