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Florida Disaster Relief effort a collaboration across many partnerhips

“We want to make sure that, first and foremost, that people know why we’re here, who we’re here to represent and why we’re doing what we do to bring them hope in the name of the Lord Jesus,” said David Coggins, FBDR director.
  • October 31, 2024
  • Florida Baptist Convention
  • Disaster Relief, Florida, Latest News
The parking lot of Lakes Church in Lakeland, Florida, becomes a disaster relief hub of partnership activity in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. Disaster relief volunteers load containers of food on a Salvation Army truck for delivery as Bryant Wright, president of Send Relief, prays with a community resident impacted by the hurricane.
(Photo by Jim Veneman/Florida Baptist Convention)

Florida Disaster Relief effort a collaboration across many partnerhips

Together. In the aftermath of heartbreaking crisis,  Florida Baptist Disaster Relief  serves alongside numerous partners to deliver the hope of the gospel to those who need it the most.

That might mean rising before dawn to start cooking and packing thousands of meals. Or it might mean slogging through mud to try to salvage what’s left in a devastated home. Or, it might mean grasping a chainsaw tightly and tackling a giant tree that has landed on a resident’s home.

RELATED: For more stories on disaster relief efforts, click here. 

It definitely means taking the hope of Christ to those desperate to hear a word of hope, says David Coggins, FBDR director

“We want to make sure that, first and foremost, that people know why we’re here, who we’re here to represent and why we’re doing what we do to bring them hope in the name of the Lord Jesus,” Coggins noted.

“That’s always forefront in all of our minds.”

To read full story, click here. 


EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Margaret Colson and originally published by the Florida Baptist Convention.

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