Florida
Originally from a small community in southeast Haiti, Daniel Garcon is now planting his life in southwest Florida as a church planter. In June 2019, he, along with nine others, planted Christ Center Fellowship of Lehigh Acres, a small town with a growing Haitian community. With more than 20 in attendance at the young church, Garcon is focused on encouraging and equipping his members to serve the community, the Florida Baptist Witness reported.
Georgia
The Georgia Baptist Missions and Ministry Center is officially for sale, The Christian Index reported. The $42 million project was dedicated at Georgia Baptists’ annual meeting in November 2006. In March 2015 the building and property were paid in full by a $25 million gift from the Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation. Today the space needed by staff is about 20,000 square feet, and about 50 people work in the 142,000-square-foot building, occupying only the fifth floor.
Kentucky
Small groups are making a big impact at Coral Hills Baptist Church in Glasgow, Kentucky. When the pandemic forced church leaders to evaluate and adapt, the church, which had already been encouraging its members to connect to small groups, began to break the small group idea down into even smaller groups through one-on-one or one-on-two mentoring, Kentucky Today reported.
Louisiana
Through an effort organized by leaders in Louisiana’s North Central Baptist Association, volunteers from several Southern Baptist churches have joined efforts to repair a church damaged by Hurricane Laura in late August 2020. Union Baptist Church in Joyce, Louisiana, with an active membership of about 30, sustained massive damage in the storm. Pastor Mike Green described the volunteers as “a great Godsend when we needed a helping hand,” the Baptist Message reported. Additional work will be ongoing.
Virginia
In March 2020, CommUNITY Church of Salem, Virginia, displayed a banner on its worship center: “The Church is not closed, it’s deployed.” Since then, the church has distributed facemasks; helped organize locations for day care, tutoring and weekday children’s activities; and conducted rooftop worship. The church also has held “restaurant revivals,” holding outdoor worship in restaurants’ parking lots, encouraging participants to order food to their cars and collecting an offering for restaurant workers, the Proclaimer reported.
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