Alabama’s Network of Christian Community Ministers (ANCCM) addressed the issue of poverty during its annual meeting Nov. 13 at Heritage Baptist Church, Montgomery.
Wayne Flynt, distinguished professor of history at Auburn University and member of First Baptist Church, Auburn, provided the group with research and statistics about poverty in Alabama. He also suggested how to address and combat it.
Along with explaining what is happening with poverty in Alabama currently, Flynt also encouraged the group to promote social justice to equal status of conversion and revivalism. “When we stand before God for judgment, He will not ask, ‘Are you a fundamentalist or a moderate?’ He will ask, ‘When did you see people hungry and feed them?’
“You will not be asked what you believe, but how did what you believe transform the way you treat those who are powerless?” Flynt said. “The second most frequent theme in the Old Testament is justice for widows, orphans, the poor and the oppressed. … The first is idolatry.” Flynt also noted that one in 16 verses in the New Testament is devoted to the same theme of social justice.
New ANCCM officers are: Diane Lowe of Etowah Association, president; Keith Jenkins of Etowah Association, first vice president; Jane Ferguson of First, Montgomery, second vice president; Joycelyn Carrell of Russell Association, secretary/treasurer; and Connie Markham of First, Dothan, editor.
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