BAPTIST PRESS EDITOR'S NOTE: The North American Mission Board, LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, Union University and Baptist Press have partnered to deploy a reporting team to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on station in the eastern Mediterranean. Writer Sara Horn and photographer Jim Veneman are documenting the intersection of faith and patriotism, profiling the life and work of Christians during this time of conflict, as well as highlighting how Southern Baptists touch the lives of these military personnel.

In his personal note to Baptist Press, Jim Veneman summed up the richness of this project. "This has been a full day. It began before the sun came up and has yet to end. As long as our days have been, the guys on this ship work just as long, work far harder -- and don't get to go home next week.

"You'll see from the images that we had a variety of experiences. What a range of photographs! From worship and prayer to flight operations, from jet engine repair and testing to lives being repaired through 'Experiencing God,' a lot happened before our eyes today."

We trust that these reports will touch your lives richly.

BP team to cover ministry aboard
USS Harry S. Truman
Mar 21, 2003
By Staff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A Baptist Press writer-photographer team has been deployed to the USS Harry S. Truman for coverage of ministry aboard the aircraft carrier during the U.S. war effort against Iraq.

Writer Sara Horn and photographer Jim Veneman arrived aboard the Mediterranean-based ship March 20, announced Will Hall, executive editor of Baptist Press and vice president for news services with the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee.

Horn is a writer in the corporate communications department of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention (and former director of news & media relations at Union University). Veneman is director of visual communications at Union University in Jackson, Tenn., a Tennessee Baptist Convention-affiliated university.

The BP team's coverage, focused on "A Patriot's Faith," will explore four areas: