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Send Relief, churches serve Puerto Rico as earthquake needs persist
By Brandon Elrod YAUCO, Puerto Rico—Junior Martinez’s church, Iglesia Bautista La Gracia (Grace Baptist Church) in Yauco, Puerto Rico, has served as a shelter for...
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Southern Baptist relief efforts continue in Puerto Rico quake zone
By Brandon Elrod YUACO, Puerto Rico—The ground is still shaking as southern Puerto Rico continues experiencing aftershocks from earthquakes earlier this week. Send Relief staff...
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Pastors, Send Relief serve survivors after Puerto Rico quake
By Brandon Elrod YAUCO, Puerto Rico—“People are still very scared,” Jonathan Santiago said of residents in Puerto Rico who endured a 6.4 magnitude earthquake early...
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Dorian relief: Baptists serving Bahamas, North Carolina
By Brandon Elrod HATTERAS, N.C.—As Hurricane Dorian completed its journey along the East Coast last week, officials in North Carolina hoped they had dodged a...
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Dorian arrives in Carolinas, Baptist volunteers move to respond
By Brandon Elrod CHARLOTTE—Hurricane Dorian made landfall Friday in northeast North Carolina as a Category 1 storm at Cape Hatteras as first responders in the...
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As “monster” Dorian crawls northward, Baptists prepare response
Photo courtesy of the National Hurricane Center.| By Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA, Ga.—Hurricane Dorian finally completed its pounding of the Bahamas Tuesday morning (Sept. 3)....
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Baptist relief on alert as Hurricane Dorian skips Puerto Rico, aims at Florida
Hurricane Dorian could make landfall in Florida on Monday morning (Sept. 1) as a Category 4 story. Photo courtesy of the National Hurricane Center. By...
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Send Relief, Puerto Rico prepares for oncoming storm
Send Relief, the compassion ministry arm of the North American Mission Board (NAMB), are prepared in Puerto Rico for a weather crisis should Tropical Storm...
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NAMB breaks ground on Send Relief Ministry Center in Puerto Rico
By Brandon Elrod GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico—On Monday, August 19, Send Relief celebrated the start of construction of a new ministry center in Puerto Rico with...
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Baptist feed Florence survivors, prepare for recovery
By Brandon Elrod (New Bern, N.C.)—The sun mercifully began peeking through the clouds over New Bern, N.C. Tuesday morning (Sept. 18) after Hurricane Florence devastated...
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As Florence approaches, Southern Baptists ready teams, resources
By Brandon Elrod Hurricane Florence has continued its trajectory toward the Carolina coastline. President Donald Trump issued states of emergency for North and South Carolina...
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Southern Baptists prepare for Hurricane Florence response
By Brandon Elrod CARY, N.C. — Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm currently in the Atlantic Ocean, is expected to make landfall on the Carolina...
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Church and government collaborate on Puerto Rico rebuild
By Josie Rabbitt Bingham COMERIO—”If I was to describe the effect Hurricane Maria had in Comerio, it was total devastation,” said Josian Santiago, mayor of...
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New planters, resources energize Puerto Rico ministry effort
By Brandon Elrod Two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, Félix Cabrera and his wife, Denisse, arrived to visit the island where he was...
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NAMB and Send Relief present unique exhibit at SBC Dallas
By Josie Rabbitt Bingham DALLAS—A new North American Mission Board (NAMB) exhibit featured a banner linking NAMB with its compassion ministry arm, Send Relief, at...
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In Puerto Rico, NAMB and Send Relief gears up for hurricane season
With the beginning of the 2018 hurricane season, Puerto Rico is bracing for what could be more rough weather while in the midst of a...
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