Collegians Tap Inasmuch to Serve
It’s common knowledge that college students love to “give back,” or serve people in need and more of them are discovering that the Inasmuch model is useful in achieving that worthy goal. Last fall 46 members of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, conducted an Inasmuch Day on their campus. They […]
Inasmuch Revival Produces 125% Participation
What’s an Inasmuch Revival? It is an effective, intensive way of motivating church folk to be the hands and feet of Jesus in their community. In September, Colosse Baptist Church, West Point, VA, conducted their first Inasmuch Day. They had 125% of their average Sunday attendance involved!! They attribute much of that extraordinary success to […]
Inasmuch Spans the Rappahannock
The Rappahannock River runs from about King George, Virginia (east of Interstate 95) to the Chesapeake Bay. As it gets closer to the Chesapeake, it becomes a substantial river of up to 1.5 miles wide! Turns out this expansive river is not much of a barrier for Inasmuch! Essex County, Virginia is on the western […]
Inasmuch Adds New Ministry
First Question: What is essential, inexpensive, nutritious, fun to make, comes in a cardboard box and feeds 216 hungry people? Answer: One box of 36 bags of Kids Against Hunger meals packed by volunteers and sent to a third world country. Second Question: What is the latest compassion ministry offered by the national office of […]
God Winks at Fort Myers
Inasmuch United Fort Myers…HUGE Success!! Have you seen God wink? Silly question, you say. No one sees God, much less His wink! Some compassionate souls at Fort Myers, Florida, would beg to differ. They were part of the first Inasmuch United Fort Myers on February 2 and some of them saw God wink. God winks […]
Inasmuch Assembles 11,000 Meals for the Hungry
In October the Inasmuch ministry assembled more than 11,000 meals to feed hungry people in Haiti with the help of people who gathered in Fayetteville, NC, and Knoxville, TN, to consider their support for the ministry for 2013. That’s right; these annual fundraising events became major service events! Fundraising is the lifeblood of non-profits. It […]
Compassion in Music
A nearby church has been listening to God through the Ten Commandments. As part of their effort to hear God speak afresh, they commissioned Ken Medema, well-known Christian recording artist, to write a song about each one of the Commandments. Each week a Commandment song has been presented in the worship services. The Eighth Commandment — […]
Is Compassion Seasonal?
Here’s a question for Christmas: Is compassion seasonal? How many people do you know who are conscientious in serving people in need at Christmas but do not give it much thought at other times? Is compassion ministry another item on our Christmas To-Do list like shopping, attending parties, and the Christmas Eve service at church? […]
The Hard Truth
A revolution is a movement — usually a radical and exciting movement — to change something: the government, one or more leaders as we have seen in the “Arab spring,” or longstanding cultural traditions such as the Civil Rights movement in the U.S. a few decades ago. A revolution always includes the proclamation of the […]
Pastors Say What’s Important
Do you ever wonder what pastors worry about? What they think is important? The Columbia Partnership (TCP, an Inasmuch ministry partner – visit www.thecolumbiapartnership.org) hopes to help us learn what pastors are concerned about. TCP is conducting a series of surveys of pastors and church staff to identify the most important issues they face. The first […]
