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Southern Baptists gear up for major Ukraine relief effort

CAPITAL UNDER ATTACK — Thousands of people take shelter in a subway station during a bombing February 25 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo credit: Drop of Light/Shutterstock.com)

Southern Baptists gear up for major Ukraine relief effort

March 1, 2022

By Hubert YatesCorrespondent Editor’s note: Compiled from SEND Relief Briefings Mississippi Baptists have longstanding ties to the Eastern European people of Ukraine since they gained…

Former missionary recounts Ukraine ministry before invasion

UKRAINE MEMORIES – Mississippi Baptist Convention Board director of missions mobilization Mike Ray (left) and his family — wife Linda and daughters Hannah and Rebekah — served as IMB missionaries in Ukraine. (Photo credit: Mike Ray)

Former missionary recounts Ukraine ministry before invasion

February 28, 2022

Ukraine Baptists preparing for fallout from war with Russia

Ukraine Baptists preparing for fallout from war with Russia

February 28, 2022

SBC Executive Committee admits ‘failures’ addressing abuse report

SBC Executive Committee admits ‘failures’ addressing abuse report

February 24, 2022

Mississippi Baptists make special gift to Lottie

SUPPORTING MISSIONS — Shawn Parker (at podium, right), executive director-treasurer of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, presents a check for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering in the amount of $718,450 to Paul Chitwood, president of Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board (IMB) in Richmond, Va., during the Missions Mobilization Weekend in late January at First Church, Pascagoula. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Mississippi Baptists make special gift to Lottie

February 21, 2022

Kentucky Baptist DR
provides hot meals for first
responders to UPS plane crash
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief responded quickly to the tragic UPS plane crash Tuesday at Louisville’s international airport. KYDR volunteers prepared 350 hot meals for first responders who came to the scene. KYDR Director Ron Crow reached out to state and local emergency management officials for ways it could assist in the aftermath of the horrific plane crash. Disaster Relief was asked to prepare meals for the command post. That was at 8:15 p.m., less than two hours after the crash. Within minutes, KYDR had secured the necessary volunteers, and Crow rushed to Walmart to purchase enough food for 350 meals. In another spirit of cooperation, Parkland Baptist opened its doors and allowed KYDR to use its kitchen and facility to prepare the meals. “We are thankful for Chris Heading and Susan Althaus for opening their church and kitchen for this response,” Crow said. The Salvation Army, a longtime partner with KYDR, delivered the meals to the command post. “Before midnight, our team had 350 hot meals, hot coffee and water loaded on the way to the command post,” Crow said. “Less than four hours from call to food out the door. This is totally incredible.”