wfn.org | ABNS American Baptists Respond to Haiti Earthquake

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VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/14/10)?As news pours in about the magnitude
of human suffering following Tuesday?s earthquake in Haiti, National
Ministries is working with International Ministries, ABCUSA regions,
Church World Service and the North American Baptist Fellowship to
coordinate disaster response.

Multiple ABCUSA regions with a strong Haitian presence are developing
communication plans targeted at those constituencies in order to
identify needs within Haitian American Baptist churches as well as
within Haitian churches and families with whom the American churches
have relationships.

National Ministries, which has strong ties to Haitian American Baptist
churches, is putting plans in place to support needs created within
this constituency by the earthquake disaster.

The Rev. Dr. Lemaire Alerte of the Alliance of Haitian Baptist
Churches reports that the alliance has been meeting to create a
collaborative list of needs and response strategies for churches in
the United States, Puerto Rico and Haiti.

> Prayers are needed:

? Pray for Haitian American Baptist churches throughout the United
States and Puerto Rico.
? Pray for Haitian Americans waiting for word about loved ones.
? Pray for first responders from around the world as they arrive in
Haiti to face the huge humanitarian recovery effort.

To contribute to emergency funds, visit www.abc-usa.org (click on
GIVE), or send your check, made payable to ?One Great Hour of
Sharing?Haiti Earthquake Relief,? through normal remittance channels.

American Baptist Churches is one of the most diverse Christian
denominations today, with 5,500 local congregations comprised of 1.3
million members, across the United States and Puerto Rico, all engaged
in God?s mission around the world.