BPFNA News & Announcements

This "Lenten Letters" campaign is designed to draw attention to the plight of Nicaraguans suffering from the effects of Nemagon, a powerful pesticide used for many years in banana farming. This effort will support those seeking health care and an assurance that Nemagon (banned in the US as a human toxin) will never be used again.
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Jane Esdale, former Development Director for BPFNA, died Wednesday, February 24, 2010, following a three-week illness. Her concern for and care of those on the margins of society knew no bounds, as did her commitment for peace and justice, and her voice will be missed.
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BPFNA joins its brothers and sisters at Glendale Baptist Church, Nashville, TN, in mourning the loss of a co-pastor's daughter. A tragic accident claimed her life on Ash Wednesday.
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Ken Sehested writes, "As with many modern cultural traditions, Valentine's Day draws from a jumble of historical memories. However, the observance's namesake comes directly from Christian history. The Roman Catholic Church's official list of saints actually has three entries for 'Saint Valentine.' "
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Now on her fourth trip to work in Sudan, Lee McKenna writes, "For the longest time, it seems as if the only people getting on the Turkish Airline flight to Khartoum are me and a lone man perched on a wooden stool – I am assuming that this hole-in-the-wall gate goes with the status accorded to suspicious characters headed for one of those nasty places on lists: no seats, a modest counter and one stool, occupied. His rumpled, desert-grey suit is draped over a thin frame, his teeth not a priority, long facial features below a thinning crop of shiny grey-brown hair...."
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Partner Congregation Oakhurst Baptist Church, Decatur, GA, is hosting the regular meeting of the BPFNA Board of Directors February 5-7, 2010.
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A missionary doctor appointed jointly by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and American Baptist Churches USA has returned to his home in northern Haiti after eight days of working at an emergency clinic near the epicenter of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the island nation Jan. 12.
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Baptist groups in the United States began gearing up Jan. 13 for both immediate and long-term responses to the earthquake that killed thousands in Port-au-Prince, the capital and largest city of the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, the evening before.
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Some Christians are denouncing the DC decision to legalize same-sex marriage. But Amy Butler, pastor of BPFNA Partner Congregation Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, says it is a "cause for rejoicing."
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The Board of Directors of the BPFNA has issued a statement expressing disappointment in US President Obama's decision to send additional troops into Afghanistan. The statement has also been endorsed by the Alliance of Baptists.
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The BPFNA Board of Directors has sent a pastoral letter to US President Obama, urging "a diplomatic resolution that would bring to the fractured Afghani society a light amidst their darkness."
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Since 1996, the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America has supported Burmese Baptists as they worked for peace in their war-torn country. Now, BPFNA calls on its members to help these peacemakers again by working for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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At its May 2009 meeting in Wayne, PA, the BPFNA board of directors has adopted a statement entitled, "US-Sponsored Torture: A Call for a Commission of Inquiry" and encourages its membership to join in support of this effort.
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In Elkin, North Carolina, an informal group representing several different denominations has developed a discussion guide that is available for groups to use in a dialogue about war and peace. The document is offered here at no cost.
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Congregations who are seeking more education about Islam or may be interested in generating some good interfaith dialogue within their communities may wish to take advantage of the films and accompanying dialogue materials available from a project called 20,000 Dialogues.
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BPFNA has adopted this statement to call congregations and individuals to faithfully consider and respond to the Iraq war.
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