“It rivals Katrina, maybe even ‘beats’ Katrina, in terms of its reach and its impact,” said Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.
During a special called meeting, messengers of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware unanimously approved the sale of the state convention’s headquarters in Maryland.
“That was one of the best sermons I’ve ever heard.” These words were delivered to me by a young man after one of our services last year. As a young preacher in my 20s, these are the words I dreamt of hearing.
Baptist relief efforts already underway in Florida following Hurricane Helene are temporarily on “pause” as Milton rolls toward the Tampa Bay area, but teams are ready to go once the storm passes.
The Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief box ministry based out of Baring Cross Baptist Church in Sherwood recently deployed to Morgan City, Louisiana, where the unit ministered to people impacted by Hurricane Francine.
Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief continues to meet the physical and spiritual needs of people impacted by Hurricane Helene’s destructive path across Georgia.
“After seeing everything through news reports and on social media, we thought it was best to redirect our efforts,” said Jordan Willard, who serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church Weddington, North Carolina.
Connor Johnson shares how he nearly lost his life at the age of 19 in a drug deal gone bad. “I am going to die tonight,” he told himself right before the gun fired. But it turns out that God had other plans for him.
The difficult lessons that David Scott Lee has learned along the road to becoming a faithful pastor in rural Vermont for two decades began when, as a teenager, he realized something important …
As Florida Baptists continue helping impacted communities following Hurricane Helene, the state is now bracing for more damage with Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall later this week.
