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Dale Forrest, of Phoenix, carries boxes of instant = potatoes=20 into Baker Heights Church of Christ on Wednesday. The food will be = distributed=20 as part of the We Care Ministries outreach program, which continues = through=20 Sunday.
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Freddie Smith is baptized by Wayne Newman Wednesday, = April 23,=20 2008, at Baker Heights Church of Christ. We Care Ministries is working = with=20 Baker Heights on an outreach mission in Abilene using over 80 volunteers = from 19=20 states for spreading material and spiritual comfort to those in need in = the=20 community.
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We Care Ministries and Baker Heights Church of Christ put their = Christian=20 message of love into action this week when they took to the Abilene = streets to=20 help people in need.
Team members encountered one woman who was down to her last spoonful = of=20 peanut butter and a little bread when they knocked on her door with a = box of=20 food.
The West Monroe, La.-based We Care Ministries is made up of = volunteers from=20 19 states who travel to churches across America to help church members = reach out=20 to those in need in their community.
Betty White, a member of Baker Heights for 40 years, said this was a = first=20 for her.
"I've traveled to different locations doing missionary work, but I've = never=20 gone door to door in my own town," she said.
White said that although this was the first time, it won't be the = last.
The ministry team of 85 volunteers, along with Baker Heights church = members,=20 broke into teams of three and took to the streets. Team members said = they go=20 door to door with the mission of getting their Christianity out of the = building=20 and onto the streets.
"We knock on doors and tell them we are here not only concerned about = their=20 physical needs, but also their spiritual needs," White said. She said = they have=20 offered clothing, diapers, food and even helped with utility bills for a = few=20 people.
In addition to walking the streets during the day, they offer nightly = services at 7 p.m. at Baker Heights Church of Christ, 5382 Texas = Ave.
We Care Ministries' founder Larry West leads both the outreach and = the=20 evening services. West founded the ministry in 1975, when he wanted to = reach out=20 to neighbors who had fallen on hard times. The ministry continued to = grow.
Today, West said the group has more than 900 volunteers, who travel = with the=20 ministry as their schedules allow and do so at own their own expense. = Their=20 mission is to train churches to put evangelism into action by reaching = out to=20 their community.
"This is our 219th outreach campaign, and our mission is simple: to = reach out=20 to lonely, hurting people who have fallen on hard times and need to be = loved,"=20 he said. "We combine their felt needs with their spiritual needs and try = to meet=20 both."
After four days of ministry, teams have given out more than 130 boxes = of=20 food. The effort will continue through Sunday.
Members said they have had 23 people so far who have chosen to become = Christians because of their efforts.
"One of the people we served showed up at the church the next = morning, joined=20 the team and is walking the streets with us," West said. "That person's = life has=20 been forever changed by the love of Christ."
The We Care ministry does not end when the 40 RVs pull out of town. = The team=20 trained church members for "AfterCare," which is designed to minister to = newly=20 converted Christians and to continue outreach efforts.
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