Posted July 23, 2007 in GARBCnews, PrayerLink
Dr. Harold Commons, former president of the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, went home to be with the Lord on July 21, 2007. Dr. Commons served as president of Baptist Bible Seminary, Johnson City, New York. He pastored First Baptist Church, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and First Baptist Church, Johnson City, New York. The funeral service will be held Saturday July 28, 2007, 2:00 p.m., at First Baptist Church in Ticonderoga, New York. Through his wise and godly leadership, Dr. Commons had a worldwide ministry of impacting people for Christ. Please be in prayer for the Commons family.
Posted July 12, 2007 in GARBCnews, PrayerLink
Paula Beckman, wife of Larry Beckman (Baptist Mid-Missions administrator), went to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 7, after battling cancer for 16 years. The funeral will be held on Saturday, July 14, at First Baptist Church in Elyria, Ohio. Please pray for Larry, their children, and their grandchildren at this time.
Posted July 10, 2007 in GARBCnews, PrayerLink
Pastor’s Wife Released from Hospital
Connie Manus, wife of Pastor Stan Manus (Temple Baptist Church, Omaha, Nebraska) suffered a perforated colon following the GARBC Conference and spent a week in a hospital in Philadelphia. She has been released and will return home for further treatment. Please pray for the Lord’s provision of medical care and healing and for finances to cover their additional costs during the hospital stay. You may send a card to Connie at 9359 Brownley Drive, Omaha, NE 68134.
Property in Minnesota
Logan Friess, assistant pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, asks us to pray regarding a piece of property in their community. A communal cult tried to purchase it but was not able to do so. Logan writes, “We believe God could use this property. With the right vision and God’s resources, this could be used for His glory. The plans right now are to subdivide it into housing, which we feel would be a tragedy to a beautiful section of property. May God’s will be done.”
Posted July 4, 2007 in 1944, Social Concerns, Resolutions, GARBCnews
1944 GARBC Annual Conference resolution, passed by voting messengers.
Governmental Deference to Roman Catholics