The survey, conducted in March, gauged opinions of the expected roles of parents at a time when Americans typically begin giving thought to Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
According to the survey, “loving” is the No. 1 characteristic deemed mandatory for mothers (85 percent) and fathers (79 percent). After “loving,” four of the next five characteristics are shared, including “supporting,” “protecting,” “encouraging” and “involved.”
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Peruvian Salomon Quispe (far left) translates as Matthew McClintic from Highland Heights Baptist Church, Benton, and Amanda Webb, representing South Carolina Baptist Collegiate Missions in Columbia, S.C., pray for Isabel; her niece, Yuli; her son, Eric, and his friend, Paulo.She said, “I dreamed that people would come in two groups of three to visit my home,” which is how they arrived.
From beach outreach to vacation Bible school, The Slip Disc offers a great way to tell others about Christ in a nonthreatening way, said Jackie Gibbs, founder of Slip Disc Ministries along with his wife, Geri. The Gibbses reside in Beebe and are members of First Baptist Church, Cabot.
Whatever the activity, the discs provide a co
nnection point, allowing people to “earn the right to be heard,” said Gibbs.
No. 73 Tom Castilaw, a 6-foot-3-inch, 280-pound center on Arkansas State University’s (ASU) football teamBill SorrellJONESBORO – Tom Castilaw, a 6-foot-3-inch, 280-pound center on Arkansas State University’s (ASU) football team, made a splash when he got baptized.
As he was immersed, water overflowed the baptistery at Jonesboro's Calvary Chapel Church, and since then, tarps have been placed on the floor to protect nearby music instruments.
"I had no idea it happened. A couple of hours after the service people were telling me. It was comical," said Castilaw, who also has a presence in the weight room with a 445-pound bench press, 685-pound squat and 365-pound power clean.
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Brodbent“About a year ago, I was spending a lot of time reading gossip, garbage and solicitation on Facebook,” said Al Brodbent, pastor of Fair Oaks Baptist Church near Wynne. “I was ready to quit using it, and then the next day (I) saw where two people had requested prayer about a matter. I decided to pray every day for their request and let them know I was praying. It had a positive influence on me as to, ‘Maybe I am onto something,’ … as well as influencing that person on the value of prayer.”
Read the rest of the story in the Nov. 3 edition of the Arkansas Baptist News.
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That is what occurred at the Acts 1:8 One Day Mission Trip Oct. 1.
J. B. Huffmaster helps Lilly Grace Clark, 6, show off her stringer of fish caught at the fishing derby during the Acts 1:8 One Day Mission Trip.
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Each year literally thousands of people of all races and ethnicities are impacted by the work of Arkansas Baptists as they seek to be the hands and feet of Jesus.
The 2011 offering goal of $1.45 million provides for a plethora of ministries, including Bibles used during the One Day Mission Trip outreach; church planting training for a new church planter; copies of “The Story of Jesus for Children” used at the Hope Migrant Mission Center; and costs associated with helping start a new church.
Below are a few stories from the field – all made possible through the generous gifts of Arkansas Baptists through the Dixie Jackson Arkansas Missions Offering.
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By ABN Staff
“Southern Baptists in World Service” – a booklet written by E.P. Alldredge for the Sunday School Board (now LifeWay Christian Resources) in 1936 – aptly captured the essence of the Cooperative Program (CP), started in 1925.
It stated simply, “(It’s) the beginning of a new day in Southern Baptist life and work.”
The foresight and wisdom of Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) leaders to establish a coordinated and united giving plan for all churches has resulted in literally millions of lost souls around the world professing Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior since 1925 – and its impact continues to resonate greatly in the Natural State.
In 2004, revivalist Henry Blackaby captured the sentiments of many when he expressed that the Cooperative Program was much more than just a great idea, saying, “The Cooperative Program is not something men designed, but something God put together.”
When a church gives a portion of its receipts through the CP, its gospel reach expands exponentially across its community, state, nation and world.
M.E. Dodd, considered the father of the Cooperative Program, wrote about it in a tract, “Why I Like the Baptist Cooperative Program.” He listed seven “special advantages” of the united giving plan that are still true today:
• It enables me to carry out my part of Christ’s program of service.
• The Cooperative Program enables me to have a part in all that is being done.
• The Cooperative Program enables me to have some part in the whole work of Christ each and every week of the year.
• This Cooperative Program enables me to do all that needs to be done, because it includes every sort of service to every sort of somebody that any sort of anybody may wish to render (it is the only program in the world that is all-inclusive to every human need).
• This Cooperative Program enables me to carry out God’s financial program for His kingdom.
• This Baptist Cooperative Program fixes the support of Christ’s causes as a permanent principle in life and does not leave them to temporary emotional appeal.
• The Cooperative Program does not leave the causes of Christ to become the victims of temporary weather conditions, depressions in business or other hindered causes.
The Cooperative Program has shaped for all eternity generations of Southern Baptists who have been called into service with the charge to carry the good news of Jesus Christ to their communities, state and country and throughout the entire world. Pastors and other leaders attending Southern Baptist seminaries are assisted in receiving a theological education through the CP.
“The Cooperative Program is intensely personal for me,” said Don Pucik, associate executive director at the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC). “I was saved in a storefront mission planted by the CP, educated in schools funded by the CP, served as a home missionary sent by the CP and now I’m working in a ministry to Arkansas churches supported by the CP.”
Pucik added, “Through the CP, every Southern Baptist church was a vital part of those ministries God used to save me, train me and send me. The same can be said for every other CP-supported endeavor on the planet.”
Former SBC foreign missionary Rusty Hart, who now serves on the ABSC executive support team, said he witnessed the impact of CP on the field every day.
“I saw with my own eyes how our Cooperative Program money changes lives,” said Hart. “I knew that with every dollar we invested in seeing people come to Christ, I was representing all Southern Baptists who had sacrificed to make sure that the gospel message came to the people of Russia.
“It was a great honor to share with people that Southern Bap-
tists all over the world gave so that I could be there at that moment to introduce them to Jesus. Through the Cooperative Program, you were there with us in Russia every time someone came to Christ. That is the miracle of the Cooperative Program.”
Pucik said one of the beauties of the Cooperative Program is it allows “every church (to) become a part of everything that Baptists are doing everywhere every day.”
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