Posted on Jun 24, 2010 | by Margaret Dempsey-Colson
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (BP)--Like the Macedonians who, in New Testament
times, gave out of their poverty to the Christians in Jerusalem, Cuban
Baptists have done the same for fellow believers in Haiti.
Moved by reports of desperate need in Haiti following the Jan. 12
earthquake, Cuban Baptists recently gave $6,000 specifically earmarked
for disaster relief in the neighboring island nation.
Craig Culbreth, Florida Baptists' partnership missions director,
presented the gift on behalf of the Western Cuba Baptist Convention to
the Confraternite Missionaire Baptiste d'Haiti. Florida Baptists have
long-term partnerships with each group of Baptists.
The financial gift, the first Cuban Baptists have given to Haitian
Baptists, "was a huge sacrifice for these churches," Culbreth said.
"They are hurting themselves but gave anyway. They gave out of their
poverty."
"The churches in Cuba have a heart for missions but because they are
unable to travel they can't send missionaries," Culbreth said. "This
offering was a result of them hearing about the earthquake and the needs
as well as the great spiritual harvest that is happening in Haiti....
They wanted their Christian brothers and sisters in Haiti to know they
cared and were excited for what is happening in their country."
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Margaret Dempsey-Colson is a freelance writer for the Florida Baptist
Convention.
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