#Afghanistan
Update 🚨👇
We are teaming up with
@WorldRelief
to connect churches to Afghan refugee ministry opportunities in cities across the United States!
Learn how your church can get involved & give hope to refugees:
As your church gathers this morning, our church partners across
#Ukraine
and
#Poland
are caring for Ukrainians uprooted by war - just like this church plant in Bryukhovychi.
With open arms, they are providing food and ministering to families who are a long way from home. 🙏
“Your gifts to Send Relief are making a huge difference and will continue to make a huge difference.”
Check out this live update on the
#Ukraine
crisis from the Poland-Ukraine border. 👇
🙏 Join us as we
#PrayForUkraine
. One of the best ways you & your church can support our work in
#Ukraine
is through intentional prayer.
👉 Download our prayer guide & stay up to date on our response:
#Ukraine
update! 🇺🇦
This is a scene from a Ukrainian church we have partnered with to care for displaced families. They are providing food, a warm place to sleep and fellowship to 60+ displaced this weekend.
Your gifts for Ukraine are helping the Church be the Church. 🙌
#Ukraine
update!
The Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary has converted their space into a shelter for internally displaced families fleeing war zones.
This is the SBC! 🙌
Help is on the way! Our Send Relief truck is loaded with roofing materials, emergency food and other disaster relief supplies to support the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief response in Kentucky & Tennessee.
Next stop: Princeton, Kentucky. 📍
Your Hurricane
#Ian
gifts at work!
Our second semi-truck full of disaster relief supplies is on it’s way to provide help for families in Southwest Florida.
On the way to Louisiana, our truck made a pit stop to pick up generators, fuel and more generously donated by
@HomeDepot
!
Next stop: New Orleans Children’s Hospital. 🏥
#Ida
We've got some big news! 🥳
Send Relief is partnering with
@TexasBaptists
to open a new ministry center in Laredo, Texas - home to the largest land-based entry point on the U.S.- Mexico border.
#BetterTogether
|
@kevezell
@dwhardage
A truck filled with supplies is now en route to Louisiana to help Hurricane
#Ida
survivors. Help us provide flood relief, roofing materials and emergency meals for those who will be without power for weeks to come.
Fund this vital work:
In the tragic aftermath of the 7.2 earthquake that struck
#Haiti
, Send Relief is working with local partners on the ground to assess needs. Join us in praying for the people of Haiti. 🇭🇹🙏
#HaitiEarthquake
|
@IMB_SBC
“Jesus does not call us to serve others to make the church look useful, but because He is in solidarity with those who are oppressed and vulnerable.” –
@drmoore
#Ukraine
update! 🇺🇦
“Thank you Southern Baptists because you’re here. You’re providing relief and help and hope to the hurting right now.”
@DrPaulChitwood
,
@IMB_SBC
👉 Learn how:
Our semi-truck is headed to Ft. Meyers, FL! 📍
Your gifts to Send Relief are supplying emergency relief supplies like bottled water, temporary roofing, construction materials and more to families impacted by Hurricane
#Ian
.
Thank you, Southern Baptists! 👏
In Poland & just met with a Baptist church planter from Lviv, Ukraine who brought his family out of the war. Now working to help us get relief supplies back into Ukraine.
Struggling to talk, he said, “I’m sorry for getting emotional. I wasn’t prepared for this in seminary.”
Rolling out! Urgently needed supplies have left our rapid response warehouse and are making their way to sites all across the devastated Southeast. Your gifts make this possible! Thank you!
The Send Relief truck is prepared to go where needed, packed with enough supplies to reach 6,910 households and 33,000 individuals. Through our frontline teams with Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, we are able to provide supplies and support as soon as the storm clears.
Here’s how you can
#PrayForAfghanistan
(a 🧵)
🙏 Pray for Afghans as they navigate political unrest, violence and persecution. Pray that they may find peace in Christ in these overwhelming circumstances. (1/6)
220 Southern Baptist volunteers are responding to tornado damage across several states this week.
Yesterday, Send Relief sent a semi-truck full of temporary roofing supplies to support the SBDR response in Texas & Oklahoma.
