Thursday, January 12 marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that rocked the tiny island home of Haiti. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake left over a million people homeless and 230,000 dead as the violent vibrations crumbled a nation. Southern Baptist volunteers rushed to Haiti to provide medical care, clean water, food, and spiritual hope. Homes [...]
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Haiti: Two Years Later
January 10th, 2012 · No Comments · Cooperative Program, Disaster Relief, Haiti
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Haiti’s Shepherds Need Our Prayers
March 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · All Posts, Disaster Relief, Haiti
I mentioned in the last post that I would be sharing video from the current Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief mission to Haiti. Take a look at this powerful testimony from one of our Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief chaplains who has been in Haiti this week as he shares about ministering to Haitian pastors.
Tags:Haiti·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief
Haiti’s Needs Continue to be Desperate
March 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · All Posts, Disaster Relief, Haiti
It’s looking like Kentucky Baptists will send more than 12,000 Buckets of Hope to Haiti as part of the SBC-wide effort to provide practical aid to the people devastated by the Jan. 12 earthquake. The goal here in Kentucky was to collect 10,000 buckets so our people have been especially generous. The video on this [...]
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Dateline Haiti: Survivors Will Not Be Forgotten
February 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · All Posts, Haiti, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Series - Dateline Haiti
A fitting wrap-up of the Dateline Haiti series is this video dispatch just released from the International Mission Board from an interview of Butch Vernon, the chaplain of our 10-member Kentucky Baptist Convention Disaster Relief medical team that arrived home earlier this week. If you’ve been following the series, you know that Butch was the [...]
Tags:Haiti·International Mission Board·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief
Dateline Haiti: God Revealed on Hectic Final Day
February 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · All Posts, Haiti, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Series - Dateline Haiti
This is the sixth of several guest posts from the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s disaster relief team in Haiti. The 10-member medical team arrived in Port-au-Prince Monday and began ministering through a makeshift hospital on the edge of a tent city on Tuesday. In this post, Butch Vernon, pastor of Thoroughbred Community Church in Nicholasville and [...]
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Dateline Haiti: A Day of Miracles
February 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · All Posts, Haiti, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Series - Dateline Haiti
This is the fifth of several guest posts from the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s disaster relief team in Haiti. The 10-member medical team arrived in Port-au-Prince Monday and began ministering through a makeshift hospital on the edge of a tent city on Tuesday. In this post, Butch Vernon, pastor of Thoroughbred Community Church in Nicholasville and [...]
Dateline Haiti: New Life in the Rubble
February 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Haiti, International missions, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Series - Dateline Haiti
This is the fourth of several guest posts from the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s disaster relief team in Haiti. The 10-member medical team arrived in Port-au-Prince Monday and began ministering through a makeshift hospital on the edge of a tent city on Tuesday. In this post, Butch Vernon, pastor of Thoroughbred Community Church in Nicholasville and [...]
Tags:International Mission Board·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief
Dateline Haiti: Team Confronting Difficult Situations
February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Haiti, Kentucky Baptist Convention
This is the third of several guest posts from the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s disaster relief team in Haiti. The 10-member medical team arrived in Port-au-Prince Monday and began ministering through a makeshift hospital on the edge of a tent city on Tuesday. In this post, Butch Vernon, pastor of Thoroughbred Community Church in Nicholasville and [...]
Tags:Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief
Dateline Haiti: “People Here Are Scared”
February 2nd, 2010 · 5 Comments · All Posts, Haiti, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Series - Dateline Haiti
This is the second of several guest posts from the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s disaster relief team in Haiti. The 10-member medical team arrived in Port-au-Prince Monday and began ministering through a makeshift hospital on the edge of a tent city today. In this post, Butch Vernon, pastor of Thoroughbred Community Church in Nicholasville and the [...]
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Dateline Haiti: A Bookcase Becomes a Pharmacy
February 1st, 2010 · 11 Comments · All Posts, Haiti, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Series - Dateline Haiti
This is the first of what we hope will be several guest posts from the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s disaster relief team in Haiti. The 10-member medical team arrived in Port-au-Prince today (Monday) and will be ministering through a makeshift hospital on the edge of a tent city. In this post, Butch Vernon, pastor of Thoroughbred [...]
Tags:Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief·Southern Baptist Convention
