When the topic of Operation Inasmuch came up at Hertford Baptist Church, Collin Madre, 6, wanted to know what he could do. Madre, seen here with his mother, Lisa, decided to have a lemonade stand — not only to refresh volunteers but also to serve to passersby.

Photo by Dianna Cagle

Biblical Recorder

Nearly 1,000 churches and an estimated 60,000 N.C. Baptists participated in statewide Operation Inasmuch activities April 19, the head of N.C. Baptist Men said.

Danny Biddix of Northside Baptist Church attaches a towel rack in Apt. 38 of the complex Hoppers Chapel in Shelby is refurbishing to take back their neighborhood.

Photo by Norman Jameson

Biblical Recorder

A few years ago Hoppers Chapel in Shelby erected a fence between its property and the run down, drug infested, crime riddled apartment complex on the other side of its driveway. Now the church owns the apartment complex and volunteers from Operation Inasmuch swarmed it April 19 making repairs and cleaning the landscape.

OAK ISLAND - Southern Baptists took a major step toward responding more quickly to overseas disasters when their state disaster relief directors approved a new protocol for mobilizing "initial responders" to crisis situations overseas.

WASHINGTON - Supporters of abstinence education were disappointed April 23 by a hearing called by Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of a House committee.