Monthly Archives: February 2010

The Haitian government is right to hold 10 Americans for kidnapping

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February 10, 2010

The news last week of the detention of 10 Americans in Haiti on charges of kidnapping and criminal association brought pleading from three Southern Baptist Leaders and fuming from a fourth. Current and immediate past presidents of the SBC, Johnny Hunt and Frank Page, and Executive Committee President, Morris Chapman, sent a letter to President [...]


Medical missions in Haiti, Part 2

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February 9, 2010

Being part of a medical mission team in an emergency situation can be a dicey proposition. Unless you are in a controlled environment like the University of Miami field hospital located near the airport in Port-au-Prince or a city hospital run by the Red Cross and guarded by the US military the response can be [...]


My relief trip to Haiti with pictures, Part 1

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February 8, 2010

Last week I was given the opportunity to travel with Helping Hands Foreign Missions to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, providing logistical support to a medical team in the earthquake relief effort. It took two days to get there flying from Atlanta through Miami to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. We left early the morning of the [...]


Meet new advertiser, Mark Dowd Design Services

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February 1, 2010

The header space at martyduren.com this month advertises Mark Dowd Design Services. MARK DOWD graduated from Nossi College of Art in 2002 with a degree in Commercial Art. He has worked for Source Marketing Group in Gainesville, GA, as Senior Graphic Designer and Blackshear Place Baptist Church in Oakwood, GA, as Communications Associate. Mark is [...]


Luke 17:21

"[N]or will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." (ESV)

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