Inasmuch United Training for Sumter
Twelve Sumter, South Carolina, churches received training on November 6, 2011, to conduct an Inasmuch United in the spring of 2012. The following article was posted Friday, November 4, 2011 on The Item.com, the online version of Sumter’s daily newspaper. Class gets churches familiar with Operation Inasmuch BY COREY DAVIS cdavis@theitem.com Joel Singletary’s mission […]
Celebrating Compassion
The following article appeared on FayObserver.com (Fayetteville, NC) on October 28, 2011 Church where Operation Inasmuch began celebrates a compassion revolution David Crocker, national director of Operation Inasmuch and former pastor of Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, shows off a painting that will be donated to the Fayetteville [Area Operation Inasmuch] office. By Chick Jacobs Staff writer […]
Fall 2011 Training
Upcoming workshops and training are listed below. Contact us for more information or to schedule more! Regional Inasmuch United Training for the 2012 North Carolina statewide event follows: September 24 Trinity Baptist Church Raleigh, NC 919-787-3740 First Baptist Church Wadesboro, NC 704-283-8383 October 1 Beverly Hills Baptist Church Asheville, NC 828-252-1864 October 8 Oakmont Baptist […]
How to Change a Homeless Man’s Life (Part 3)
I recently read a remarkable book, one that spent more than 2 years on the New York Times’ bestseller list: Same Kind of Different as Me. It’s an amazing story of an unlikely friendship between homeless Denver Moore and wealthy Ron Hall. In two previous blogs, I discussed what I learned from the book about “how […]
Inasmuch Life is Coming to Life!
Operation Inasmuch is moving in new directions. If you’ve visited the new web site or read recent eNewsletters, you know that we are piloting our new Inasmuch Life process by which churches can help more of their people enter lifestyles of compassion ministry, serving the neediest in their communities on an ongoing basis. For many years, Operation Inasmuch has […]
Operation Inasmuch Feeds 50,000
We didn’t start out with 5 loaves and 2 fishes, BUT we did feed 50,000 people! How? Operation Inasmuch, Kids Against Hunger (the local affiliate: A Child’s Hope), and the North American Christian Convention (NACC) co-hosted a service project at the recent NACC conference in Cincinnati. In four 1-hour shifts, about 250 men, women, and children […]
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 […]
How to Change a Homeless Man’s Life (Part 2)
I recently read Same Kind of Different as Me, a true story that chronicles the lives of two improbable friends – art dealer Ron Hall and homeless Denver Moore. The book touched me in many ways while also teaching me several lessons about how to serve our neighbors in need. A couple of weeks ago, […]
Fall 2011 Training and Workshops
The following Inasmuch Life Workshop and Inasmuch United Training activities are scheduled for September and October. Contact us for more information or to schedule your own workshops or training. September 18 Workshop on Inasmuch Life First Baptist Church Rome, GA 706-291-6850 September 24 Regional Inasmuch United Training for North Carolina Statewide 2012 event Trinity Baptist Church Raleigh, NC 919-787-3740 First Baptist Church Wadesboro, NC 704-694-9365 […]
What’s in It for Me?
A pastor recently preached on the topic of compassion ministry. He knew that he faced the often unspoken — but real — question many ask when they are challenged to give themselves in ministry to people in need: What’s in it for me? Our society has become so consumer-oriented that this question surfaces whenever we […]
