May 2, 2024
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation has awarded more than $8.8 million in grants to 97 clinics and other nonprofit organizations that provide care to the state’s most-underserved residents.
“These grants exist to demonstrate the love of Jesus, ensuring that all Georgians have access to life-giving quality hands-on health care,” said Larry Wynn, the foundation's executive director. “For more than 100 years, the Georgia Baptist Health Care System has offered a ministry of healing to those in need.”
The grants totaled $8,846,868.
Wynn, along with foundation Chairman Craig Dale and state Mission Board Executive Director W. Thomas Hammond Jr., awarded the grants Thursday at a luncheon at North Metro Baptist Church in Lawrenceville.
Wynn said Jesus demonstrated the importance of taking care of people’s physical needs during his public ministry and the grant recipients are following His example.
“We continue this work by offering a better quality of life to the people of Georgia through needed health care ministries, and to help research and develop new health care services that make a positive impact in their lives,” he said.
The foundation, since its creation in 2005, has awarded nearly $66 million in grants for hands-on, nonprofit healthcare in Georgia.
“Grant recipients report that the lives impacted in Georgia during that time to be more than 4.5 million, involving the work of more than 150,000 volunteers in clinics and other nonprofits,” Wynn said.
The Christian ministries also report that 21,000 of the people who have received care have made salvation decisions.
“From Athens to Valdosta, from Columbus to Palmetto, neighborhood-level health care services can continue to be delivered throughout our state,” Wynn said. “Our awardees have demonstrated their commitment to the people they serve, and we are thrilled to partner with them.”
The grant recipients include:
Aaron B Lackey Ministries, $10,000.
Ascensa Health, $25,000.
Athens Neighborhood Health Center, $100,000.00.
Athens Nurses Clinic, $100,000.
Atlanta Morning Center, $100,000.
Baptist Mobile Health Ministry, $100,000.
Baptist Village Retirement Communities, $100,000.
Be the Light Medical Missions, $78,000.
Bethesda Community Clinic, $100,000.
Brewton-Parker College, $100,000.
Camp Pinnacle, $24,068.
CareLink of Northwest Georgia, $27,500.
Center for Black Women’s Wellness, $60,000.
Christ Community Health Services’ Augusta, $100,000.
Cleveland Care Center, $10,000.
Community Helping Hands Clinic, $10,000.00.
Community Helping Place, $50,000.
Consolation Baptist Association, $75,000.
Coweta Samaritan Clinic, $100,000.
DEO Clinic, $50,000.
Ethne Health, $100,000.
Faith Hope & Love Christian Ministries, $50,000.
Faith In Serving Humanity Medical, $65,000.
Fayette C.A.R.E. Clinic, $100,000.
Free Clinic of Rome, $85,000.
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children, $100,000.
Friends of Momance, $9,100.
Georgia Baptist Children’s Homes, $100,000.
Georgia Charitable Care Network, $50,000.
Georgia Highlands Medical Services, $100,000.
Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation, $75,000.
Giving Health, $100,000.
Good Health Ministries, $65,000.
Good News Clinics, $100,000.
Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb, $100,000.
Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett, $100,000.
Good Shepherd Clinic, $75,000.
Good Shepherd Clinic of Dawson County, $40,000.
Grace Village Medical Clinic, $15,000.
GuideStone Financial Resources of the SBC, $172,200.
Gwinnett Metro Baptist Network, $100,000.
Hands of Hope Clinic, $65,000.
Healing Bridge Clinic, $60,000.
Hebron CHC/Truth’s Community Clinic, $52,000.
Helping Hands Foreign Missions, $10,000.
Hope Clinic, $100,000.
Hope for the Journey, $20,000.
J.O.Y. Clinic, $50,000.
Kingdom Care, $75,000.
LaGrange Dental Clinic, $20,000.
LifeTools/The CarePlace, $35,000.
LIT Academy, $10,000.
Luke 1:37 Ministries, $10,000.
Macon Volunteer Clinic, $84,000.
MAP International, $75,000.
Medcura Health, $100,000.
MedShare, $100,000.
Mercy Health Center, $85,000.
Mercy Medical Clinic and Foundation, $75,000.
MercyMed of Columbus, $100,000.
Meridian Ed Resource Group/Whitefoord Inc., $100,000.00
Miracle Making Ministries, $10,000.
Morehouse School of Medicine HEAL Clinic, $100,000.
Morehouse School of Medicine HEAL Clinic Morganton & Mountaintown Baptist Association, $100,000.
Northeast Georgia CC, $10,000.
Northern Star Transitional, $10,000.
Our House, $75,000.
Partnership Health Center, $100,000.
Penfield Addiction Ministries, $200,000.
Physcians’ Care Clinic, $50,000.
Pinnacle Retreat Center, $10,000.
Rehab and Beyond, $25,000.
Rehoboth Life Care Ministries, $70,000.
Riley Medical Clinic, $50,000.
Rock Springs Clinic, $10,000.
SafeHouse Ministries, $75,000.
Shorter University, $100,000.
SLIMS Africa, $25,000.
Southeast Georgia Women’s Center, $40,000.
Southwest Christian Care, $100,000.
St. Vincent de Paul Georgia, $100,000.
The Georgia Baptist Mission Board, $2,000,000.
The Georgia Baptist Mission Board, $700,000.
The Good Samaritan Health Center, $100,000.
The Hearts & Hands Clinic, $60,000.
The Keaton Coker Foundation/Thumbs Up Mission, $10,000.
The Vitamin Bridge, $50,000.
Troup Cares, $60,000.
Truett McConnell University, $100,000.00
Urban Clinic of Atlanta, $100,000.
Washington Baptist Association, $10,000.
Willing Helpers Medical, $100,000.
Woman’s Enrichment Center, $50,000.
