Prayer Focus

This is a big holiday for some people, both young and a little older. Let’s prayer for safety to everyone.

Read the Bible Every Day

October 31
Jeremiah 16:27-38:28
Psalm 119:82-88
II Timothy 2:22-3:17

Obituary

In Loving MemorY

Carol Jean Conerly

August 27, 1948 – October 28, 2024

Obituary

Carol Jean Conerly, a devoted wife, Mom, Honey, and loyal friend went to meet her Lord October 28, 2024. Carol passed away at St. Dominic’s Hospital. Carol Jean was born in Osyka, MS on August 27, 1948. Carol Jean never met a stranger, and she was always on the go. She had friends from all different seasons of her life. She had weekly dates with different friend groups. You could often find her playing rummy, dominoes, or going on lunch dates with her close friends. She was always the life of the party. She enjoyed traveling the world and entering and winning Sweepstakes. She also loved her church, First Baptist Church Kentwood, and her church family. She was a lady of strong faith and was a known prayer warrior. She loved her family fiercely, and her family absolutely adored her. She leaves a legacy of faith, family, and fun. Her big personality will be missed by everyone, but we are all left with so many amazing memories and fun stories.

Visitation for Carol Conerly, 76, of Osyka, MS will be at First Baptist Church in Kentwood, LA on Friday, November 1, 2024 from 9:00-11:00 AM with religious services beginning at 11:00 AM. The burial will follow at the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Osyka, MS. Bro. Darryl Miller and Bro. Joey Miller will be officiating the services, with Sharkey Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.

Preceding her in death were her husband Smiley Conerly; parents, Carroll O’Quin and Norma Lea O’Quin; brother, Julius O’Quin.

Survivors are her two daughters, Jana Creel and husband Dwaine of Osyka, Tammi Dyer and husband John of San Francisco; 5 grandchildren Morgan, Bubba and wife Emily, and Courtney Creel, Allison Dyer and fiancé Griffey Nelson, and Catherine Dyer; her brother, Wayne O’Quin and wife Alice. She is also survived by a special friend Ray Gill and many other friends and family.

Pallbearers are Robert O’Quin, Randy Morley, Bubba Creel, Chad Conerly, Griffey Nelson, and Brennan Dear.

Baptist Press

https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/first-person-this-troubled-political-season/

Be Content and Embrace Where You Serve (A Pod Cast)

This pod cast and the picture and verse at the top of this post seem to work well together.

As militants kill Nigerian Christians, pastor risks life to evangelize Muslims

Pastor Eli Abdullah Tinau lives in the charred room that remains of his home after an attack by militant Fulani Muslims, an increasingly violent group accused of killing thousands of Christians in middle and northeastern Nigeria.

But Tinau, a Fulani Christian who converted from Islam, is committed to sharing the Gospel with Fulani Muslims as a missionary and pastor of Evangelical Church Winning All in Nkiendoro, about 60 miles from Jos in the Bassa Local Government Area, International Christian Concern (ICC) reported.

“I expect persecution because I am no longer of this world,” ICC quoted Tinau days before Southern Baptists and other Christians worldwide mark the Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church Nov. 3. “I hold firm to my faith in Christ.”

Militant Fulani have killed more Christians in Nigeria in the past four years than Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) combined, according to a report from the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA), a research, training and advocacy program promoting religious freedom on the continent. ORFA terms the Fulani terrorist group the Fulani Ethnic Militia (FEM), which includes a mix of armed Fulani herdsmen, Fulani bandits and others.

For years, Christians in Nigeria have complained of attacks by militant Fulani without adequate response nor protection from Nigeria’s government.

Go deeper: Read the full story at Baptist Press.

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