By Bill Yaccino

[photopress:bill_yaccino.jpg,thumb,alignleft]“Pastor Bill?” said the unfamiliar voice on the end of the line. “My fiancé and I need help, will you help us?” Her name was Jennifer. I had never talked to her before this phone call.

As a pastor, I naturally responded by telling her to buzz off and then slammed the receiver down. Not really. Unless you are depraved beyond what Calvin said we all are at birth, most of us would say something like, “Well, I’ll try.”

That’s what I said. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Henderson

These two Catholic nuns say they never dreamt of running away to join the circus when they were children. But their faith has brought these women to Ringling Brothers Circus. Sister Dorothy Fabritze, 54, and Sister Bernard Overkamp, 58, say their mission at the circus is like any other they would undertake — to bring the word of God to people who have not heard it. Members of the Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, they are determined to “let people in this circus know that there’s a God who cares about them no matter what’s happened in their lives.”

The interview with The Circus Sisters was for many
the highlight of the conference. We videotaped that interview
and are making it available for you.
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Some people collect coins, some collect cars and some collect cans. I collect people, or more precisely, their stories. Read the rest of this entry »

By Marion D. Aldridge
Marion Aldridge is the Coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of South Carolina

[photopress:MarionAldridge.jpg,thumb,alignright]Marion Aldridge has been a pastor in South Carolina for more than 20 years, most recently at Greenlawn Baptist Church in Columbia. He became coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of South Carolina in July 1998. http://cbfofsc.org/

Listening is not easy for evangelical Christians. We are taught that our task is to go and tell, to talk and to preach good news. We have information that other people who are not Christians need to hear. Read the rest of this entry »