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IMB to host mission partnership event in Madison

IMB to host mission partnership event in Madison

December 10, 2024

Pastors and church leaders, mark your calendars for Feb. 1, 2025, for a one-day International Mission Board (IMB) event at First Church, Madison. Meet with…

WEEK OF PRAYER: The Great Pursuit in Senegal

A canoe ferries passengers across a river to a remote island in southern Senegal. (Photo credit: IMB)

WEEK OF PRAYER: The Great Pursuit in Senegal

December 3, 2024

MS pastor honored during Pastor Appreciation Month invests in Next Gen

Jay and Heather White

MS pastor honored during Pastor Appreciation Month invests in Next Gen

November 28, 2024

Mandrell focuses Lifeway on local churches, leaders

Ben Mandrell, President of Lifeway Christian Resources, speaks during the Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Baptist Convention on Oct. 30 at First Church, Jackson. (Photo credit: Bart Lambright)

Mandrell focuses Lifeway on local churches, leaders

November 21, 2024

Craft stick houseboat represents joy, impact of working together

Volunteers gathered around the houseboat they constructed in three days just before it was launched in Lay Lake near Birmingham, Ala. (Photo credit: National WMU)

Craft stick houseboat represents joy, impact of working together

November 11, 2024

Southern Baptists mobilizing
for wildfire relief, financial,
prayer support needed
LOS ANGELES (BP) — Send Relief, Southern Baptists’ compassion ministry, has established a giving channel to help in the wake of the devastating fires in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Los Angeles is home to one of Send Relief’s ministry centers, spread around the U.S. In a video posted Friday (Jan. 10), ministry center director Darryl Speers gave an update. A team is currently serving at the ministry center, located in L.A.’s notorious Skid Row, providing hot meals, water and even face masks. Around 180,000 people have been displaced by the fires, Speers said. Family members of local church partners have lost their homes. “We are partnering together with Southern Baptist Disaster Relief that is also here with us as we prepare for a massive cleanup effort over the next few days and months here in Los Angeles,” said Speers. Kendrick Neal, director of California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, confirmed in a Jan. 9 release that CSBDR is in communication with the City of Los Angeles, the Emergency Network of Los Angeles, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, first responders and local churches. They have been asked to help with “support at the Local Assistance Centers, spiritual care, and clean-up once the fires have been contained.”