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Churches rally to help Haiti

Area churches and church members are organizing to help in the massive relief effort for Haiti, where Tuesday's earthquake killed up to 50,000 people and left thousands more homeless.
More so than in most disasters, churches are expected to take a leading role in mounting a massive relief effort in Haiti, one of the poorest nations on the globe with a per capita income of less than $800 a year.
"I think churches will play a dominant role," because many do mission work in the country and because the need is so great, said Leara Rhodes, a University of Georgia journalism professor and one of many Athenians with personal connections to the Caribbean country of about 10 million people.
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Rhodes serves on the board of directors of Partners in Progress for Rural Sustainability, whose programs in Haiti include a preschool lunch program, an orphanage, a clinic, a school with 300 students, and programs for crop and water security.
And like several others, Rhodes is organizing a benefit to raise funds for disaster relief.
The magnitude 7 earthquake struck shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday, leveling thousands of buildings in and around the capital city of Port-au-Prince. The Red Cross estimated as many as 200,000 people may be homeless.
One Haiti relief benefit already is scheduled in the city of Madison, about 30 miles south of Athens - from 1-5 p.m. Monday in the town square, said David Land of Madison, a board member for a group called Hope for Haiti.
Hope for Haiti plans to use donations from the concert to buy critical supplies, Land said.
Among other organizations, the Athens-based Anglican Catholic Church also has begun a relief fund and announced that the church's orphanage in Port-au-Prince had been destroyed.
The Rev. Howard Conine of Athens' New Covenant Worship Center, who lived in Haiti for three years, is one of many area pastors who put out a call for help from church members.
New Covenant already plans to send a medical team to Haiti when

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