‘Boxes of Hope’ becomes national movement: A building is not a church
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🗓️ 8 April 2020
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“Our vision is to see HOPE spread faster than COVID-19.” This is how a pastor in New Jersey explains “Boxes of Hope,” a national movement to help those suffering from the coronavirus pandemic.
In other news, LifeWay Christian Resources saw a 62 percent increase in Bible sales last week compared to the previous year.
There are so many ways we can be the church together even as we are apart physically. One of the most significant, of course, is through prayer.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to a bonus episode of the Daily Article podcast, presented by the Denison |
| 0:07.8 | Forum and featuring Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:11.7 | Hi, I'm Jim Denison of Denison Forum, and this is the Daily Article Special Edition for April 8th, 2020. |
| 0:18.1 | Our vision is to see hope spread faster than COVID-19. This is how a pastor in New Jersey |
| 0:23.1 | explains boxes of hope, a national movement to help those suffering from the coronavirus pandemic. |
| 0:28.8 | It began when a member of Evangelist Church in Scotch Plains tested positive for coronavirus. |
| 0:34.2 | Pastor Chris Moronte explains his church's response. We've always been committed to reaching |
| 0:38.6 | our neighbors. We always see our mission field is across the street and around the world, so we began |
| 0:43.5 | to mobilize our efforts as soon as we saw this crisis beginning. Seeing the hopelessness, as church member |
| 0:49.2 | felt, he adds, we wanted to do something tangible to show God's love, so we just delivered some groceries |
| 0:54.6 | and a box to their front door. When the church saw the hope, their gift brought one family, |
| 0:59.5 | they started doing the same en masse, shipping out 600 boxes in the New Jersey area. They're partnering |
| 1:05.2 | with Convoy of Hope and World Help to Disaster Relief Organizations. Now their local ministry has become a national movement. |
| 1:13.4 | Pastor Morante says, for you to know that you're not forgotten, there's a God that sees you and |
| 1:18.1 | loves you, and there's someone in a church that cares about you. It really means the world to people. |
| 1:24.7 | Operators in New York State's power grid have been camped out since March 23rd in parking |
| 1:29.2 | lots adjacent to plants and control rooms that must be staffed 24-7 to keep the state's lights |
| 1:34.7 | on. They work in specialized, confined spaces. If one of them became sick with coronavirus, |
| 1:40.3 | they could quickly infect others, resulting in a personnel shortage that could disrupt operations. |
| 1:45.9 | As a result, they're living in trailers apart from their families during this crisis. |
| 1:50.6 | The buildings they're powering include hospitals and homes, structures vital to life in these days |
| 1:56.3 | of pandemic crisis, and stay-at-home orders. By contrast, churches across the country are observing Holy Week |
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