THE VILLAGE
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Barrow, known officially as Utqiaġvik, is the 11th northernmost public community in the world and the northernmost city in the United States. About 60 percent of the 4,500 residents are Iñupiat, an indigenous Inuit ethnic group. Utqiaġvik, like most communities in Alaska, looks temporary, like a pioneer settlement. It is not. Barrow is among the oldest permanent settlements in the United States. Hundreds of years before European explorers showed up, Utqiaġvik, was more or less where it is now, a natural hunting place at the base of a peninsula that pokes out into the Beaufort Sea. Yankee whalers sailed here, learning about the bowhead whale from Iñupiat hunters. Later, the military came, setting up a radar station; a science center was founded in 1947.
In the last year and a half, God has begun opening doors for outreach to this community; the Adventist’s in Barrow now have a long prayed for building for church use, they had their first ever Alaska camps program, an evangelistic meeting in the town—which resulted in eight baptisms— and a pathfinder club that will begin meeting in February of 2020, and more. Much of this would not have been possible without the support of Arctic Mission Adventure donors. |
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Zack & Celesta Babb
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Pastors Zack and Celesta Babb work in Utqiagvik, one of the most remote villages in Alaska. Since serving the district,
they have witnessed many miracles, the most recent being the acquisition of a church and parsonage.
This has been an answer to prayer for the small congregation for many years.
they have witnessed many miracles, the most recent being the acquisition of a church and parsonage.
This has been an answer to prayer for the small congregation for many years.
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