Disaster Relief Training Schedule
Sept. 6, 2017 ABSC-LR
Sept. 13, 2017 ABSC-LR
Sept. 9, 2017 Central BC-J'boro
Oct. 14, 2017 Geyer Springs FBC-LR
To register for any of these trainings visit: absc.org/disasterrelief
Donations are also being accepted for
victims of Hurricane Harvey at this same
website
You can donate now or set up a future donation
AR Disaster Relief has a large feeding deployment for an extended period of time beginning after Labor Day. We expect to need 70 feeding volunteers a week. Your help is needed!
All volunteers must be currently credentialed in feeding with a current DR ID Badge
Together we can make a difference in peoples lives, sharing the help, healing and hope of Jesus Christ!
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Another sucessful MCBA Camp was held July 10-14, 2017
in Smithville, AR. There were a total of 98 Campers/Sponsors.
The Camp theme was Jesus is Greater (1John 4:4).
Billy Beech of West Memphis FBC was the Camp Pastor
Caleb Broussard of Central-Jonesboro was the Worship Leader
There were 10 salvations:
Christopher Storey, Manila FBC
Hannah Counts, Manila FBC
Taye Holifield, Manila FBC
Byron Kisner, Manila FBC
Landree Costner, Manila FBC
Koltan Kisner, Manila FBC
Madylin Owens, Keiser FBC
Taylor Routledge, Keiser FBC
Billy Joe Scrivner, Keiser FBC
Missions Emphasis was on China, Nairobi, Kenya and Harlem, Montana
30 Campers received All Star Medals:
Manila FBC: 12
Keiser FBC: 12
Wilson FBC: 6
Camp date for 2018 is July 9-13, 2018
Start making your plans to attend now!
Plans are already underway for next years camp and our prayer is for it to be bigger and better each year
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This article is from the AR Faith & Ethics Council
Smoked Marijuana is Not Medicine – It’s Bogus
Yesterday at the state capitol, the sponsors of one of the medical marijuana initiatives turned in petitions with reportedly enough signatures of registered voters to qualify for the general election ballot in November. Right on the heels of that development, I participated in a press conference in which I and the leader of Family Council announced our opposition to the measure and highlighted some of the reasons for that. Below, is the essence of the statement I gave at the press conference.
Smoked marijuana is not legitimate medicine. Modifying “marijuana” with the word “medical” does not make it a bona fide pharmaceutic. How about “medical cocaine” or “medical LSD”? Using the words “medical” and “methamphetamine” in tandem does not transform that harmful drug into a substance that has helpful, medical application.
If there are some valid medical applications for THC and cannibidiol, the active ingredients in marijuana (and doubt still exists about that claim), there are more efficacious and safer ways than smoking marijuana to medically deliver them. Those means of delivering THC have and continue to be developed.
Can chronic pain be masked or blocked by smoking marijuana? Perhaps it can. However, the pain might also be blocked and masked by intravenous shots of heroin, by drinking alcohol to the point of intoxication, or by injecting, snorting, or ingesting any number of other drugs. The fact that pain can be managed by a substance does not for that reason alone cause that drug to morph into a legitimate pharmaceutic.
It is important to note that the FDA has approved no medications that are smoked. There are a number of reasons for this. Smoking is a generally poor way to deliver a pharmaceutic; it is impossible to safely deliver precise dosages. Also, the harmful chemicals and carcinogens that are byproducts of smoking create a whole other set of health problems – especially for long-term use.
Take morphine for example. It has proven to be valuable as an effective drug. However, the FDA has not approved the smoking of opium or heroin. By using the scientific method, active ingredients have been extracted from opium and developed into effective medicines – codeine, hydrocodone, and oxycodone – in addition to morphine.
Medical science found a better way with opium, and it has and continues to do so with marijuana. In a Journal of the American Medical Association article last year, two Yale University psychiatrists stated that legalization of medical marijuana was based on inadequate and poor-quality studies, relying too much on anecdotal evidence in the form of patients’ accounts or other nonscientific evidence. They opined that the rush to approve medical marijuana got ahead of the research that should have been conducted first.
The above only scratches the surface of the mountain of evidence that presents a devastating case against so-called “medical marijuana.” You’ll be hearing much from us on that during the course of the campaign to defeat the pot initiative. Stay tuned and watch your inbox.
To everyone, thanks for allowing us to serve you. And to those who support us with your prayers and financial gifts, we are appreciative that you have chosen to partner with us - our gratitude for you runs deep.
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Blessings from the MCBA family
to yours
MAY THE LORD GREATLY
BLESS YOUR FAMILY
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THESE STATISTICS WERE
TAKEN FROM THE ARKANSAS
FAITH AND ETHICS
NEWSLETTER
AND ARE STAGGERING (PLEASE READ)
Seventy million or so Americans are using (often illegally, inappropriately, or unnecessarily) mind-altering drugs. Nearly 50 million of those take prescription psychiatric drugs - some pursuant to a valid doctor's prescription - but others obtained and used "non-medically" (without a prescription from a doctor). When the additional 58 million who abuse alcohol is included, there are about 130 million Americans who are dependent to some extent or other on drugs.
Are Baptist associations still important today?
