The University of Mobile’s University Missions trip to Brazil was a “wonderful, wonderful project” and “very successful,” said Cecil Taylor, professor of Christian studies and dean of the school of Christian studies.
Taylor led a group of 26 to Nova Friburgo June 8–19. The team used news media, including television; conversational English opportunities; door-to-door evangelism; market evangelism; outdoor services; school visits; church services; medical assessment clinics; and construction to impact the entire city for Christ.
This was the first year nursing faculty and students partnered in a University Missions project. Two nursing faculty members and three students performed blood pressure and glucose checks on 463 patients and distributed 453 pairs of reading glasses during the trip.
Altogether the team made 116 evangelistic visits, witnessed to 796 people and recorded 329 decisions for Christ. It conducted six church services with a total attendance of 1,220.
Volunteers from Clarke Baptist Association recently participated in a weeklong project in Bastrop, La., to help rebuild a church torn down after a fire in 2006.
The Clarke Association participants — along with others from Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina and other parts of Alabama — worked on Tillou Baptist Church as part of the New Faith Baptist Builders.
While there, they worked 12-hour days, helping with walls, wiring, insulation and Sheetrock to transform a 15,000-plus-square-foot metal shell into a sanctuary, fellowship hall and classrooms.
The New Faith Baptist Builders is a group of self-funded retirees who do construction work under the umbrella of the North American Mission Board. This year marked the 24th for the group — whose core members are 50 and above.
Forty youth and 17 adults from Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, Cropwell, in St. Clair Baptist Association — along with Jeff Huey of Extreme Ministries and his family — traveled to Georgetown, S.C., in July on a missions trip. During the weeklong effort, they did extensive renovations to North Hampton Baptist Church. The renovations included tiling the entry hall and stage area, extending the front porch and roof, pouring concrete, digging water lines and updating a bathroom.
Summerville Baptist Church, Phenix City, in Russell Baptist Association sent a 14-member missions team to First Baptist Church, Kotzebue, Alaska, July 12–20. On the trip, the team led Vacation Bible School and replaced the church’s roof.
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