"Live In Appalachia Today" is a monthly electronic publication of Appalachian Regional Ministry.  Our purpose is to tell what God is doing in Appalachia through Southern Baptists.

Our readers are our writers.  If you have been involved in a mission trip to Appalachia, please send us your story.  If you have a picture(s) of the trip, please send them electronically to newsletter @arministry.org or Bill Barker

Appalachian Regional Ministry

28 White Rock Road

Hurricane, WV 25526

Phone: 606-316-4298

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Shirley Cox, a prolific writer about what God is doing in Eastern Kentucky, now has her stories online.  Click here to visit Kentucky Stories.

Click here to read or download the focus on church planting needs in Appalachia featured in October 2007 Newsletter from Church Planter Center, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Fall 2007 pictures taken at the New River Gorge Bridge and Hawk's Nest, West Virginia.

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Southern Baptists on Mission in the Appalachian Region

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Click here to download or read the Winter edition of Live in Appalachia Today.  In this edition read about:

• Good News Clubs in WV

• Hersey Foundation partnership

• SBCV Churches making a difference

• OBI has a bumper corn crop

• OBI sends three to State competition

• Appalachian Regional Ministry Dir., Barker, shifts to NAMB

• Coeburn Hope Center

• Rosa Silvers - a touching story of the impact of volunteers

• Outdoorsmen reaching outdoorsmen - a unique church plant in Ohio.

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Past Editions:

Click here to read the August/September 2007 Edition

This month read about:

• Christ’s Outreach for the Blind, the story of how God has given a blind man vision in Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.

• Oneida Baptist Institute graduates 57 students, wins honors in a livestock show, and provides a work program for students the enables them to help pay for their room and board.

• Freedom Center in Lynch, Kentucky assist 432 students with back to school supplies and many other needed items.

• Clintwood Baptist Church reaches out to needy families in Dickenson County, Virginia through a Food Bank program.

• Water is provided for a family living near Hazard, Kentucky that had no water.

• Christmas in Appalachia, a way you can help. Each year concerned individuals ask how they can help the children in Appalachia, especially at Christmas time and this article contains some valuable information.

Click here to read the July 2007 Edition

This month read about:

• How the Georgia Baptist Convention Delivered Christmas in June to Pittsburgh, PA

• How two Volunteer Builders with Campers on Mission made a difference in Hundred, WV

Click here to read the June 2007 Edition

This month read about:

• How a South Carolina couple sparks a Appalachian Mission Partnership.

• How God used a MSC Missionary to help bring a nurse to faith in Christ.

• An opportunity to join with South Carolina Baptists for a mission trip to Lynch, Kentucky.

• The four young artists from Oneida Baptist Institute that were winners at a regional state event.

• A major SBC prayer conference that is coming to West Virginia in November.

• The WMU from Pleasureville Baptist Church assisting in missions in Eastern Kentucky.

• The need for volunteers to assist with 52 Days of Evangelism in West Virginia.

Appalachian Regional Ministry

Bill Barker, Director

Phone: 606-316-4298

Email: bbarker@arministry.org