Kansas Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists (KNCSB)

Pray for detained team in Haiti

Southern Baptists are asked to pray for the Baptist team being detained in Haiti.

The call to prayer comes from Morris Chapman, president of the SBC Executive Committee. “I call on Southern Baptists everywhere to lift these individuals up in prayer.” Read more in Baptist Press

Richard Land, another SBC leader, has challenged Southern Baptists to use Super Bowl activities to remember Haiti and hungry people in the United States. Land is president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

Land said Super Bowl activities provide the perfect opportunity to collect cash donations for Haiti through the SBC World Hunger Fund and gather food for local ministries. Learn more about the World Hunger Fund

A medical team from Arkansas, KNCSB’s partnership convention, recently served in Haiti.

“Haiti was at its best a poor nation. Now, hope has been ripped from the people,” one of the team members said.

• Read Baptist Press story

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