American Baptist AIDS Workers Arrested in Zimbabwe

  OAKLAND, Calif. (ABP) -- Four American Baptist mission volunteers were released Sept. 13 on $200 worth of bond after spending three nights in jail on suspicion of dispensing AIDS medication without a license in Zimbabwe.

The health workers -- a doctor, two nurses and a community volunteer -- are part of a high-profile AIDS ministry sponsored by Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, Calif. The group sends teams to Zimbabwe several times a year to give free antiretroviral drugs to AIDS orphans and HIV-positive people at two clinics, located in Mutoko and Harare.

An announcement on the Allen Temple website said church members are praying for their safe return.  Read more here.