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Send Relief reports ministry impact, encourages churches to pray, give, go and grow
ORLANDO — More than 60,000 people were mobilized through Send Relief last year, helping meet needs for more than 2.5 million people and creating more...
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Disaster Relief
From devastation to hope: The enduring legacy of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief 20 years after Katrina
NEW ORLEANS –– As with any major storm, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) crews staged personnel and equipment in several inland cities in August 2005...
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Send Relief
Send Relief Serve Tour in Evansville, Ind., plants seeds for long-term ministry
EVANSVILLE, Indiana — Pastor Steve Brown had his doubts. When a fellow Evansville pastor invited him to help lead a grill walk — an outreach...
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Compassion Ministry
Send Relief Serve Tour engages in compassion ministry, gospel conversations in Virginia Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – “I’ve been on mission trips to different places, even local, and I’ve never been able to lead anyone to Jesus. They’d...
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Did Send Relief receive government funding to minister to refugees in Boston?
Southern Baptists have a long history of partnering with the federal government to resettle refugees. Beginning in 1948, Southern Baptists helped resettle displaced Europeans impacted by…
Disaster Relief
SBDR continues efforts in response to LA fires, Appalachian flooding
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – In Los Angeles, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteers recently began helping homeowners sort through the remaining ashes of their houses in...
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The Next Generation
San Diego Serve Tour Volunteers Engage the Next Generation with the Gospel
SAN DIEGO – Imagine taking a physics class in a language you’re still learning to speak. This is the reality for thousands of students in...
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Send Relief
Wright set to retire from Send Relief after five years serving as president
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – After five years serving as president of Send Relief, Bryant Wright is set to retire at the end of March of this...
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Marriage and Family
Church planting missionaries who lost everything in hurricane blessed by Southern Baptists
Family Matters It’s pink and purple, it has a Bible verse on it, and it’s understandably a little rough around the edges. It is, after...
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Send Relief
Send Relief, SBDR mobilizing for wildfire relief; financial, prayer support needed
LOS ANGELES (BP) – Send Relief, Southern Baptists’ compassion ministry, has established a giving channel to help in the wake of the devastating fires in...
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Send Relief
Southern Baptist circle of partnership joins arms help hurricane hit region of South Carolina
GADSDEN, Alabama — News of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in the Carolinas began to spread when a group text message among seven Christian pilots that fly...
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Disaster Relief
Increasing needs from hurricanes match calls for more Disaster Relief volunteers
NASHVILLE (BP) — Hurricane Katrina’s destruction in 2005 to New Orleans and surrounding areas prompted a yearslong response by Southern Baptist churches and Disaster Relief personnel,...
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Compassion Ministry
East Tennessee churches spring into action, serve after Hurricane Helene
ROAN MOUNTAIN, Tenn. – The raging flood waters trapped one of Geren Street’s neighbors as he tried to escape in his truck. First responders were...
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Send Relief
Hurricane Milton threatens as Send Relief, SBDR teams prep for action
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A tractor-trailer loaded with generators, temporary roofing, more than 20,000 meals, and equipment to serve meals to first responders and survivors, has...
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Send Relief
Following Helene’s landfall, Send Relief, SBDR respond
PERRY, Fla. – Send Relief is supporting multiple state Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) teams after Hurricane Helene marched through the Southeast, impacting Florida, Georgia...
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Compassion Ministry
Send Relief, SBDR prepare response as Helene approaches Florida coast
TALLAHASSEE – Southern Baptists’ compassion ministry Send Relief, alongside Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteers from Florida and 6 other states, are activating response teams...
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