Lott Carey Joins New Jersey Church in Recovery Efforts for Gulf Coast
Region
$1 Million Pledge to be Fulfilled Today at 110th
Annual Session
New Orleans, LA (BlackNews.com) - Last fall
Fountain Baptist Church in Summit, New Jersey pledged the
second-largest church gift in any disaster effort to the Lott Carey
Baptist Foreign Mission Convention. Lott Carey, a premier
African-American global missions and relief agency, will receive the
final installment of the donated $1 million at its 110th Annual
Convention in New Orleans.
The 2,000-member Fountain Baptist Church raised the
$1 million in tithing donations in just 18 months. The church has
already fulfilled about 80 percent of the pledged $1 million to support
Lott Carey relief efforts after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated
areas in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Lott Carey President Keith A. Troy will address
delegates on Thursday, August 16, 2007, and a formal check presentation
will take place at that time.
"Lott Carey is blessed to have such a wonderful
partnership with Fountain Baptist Church," said Dr. David Emanuel
Goatley, secretary treasurer of Lott Carey. "It is such an unusual
testament of the Christian mission for a church to donate so much to one
cause and we are honored they have chosen to help the Gulf region rise
again." Along with the contribution from The Fountain Project, Lott
Carey has generated $2.5 million to help families and churches in the
Gulf Coast region with recovery following Hurricane Katrina.
Lott Carey is making a civic and economic impact on
the area by bringing its convention to New Orleans to support the local
economy. "More than 2,000 delegates of our organization from all over
the world are here," states Goatley. "Delegates are participating in a
missions' blitz that has sent 300 people to work throughout the city
this week. We plan to leave New Orleans in much better condition than we
found it."
About Lott Carey
Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention is
the premier global missions agency of African-American Baptist heritage.
Its international mission is to cultivate ministry, education, and
health programs around the world. Since it was founded in 1897, Lott
Carey has grown to a network of missional partnerships in 20 countries
throughout six regions of the world. Last year, Lott Carey raised more
than $3 million for mission support around the world. For more
information visit
www.lottcarey.org
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