Katrina Relief-Word and Deed, Again and Again
Christianity Today tells a story of relief in Pass Christian, Miss.
"The collaboration between Christian groups has impressed Pass Christian's politicians. Christians represent 95 percent of relief volunteers, said Lou Rizzardi, Pass Christian's Ward 1 alderman who coordinates them.
"Faith-based organizations come in here much more organized, ready to go to work," Rizzardi said. "They don't ask for anything." Mennonites re-roofed Trinity Church, an Episcopal congregation. The Assemblies of God donated a huge tent to shelter Crusade volunteers. Pass Christian's largest volunteer presence is Campus Crusade...
At any given time, up to 300 Crusade volunteers are working. About 4,000 have become involved through Crusade recruitment and word of mouth. Crusade welcomes whosoever will: male or female, young adults, retirees, church groups of mixed ages, and their non-Christian friends. Some have returned to help.
Crusade volunteers share the gospel with every family they help. Nonbelievers are far more receptive to the message after seeing faith in action."
Amazing, God-glorifying stuff. This is servant evangelism. My wife did this in October in Waveland, through Willing Hearts, Helping Hands. God's orchestration is evident there too. There are so many stories. I've been reading Exodus to the kids, and God tells Moses, 'I'm gonna do this to Egypt so that the world will know who I am and so you can tell your children who I am and what I did for you.'
The problem of evil sometimes overwhelms me, and then i read this and i read Exodus. the writer concludes, "As the Great Commandment and the Great Commission meet in Pass Christian, what may prove most permanent is the life change among those involved in relief and rebuilding efforts." and i hold onto God. i read Luke 13 tonight, all this reading is part of the McCheyne reading plan, and i've been reading Job too, and Jesus boils it down to, 'you'll all die, but will you die with God or without him?' we'll all suffer, some more horribly than others, that's coming in my next book report, but would we rather suffer alone or with God?
"The collaboration between Christian groups has impressed Pass Christian's politicians. Christians represent 95 percent of relief volunteers, said Lou Rizzardi, Pass Christian's Ward 1 alderman who coordinates them.
"Faith-based organizations come in here much more organized, ready to go to work," Rizzardi said. "They don't ask for anything." Mennonites re-roofed Trinity Church, an Episcopal congregation. The Assemblies of God donated a huge tent to shelter Crusade volunteers. Pass Christian's largest volunteer presence is Campus Crusade...
At any given time, up to 300 Crusade volunteers are working. About 4,000 have become involved through Crusade recruitment and word of mouth. Crusade welcomes whosoever will: male or female, young adults, retirees, church groups of mixed ages, and their non-Christian friends. Some have returned to help.
Crusade volunteers share the gospel with every family they help. Nonbelievers are far more receptive to the message after seeing faith in action."
Amazing, God-glorifying stuff. This is servant evangelism. My wife did this in October in Waveland, through Willing Hearts, Helping Hands. God's orchestration is evident there too. There are so many stories. I've been reading Exodus to the kids, and God tells Moses, 'I'm gonna do this to Egypt so that the world will know who I am and so you can tell your children who I am and what I did for you.'
The problem of evil sometimes overwhelms me, and then i read this and i read Exodus. the writer concludes, "As the Great Commandment and the Great Commission meet in Pass Christian, what may prove most permanent is the life change among those involved in relief and rebuilding efforts." and i hold onto God. i read Luke 13 tonight, all this reading is part of the McCheyne reading plan, and i've been reading Job too, and Jesus boils it down to, 'you'll all die, but will you die with God or without him?' we'll all suffer, some more horribly than others, that's coming in my next book report, but would we rather suffer alone or with God?
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