Central Baptist Church

Dear friends,
 In Children’s Church, I was playing a game with the 9-12 year olds. Three groups had each been given a handful of (play) money with which to purchase the “canasta básica”, the basic needs of their family for the month. One group received ¢100,000 colones (about $200), another ¢50,000 colones ($100) and the third [...]

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Greetings from the DRC ~
Here is an update for the coming week.  I’ll try to send pictures and a more detailed report of “summer vacation” activities from Kinshasa, early next week.
 
The Baptist Community of the Congo, our sister church which was founded by American Baptist missionaries in 1878, will be holding an executive committee meeting and [...]

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Washington (BWA) — An initial sum of US$10,000.00 has been granted by Baptist World Aid (BWAid), the relief development arm of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), to assist flood victims in Pakistan.   The funds, which will be used to meet medical, food and shelter needs, will be disbursed through BMS World Mission, the major British [...]

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The Board of Mission met on Monday, August 2, to discuss and cooperate with God’s work in the world.  The Church has received $13,887.17 in designated giving and interest income in 2010.   The funds were allocated in the following amounts:

United Mission – $74.59
American Baptist Women’s Love Gift – $49.00
American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers [...]

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An update from Wendy Bernhard in the Democratic Republic of Congo!
Greetings from Matadi, the second port city I’m visiting this week with a Responsible Living Skills team.  We’ve shown films in four churches (two Baptist and two Assemblies of God), and are presenting the True Love Waits seminar in all four, including one today and one tomorrow.  [...]

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