T H E F A I L U R E T O F A V O R P O D C A S T
Pine Ridge Baptist Church
Located in South Dakota, the Pine Ridge Reservation is the home of more than 28,000 Oglala Sioux. Pine Ridge was established in 1889 in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border. Today it consists of 3,468.86 sq mi making it larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined. The Reservation encompasses the entirety of Shannon County, the poorest county in the United States.
80% of residents are unemployed
(versus 10% of the rest of the country)
49% of the residents live below the Federal poverty level
(61% under the age of 18)
Per Capita income in
Shannon County is $6,286
The infant mortality rate is 5 times higher than the national average.
Native America amputation rate due to diabetes is 3 to 4 times higher than the national average
Death rate due to diabetes is 3 times higher than the national average
Life expectancy in 2007 was estimated to be 48 for males and 52 for females
Ken Trivette serves as the president and director of Native American Baptist Missions. He attended Tennessee Temple Bible School (1974-1977) and pastored Churches in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
In 2008, he resigned from the Temple Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he had served for 22 years to work with Native Americans. Along with his role as president and director, he and his wife Sherry, serve on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Ken and Sherry are natives of Boone, North Carolina.
Pastor Ken &
Sherry Trivette
Please Pray for Pine Ridge
How to Support Ken & Sherry Trivette
If you would like to financially support the Trivettes, please send
all gifts to:
Native American Baptist Missions
P.O. Drawer 550 Thorsby, AL 35171
Please mark in the memo "For Ken Trivette"
Help support Ken & Sherry Trivette in showing all of Pine Ridge where they can find their Hope.
