First Baptist Church, Laplace, La., pastor Shane Newton explains the aftermath of Hurricane Ida to Send Relief president, Bryant Wright (blue shirt); Southern Baptist Convention president, Ed Litton (black shirt); and Louisiana Baptist Convention president, David Cranford. Laplace is a community just west of New Orleans that received major damage when Hurricane Ida made landfall […]
Crews from the Southern Baptist Convention’s Send Relief will be helping in Haiti where a 7.2 earthquake on Sunday left more than 2,000 people dead. By Scott Barkley NASHVILLE (BP) – A massive earthquake that struck Haiti Saturday morning and has left more than 2,000 dead has spurred Southern Baptists to coordinate relief efforts. “In […]
Mark Richt, center, is greeted by legendary Florida State University Coach Bobby Bowden at a Send Relief luncheon last month. Richt said Bowden led him to the Lord. (Photo by Eric Brown) By Timothy Cockes NASHVILLE (BP) — Mark Richt, the former University of Georgia football coach who is now a national spokesperson for the […]
More than 125 people put their trust in Christ during a three-day mountain retreat in the Caucuses region of Europe.
Beginning in the fall of 2021, Send Relief plans to facilitate compassion ministry by hosting monthly mission trips in cities across North America.
By Diana Chandler LAKE CHARLES, La. (BP) – Trinity Baptist Church Senior Pastor Steve James calls it “Lake Charles grit,” an ability to persevere during hardship on top of hardship. “Grit up” is the local rallying cry after Hurricanes Laura and Delta hit western Louisiana just weeks apart. “We had one hand tied behind our […]
In the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Send Relief has been dropping supplies at churches where Southern Baptist Disaster Relief will host operations for feeding and recovery activity for story survivors. On Friday (Aug. 28), Send Relief delivered supplies in Texas and Lake Charles, La., areas along the Gulf Coast that took the brunt of the […]
IMB photo RICHMOND – The coronavirus has left virtually no country unaffected. Unrelenting and indiscriminate, the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened the welfare of millions and has wreaked havoc on economic infrastructures worldwide. Countless families have lost work and income, making it next to impossible to acquire adequate food and daily supplies. Even in the world’s […]
Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in 2017. Roughly two and a half years later, survivors continue to rebuild. Jonathan Santiago, a 2020 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Week of Prayer missionary, directs the North American Mission Board’s compassion ministry on the island through Send Relief. DANIEL DELGADO/NAMB
“Bryant Wright is a model Great Commission leader.”
Throughout his head coaching career, Richt was outspoken about his Christian faith…
By Brandon Elrod UPDATED 8/28/19 9:12 a.m.: The storm is expected to make landfall on Puerto Rico’s eastern coast late Wednesday morning/early afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center’s projections. The center of the storm will cut across the middle of the island, following a path similar 2017’s Hurricane Maria. GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico (BP) — […]