VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) -- American Baptist Churches USA sent an initial contribution of $15,000 to fight Haiti's cholera outbreak, the denomination's news service reported Nov. 11.
HAUT LIMBE, Haiti (ABP) -- A medical missionary couple in Haiti jointly appointed by American Baptists and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship says it has not yet treated any cholera cases but is focusing on community education and prevention to halt spread of the earthquake-devastated island's
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ATLANTA(ABP) -- Six months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship-funded team of students with Haitian ties and faculty members from Mercer University is seeking to help the country recover from its deep psychological wounds.
Second Baptist and Pleasant Valley Baptist churches are partnering with others to assist the Caribbean nation to overcome the effects of a Jan. 12 earthquake.
When a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti in mid-January, Arab Christians in Israel reached across the world to offer help and hope. In spite of the challenges they faced themselves, the churches collected $3,500 for Haiti relief through Baptist Global Response.
All 14 students, part of a 15-member team from Hannibal-LaGrange College injured in a truck accident in Haiti on May 16, have been released from hospitals in St. Louis and Miami, Fla. Only faculty sponsor Chris Brenneman remains hospitalized in Miami.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ABP) -- The last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake was released May 17 after a judge found her guilty and sentenced her to time already served in jail.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ABP) -- Southern Baptist mission volunteer Laura Silsby will stand trial in Haiti on a charge of arranging irregular travel, CNN reported April 26.