North American Mission Board president Kevin Ezell announced Monday evening (Oct. 2) that in 2023 Southern Baptists gave an all-time record $70.2 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American missions.
Southern Baptists are responding through local partners who mobilized within hours of the earthquake to provide help and supplies to families in the affected region.
“Our faith is strong. Our members are out in the community helping their neighbors with clean up,” said Christopher Arnold, pastor of Lakeside Baptist Church in Perry, Florida.
David Bunch, who helped Southern Baptists launch Mission Service Corps in the 1970s and played an integral role in three Southern Baptist state conventions, died