Laura Lemons of First Baptist Church, Plainfield, Indiana has learned to listen to God. Beginning with Margaret O’Kon, chair of the Connectedness Board at First Baptist, Laura shared her calling with a number of church leaders.  All felt the same urge to meet this need, and knew that God was leading them.

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Within the United States, American Baptist Haitian Churches have been reaching out to their communities. In Jersey City, the Haitian Evangelical Church has been working around the clock to receive gifts and donations for relief in Haiti.

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Westboro Baptist Church, of Topeka, Kansas, is in the news again, gaining publicity through the Supreme Court Case Snyder v. Phelps.  Fred Phelps, pastor of Westboro, is not and never has been an American Baptist. Phelps’ ordination is not in an American Baptist church, and his credentials have never been recognized by any region of ABCUSA.Additionally, Westboro is in no way affiliated with American Baptist Churches, USA.

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It's just a small room -- the size of perhaps an infant's nursery - but healing prayers are sent out for dozens of people from the Prayer Tower at First Baptist Church in North Platte every week.

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