
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, December 2, 1993                   TAG: 9312020321
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N-21   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Frances Stebbins
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

SHENANDOAH MISSION TEAM RETURNS FROM DOWN UNDER

A team of 11 youths and three adults has returned from a 20,000-mile mission trip to New Zealand and Australia sponsored by Shenandoah Baptist Church and Roanoke Valley Christian Schools.

The group went at the invitation of several schools, camps and churches and performed as puppet and drama teams and witnessed to their Christian faith. They also participated in sports events and went sightseeing in both countries over the five weeks they were away.

Dave Hillis, leader of the team, said that Australian public schools by law offer religion classes. The Roanoke Valley team ministered in both public and private schools, he said.

The tour was part of a continuing foreign-mission emphasis Shenandoah has undertaken for the 20 years the Roanoke County congregation has been in existence. Hillis estimated that in that time, more than $3.5 million has been given to advance Christianity throughout the world.

by CNB