Our Good Neighbor Centers are still touching lives in our community through benevolent ministries. We have seen many people coming to our centers give their lives to Christ. Our GNCs are in need of funds and food to meet the great needs in the community. The needs in Wichita are continually growing and all of our centers need your assistance. Many laid off workers in Wichita are running out of unemployment and we have seen a large increase of new families coming to our centers. At 16 cents per pound, we can purchase food at the Food Bank which makes our dollars go so much farther. I would love to come and speak to your church or SS class on the needs of the GNCs and how we can help.
The Midtown Good Neighbor center is temporarily closed. Richard and Sam Simmons have decided to leave that ministry and concentrate on Harmony Baptist Church where Richard has been called as the pastor. Victory Baptist, under the leadership of Pastor Jermaine Pennington, is going to start a church there and very soon restart the Good Neighbor Center.
Several churches in Arkansas have been bringing food up with them when they come for mission trips which has been a great help to all of our GNCs.
Loren Phippen is the Director of Evangelism and Church and Community Ministries for the Heart of Kansas Southern Baptist Association. He can be reached at (316) 943-3446 or loren@hoksba.org.