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Send Relief national mission projects planned for Fall 2021
DENVER—Beginning in Fall of 2021, Send Relief plans to facilitate compassion ministry by hosting monthly mission trips in cities across North America. The goal is...
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As Zeta batters gulf coast, SBDR volunteers prepare another response
NEW ORLEANS—Hurricane Zeta made landfall as a Category 2 storm in southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday evening (Oct. 28), passing over New Orleans around 7:30 p.m....
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‘Lake Charles grit’ tested by two hurricanes in weeks
LAKE CHARLES, La. (BP) – Trinity Baptist Church Senior Pastor Steve James calls it “Lake Charles grit,” an ability to persevere during hardship on top...
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Southern Baptists near half-a-million meals prepared during hurricane response
PENSACOLA, Fla.—Every year, the World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 official names for major storms that originate in the Atlantic. In 2020, the...
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Southern Baptists prepare Hurricane Sally response, serve disaster survivors coast-to-coast
PENSACOLA, Fla.—As Hurricane Sally’s deluge flooded Alabama and the Florida Panhandle Wednesday (Sept. 16), Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) readied its response. Volunteers in Louisiana,...
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Southern Baptists serve meals, clear debris in aftermath of Hurricane Laura
LAKE CHARLES, La.—In the wake of Hurricane Laura, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) teams from across the nation are converging on the Gulf Coast to...
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Send Relief delivers supplies as Southern Baptists ready Hurricane Laura response
LAKE CHARLES, La.—Send Relief, the compassion ministry of Southern Baptists, spent Friday morning (Aug. 28) delivering food and supplies for Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR),...
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Following Beirut explosion, Send Relief mobilizes response
BEIRUT, Lebanon—The death toll from the blast that shook Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut on Tuesday (August 4) has risen to more than 200 people....
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Brothers enjoy life, ministry together in Send Relief
Once during a college mission trip they were co-leading, brothers Greg and Rob Wilton got so worked up after playing on opposite teams during a...
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COVID-19
Southern Baptist church plants, Send Relief persist in outreach to New York City
NEW YORK—New York City has entered Phase 2 of its reopening plan following the COVID-19 shutdown, but several churches and church plants have plans to...
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Send Relief student missions goes virtual with GenSendNOW
By Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA, Ga.—Every summer for the last few years, college students have participated in the GenSend missions experience, being fully immersed in one...
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Send Relief care bags delivered to healthcare workers
By Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA, Ga.—Send Relief volunteers in Denver, Ashland, Ky., and Alpharetta, Ga., have assembled care packages that are being distributed to healthcare workers...
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Disaster Relief
Southern Baptists respond to outbreak of Easter tornadoes
By Brandon Elrod SENECA, S.C.—Southern Baptists across the South have been providing disaster relief after one of the broadest storm systems in recent years delivered...
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Send Relief distributes 50,000 meals in Puerto Rico
By Brandon Elrod GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico—On Sunday, March 15, Puerto Rico implemented an island-wide curfew in response to COVID-19. Under the curfew, all nonessential businesses—those...
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Send Relief, SBDR volunteers bring help, hope amid COVID-19 crisis
By Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA, Ga.—Anxiety in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis continues to mount, but Southern Baptists across the United States are determined to...
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IMB-NAMB name Bryant Wright Send Relief president
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The International Mission Board (IMB) and the North American Mission Board (NAMB) announced Bryant Wright as the new president of Send...
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