by David Emmanuel Goatley | Mar 7, 2017 | Opinion
Local contexts and leadership capacities yield missional content. This principle has shaped the work and witness of Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention (Lott Carey) through the years. We continually learn the value of this approach through serving,...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Sep 13, 2011 | Opinion
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were personally devastating to thousands of people. Nearly 3,000 victims died. The families and friends who lost loved ones so unexpectedly and violently not only had to suffer their own grief, but they also had to endure the...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Apr 14, 2011 | Opinion
The U.S. Civil War began 150 years ago, on April 12, 1861, when the first mortar round was fired on Fort Sumter, S.C. By the end of the Civil War in 1865, more than 600,000 soldiers had died, and the United States experienced a defining point. The Civil War, however,...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Mar 31, 2010 | Opinion
A small team from the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention recently spent a week in Haiti. The purpose of our visit was to listen and learn, to offer a ministry of encouragement, to review our first phase of response and to plan our strategy for the next 90...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Feb 9, 2010 | Opinion
While most of the world’s attention has been on the tragedy of Port-au-Prince, others throughout Haiti are suffering as well from the earthquake and lack of attention and response. Our church network in Haiti continues to provide immediate relief and hopes for...
