The mission (today) is still the same -- evangelization. The focus of our work is still what are the best ways to spread the good news in the black communities. ... What has changed is how we go about responding to that mission.

There's still so much work that needs to be done.

The primary focus today is to assess the pumps within the city and to work to get some of those started today.

This year the focus is on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Louisiana to donate money and resources to the schools that lost books. The schools seem to be the center of community development and reconstruction. At the heart of a quality community is quality schools.

We need an aggressive vocation recruitment program. The church has got to develop new ways to nurture and encourage black vocations.

I am thrilled to be a part of this history that we just made today. I'm more thrilled about the hope we gave to the 50,000 people whose livelihoods, directly and indirectly, depend on this industry.