More than 100 patients received medical and dental care — and 21 people gave their lives to Christ — during the first Arkansas Baptist Medical-Dental Clinic of 2026, hosted at First Baptist Church Hot Springs.
Volunteers cared for 116 patients throughout the day, addressing urgent dental needs, providing prescriptions, and offering prayer and gospel conversations to everyone who entered the church’s doors. The clinic performed 155 dental extractions, 144 X-rays and 35 cleanings, and dispensed 81 prescriptions. The total value of services provided was nearly $49,000.
For senior pastor Jonathan Kelley, hosting the clinic was a natural extension of the church’s mission to serve the community and point people to Jesus. “We want to point our entire community to Jesus,” Kelley said. “This clinic gave us an opportunity to minister to people who likely would not walk through our doors on a Sunday or Wednesday. It created a meaningful bridge to serve people where they are.”
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Mary Alford and originally published by the Arkansas Baptist News.
