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Copyright (c) 2017 Baptist Press . Reprinted from Baptist Press (www.baptistpress.com), news service of the Southern Baptist Convention . The original story can be found at http://www.bpnews.net/49368/from-the-states-ga-calif-and-texas-evangelismmissions-news-what-we-really-hope-and-pray-to-do-is-impact-their-lives-for-christ by Staff, posted Tuesday, August 15, 2017 (11 days ago) Today's From the States features items from: The Christian Index (Georgia) California Southern Baptist Southern Baptist TEXAN ********** Ga. literacy missions bringing Gospel to refugees, immigrants By Joe Westbury CARROLLTON, Ga. (The Christian Index) -- For Annette Ingram, it began when she drove by a low- income apartment complex and saw a large sign that said, " Free ESL Classes ." That piqued her interest because she was already certified as an English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) instructor through the State of Florida when she served in the DeSoto County public schools . ...

Betty Jean Westbrook Zander ,   of Chattanooga, was lifted out of the bonds of her Alzheimer’s disease early  Tuesday  evening, August 1, in Atlanta, Georgia. She was 88 years old.   Betty was born in McComb, Ms., June 22, 1929, to Hilda Rae Parker Westbrook and BH Westbrook.  In 1950, she married in Jackson, Ms., Hendrik Zander, Jr. (deceased 1986). There they had two children – Gwendolyn Zander (Smyrna, Ga.) and Suzette Zander (Katy, Tx.)  Besides her daughters, Betty is survived by her granddaughter, Heather Marie Hathcock (Katy, Tx.), cousins, Geraldine, Homerline, Randy, Annie Laura and Sonny and their offspring.    Betty and Henk moved to Chattanooga, in late 1956 when he got a job at Chattanooga Glass Company .    She was a very active member of First Christian Church of Chattanooga and was active in many activities – Christian Women’s Fellowship, the Hospitality Committee, Stephens Ministry, founder of the XYZ group for active older adults , a delegate to both regional and th...

On August 15, the residents of Brookdale Senior Living were treated to opening night of the recent release of their movie Wake Up!. The residents' film was entered into a nationally sponsored Film Festival Competition . The subject matter was "dispelling the negative myths of aging." The actors were competing with Brookdale Communities throughout the United States. Friends, families, staff and lucky guests were treated to a star studded evening of fabulous acting, incredible cinematography, and, of course, popcorn, cake and "Brookdale Bubbly!" "I was thrilled by the premiere of our first film, Wake Up! Our enthusiastic director, Cyndy Sanders, proved her salt and was truly worthy of an Oscar!" said Wilhelmina Edwards, who was the main cinematographer and supporting actor. Grace Mayer added , "We all enjoyed watching it, and those in it really had fun." The movie plot is a dream sequence filmed in black and white and in color. It begins wi...

Photo by Andrea Yori | CC BY 2.0 In the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks, Washington pursued its elusive enemies across the landscapes of Asia and Africa, thanks in part to a massive expansion of its intelligence infrastructure, particularly of the emerging technologies for digital surveillance , agile drones, and biometric identification. In 2010, almost a decade into this secret war with its voracious appetite for information, the Washington Post reported that the national security state had swelled into a “fourth branch” of the federal government — with 854,000 vetted officials, 263 security organizations , and over 3,000 intelligence units, issuing 50,000 special reports every year. Though stunning, these statistics only skimmed the visible surface of what had become history’s largest and most lethal clandestine apparatus . According to classified documents that Edward Snowden leaked in 2013, the nation’s 16 intelligence agencies alone had 107,035 employees and a combined “b...