Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers gather in the exhibit hall as they set up for the Georgia Baptist Convention's 200th annual meeting at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta. (Index/Henry Durand)
Augusta, Ga., is the site of the Georgia Baptist Convention's 200th annual meeting at Warren Baptist Church. (Index/Henry Durand)
Vendors set up a booth in the exhibit hall for the Georgia Baptist Convention's 200th annual meeting at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta. (Index/Henry Durand)
Mission Consultant Keith Ivey, right, and Eric Swenson, campus minister for Baptist Collegiate Ministries at Georgia Tech, polish the podium for the Georgia Baptist Convention's 200th annual meeting at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta. (Index/Henry Durand)
Georgia Baptist Convention President Kevin Williams addresses a sending ceremony for IMB missionaries at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta. GBMB Executive Director W. Thomas Hammond is at right. (Index/Henry Durand)
IMB President Paul Chitwood speaks at a sending ceremony for IMB missionaries Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga. (The Index/Henry Durand)
A time of worship was part of the sending ceremony for IMB missionaries Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga. (The Index/Henry Durand)
IMB President Paul Chitwood speaks at a sending ceremony for IMB missionaries Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga. (The Index/Henry Durand)
IMB President Paul Chitwood speaks at a sending ceremony for IMB missionaries Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga. (The Index/Henry Durand)
A time of worship was part of the sending ceremony for IMB missionaries Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga. (The Index/Henry Durand)
IMB President Paul Chitwood speaks at a sending ceremony for IMB missionaries Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga. (The Index/Henry Durand)
Messengers and families pray over missionaries being sent out by the IMB at a sending ceremony Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga. (The Index/Henry Durand)
Messengers and families pray over missionaries being sent out by the IMB at a sending ceremony Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga. (The Index/Henry Durand)