First Lady Deborah Shannon of Zion Baptist Church, Petersburg, Va., discusses the essay contest that the church sponsored for youth. Participants were asked to write an essay that began "Dear Coronavirus." It turned out to be an opportunity for

Economic impact on our communities

Aug 11th, 2020 17m 15s

Mang Sonna, executive director of Bethel Neighborhood Center in Kansas City, Kansas, talks about the increasing need of the people he serves for food and money to pay electric bills and rent.

Grieving Postponed

Aug 4th, 2020 30m 28s

The Rev. Julio Gonzalez-Paniagua and his wife Pastor Anatalys Gonzalez-Ortiz discuss the devastating toll COVID has taken on their family, including their struggle with isolation and faith in the middle of so much illness.

Feeding the Community

Jul 28th, 2020 19m 35s

The number of cars lined up for free meals every Wednesday at Trinity Church of Northborough in Massachusetts has almost doubled since the pandemic began. Church member Martha Michalewich talks about how an American Baptist Home Mission Societi

Isolation

Jul 21st, 2020 24m 54s

The Rev. Chaplain (Col.) Brett Charsky, Joint Force Headquarters chaplain of the Vermont Army National Guard tells the story of isolation and increasing numbers of suicides in the military.

Should I stay in, or should I go out?

Jul 14th, 2020 13m 23s

Carlos Padilla pastors Pimera Iglesia Bautista de Guayanilla which finds itself near the epicenter of the tremors hitting Puerto Rico earlier this year. In this conversation, he talks about the poverty on the island and the challenges the peopl

Love profoundly

Jul 7th, 2020 22m 41s

The Rev. Douglas Avilesbernal, executive minister, Evergreen Association of American Baptist Churches shares his view of the impact of the pandemic on the West Coast. The discussion includes a conversation about individual freedom versus a Chri

Our diversity makes us much stronger

Jun 30th, 2020 20m 35s

Rev. Mar Imsong, executive director, Massachusetts Baptist Multicultural Ministries, discusses the pandemic’s toll on refugee and immigrant communities—including pastors and churches—across Massachusetts.

We are our sisters and brothers keepers

Jun 23rd, 2020 16m 4s

Rev. Patricia Lawrence, associate pastor, Memorial Baptist Church, Hartford, Conn., discusses how the pandemic is affecting her shrinking congregation of older members. Lawrence has given up her salary so that other church staff can continue to

Miracles of the Heart

Jun 16th, 2020 20m 14s

Gladys Rodriguez, executive director of Corporacion Milagros Del Amor in Caguas, Puerto Rico, discusses the organization’s ministry to the homeless the time of COIVD-19.

Epicenter of the Epicenter

Jun 9th, 2020 23m 20s

Rev. Patrick Young, pastor of First Baptist Church of East Elmhurst in Queens, which was an epicenter of New York City, which itself was an epicenter within the United States and the world for the COVID-19 pandemic.

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