The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 60, No. 8, Ed. 1, August 2003 Page: 1 of 35
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REBELLION AGAINST PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR, who
is accused of war crimes, causes church members
. to separate families as they flee violence.
BY ERIK TRYGGESTAD
THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
An international newspaper for members of churches of Christ August 2003
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Churches down under
Stephen Randall: straight
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THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
cation of the Evangelical Council for Financial
Accountability and has a rare five-star rating
from Wall Watchers, a non-profit watchdog
group.
The ministry’s accomplishments include:
• Manna has contributed $18 million to
needs in the Third World, including develop-
ment of sustainable agricultural projects,
water systems, medical assistance and disas-
ter relief, working with indigenous churches.
• Manna has sent help and aid to 30 third-
world countries, as well as aid to disasters in
the United States.
• Manna has brought water to 2 million
people in the third world by constructing well
For Paul and Barbara Kennedy, dreams of
peace turned into a nightmare.
After six years in nearby Ghana, the couple
returned to their home in IJberia in 1997, as
a new president, Charles Taylor, offered the
west African country the best
chance for lasting peace in
nearly 20 years. The
Kennedys returned “with
hopes of rebuilding their lives
in their homeland,” said long-
time friend Kent Hayhurst.
The Kennedys worked with
the Smythe Road church in
Liberia’s capital, Monrovia.
Ticket to ride
Portland's inner-city PUMP
ministry changes lives.
Pages 17-19
Kingdom treasures
McBride on people with a
passion for missions.
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minister for the nearby East Brundage
Lane church, Bakersfield. “We’ve cancelled
our children’s field trips (and other plans)
so that we can have all hands on deck.”
Olison said Earnestine Harper, 70, was a
well-known church member. Joanie Harper,
39, attended Southwestern Christian
College on a basketball scholarship, Eddie
Harper told local reporter Julie Crouse.
Of his mother, Eddie Harper said, “All
she wanted to do was relieve the suffering
of others... The life that she lived did not
deserve to end this way.” At press time,
police had made no arrests in the slayings.
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REDWOOD CITY, CAUF.
It all began in 1983 when two teenage girls
said, “God wants us to do more.”
The girls were members of Kevin
McFarland’s youth group at the Redwood City
church near San Francisco. The subject was
world hunger. They told him, “All we have to
know is that people are dying, and it’s break-
ing God’s heart We can’t say, We can’t*”
McFarland’s protests that dealing with
world hunger required knowledge of eco-
nomics, political systems, agriculture, soils
and physiology fell on deaf ears. The girls
would not be swayed, and McFarland became
A SERVICE OF OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Paul Kennedy
Paul Kennedy had a special interest in train-
ing young Christians.
But the violence returned as neighboring
Sierra Leone accused President Taylor of
sponsoring revolution against its government
Rebel forces rose against Taylor’s reign, and
the Kennedys, like many other church mem-
bers, were scattered in the crossfire.
“It is so pathetic to see (a baby) as young
as one month old, and the mother is nowhere
to be found,” the Kennedys wrote July 4. “No
one has done any harm to us, only one of
Barbara’s nephews got shot in the leg, but was
treated and is home. So far all of our (family)
we have heard from are fine ... we have not
heard from Paul’s mother but we are praying
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convicted enough to abandon his doctoral
studies at Stanford in ctyld and
adolescent psychology.
Manna International, a relief
and development agency over-
seen by the Redwood City
church, was bom.
Today, 20 years later,
McFarland is the organization’s
executive director. Lisa Dunn, Dunn
one of those teenage girls back
in 1983, is director of special projects.
During those two decades, Manna has oper-
ated with a low administrative-expense-to-giv-
ing ratio .and with a skeletal staff to aid those
in need, McFarland said.
Manna operates under the stringent certifi-
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Manna celebrates 20th, teens who said ‘God wants more
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DAVIDMILLS/THE (LAKELAND, POLK COUNTY, FLA. (LEDGER
California tragedy claims church members
Eddie Harper holds a photograph of his
mother, Earnestine, and his sister, Joanie,
at his home in Winter Haven, Fla., July 9.
The women, along with Joanie Harper’s
three children, Marques, 4; Lyndsey, 23
months; and Marshall, 6 weeks old, were
shot to death in their Bakersfield, Calif.,
home July 8. Eddie Harper, minister for the
Hilltop church, Winter Haven, traveled to
California with his sisters, Linda and
Elaine, and his brother, Robert, for the
funeral.
Earnestine and Joanie Harper were mem-
bers of the East Bakersfield (Bernard
Street) congregation. “We’re all in shock,”
said Wanda Olison, wife of Ken Olison,
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