🙏 Pray for the heroes in yellow shirts as they serve!
We have arrived in Lake Charles, LA, which bore the brunt of
#HurricaneLaura
as the storm made landfall. We are dropping off much-needed supplies for SBDR volunteers to use as they bring help and hope to the community.
To support our response, give at:
🙏 Urgent Prayer Request
Impacted by devastating tornadoes overnight, the people of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri & Tennessee need our prayer, love and support. Along with SBDR, we’ll be meeting needs across the Midwest & South.
At
@namb_sbc
's Send Luncheon, Send Relief honored bivocational pastor Zach Lloyd, a survivor of a double-lung transplant, by covering his medical bills, out-of-pocket expenses and a new car.
We are thankful for pastors like Zach - the heart of the SBC.
#Send2021
|
#SBC21
Our supply truck has arrived in Texas! Thanks to your donations, it is equipped with:
-3,360 bottles of water
-15,840 meals
-120 rolls of roofing
-276 gallons of Shockwave
-1,500 N95 masks
-1,500 face shields
-2,000 cloth masks
-500 Tyvek suits
We’re committed as ever to meeting needs and changing lives and now, we're going to the nations. We’re excited to see how God will move through this new cooperation between
@NAMB_SBC
and
@IMB_SBC
!
In the aftermath of Hurricane
#Ian
, Southern Baptists will be on the ground providing help & hope to families in the hardest hit communities. It's what we do.
You can join the response through prayer & generous giving.
👉 Learn more & give today!
Send Relief is working with resettlement agencies & church partners to respond to the current
#Afghanistan
refugee crisis. You can support our response today through giving & prayer. 🙏🇦🇫
Give help and hope to Afghan refugees:
The entire island of Puerto Rico lost power today with the arrival of Category 1 Hurricane
#Fiona
.
Continue joining us in prayer for the people of Puerto Rico, our leaders, local churches and volunteers as they wait out the storm and prepare for the coming response. 🙏 🇵🇷
A hot shower. Warm meals. Clean laundry. Cool water.
Today in Valdosta, GA, Send Relief and SBC Disaster Relief volunteers and churches served thousands after Hurricane Helene.
Pray that many would see the light of the gospel through these simple acts of service.
Send Relief President
@bryantwright
explains how we are working with
@BrianKempGA
’s office to get critical supplies to healthcare workers on the front line of the fight against
#COVID19
:
🚨 Hurricane
#Ian
Update!
Send Relief is deploying our rescue boat to the Ft. Meyers area, which will be manned by the Swift Water Rescue Team made up of
@nc_missions
and
@tnbaptist
disaster relief volunteers.
Pray for this team as they aid in search & rescue efforts.
⚠️ Hurricane
#Ian
Kitchen Locations ⚠️
Southern Baptists are on the ground providing up to 160,000 warm meals to families impacted by the storm. Check out where SBC kitchen sites are located! 👇
Hurricane
#Ida
Update!
So far, SBDR volunteers have already:
🔹 Cooked nearly 176,000 meals
🔹 Repaired 55 roofs
🔹 Removed 63 trees
…and there’s a whole lot more to go. Let’s celebrate our brothers and sisters in yellow! 💛
Southern Baptists are on the ground responding to immediate needs following Hurricane
#Ida
. In the days ahead, SBDR teams will be preparing meals, restoring homes and sharing the hope of the gospel.
Support their work through giving & prayer:
🙏 Urgent
#PrayerRequest
A deadly tornado tore through Mississippi last night, leaving entire towns flattened. Pray for Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams as they assess and respond to immediate needs.
This is a church planter in Lviv, Ukraine caring for internally displaced families traveling from the East.
Right now, there is an estimated 2 million internally displaced people in Ukraine fleeing war zones - and your gifts are meeting their needs, too! 🙌
This morning Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams from 7 states are headed to Florida to be ready to help their neighbors when Hurricane
#Dorian
hits.
Thank you,
@GovRonDeSantis
and
@CaseyDeSantis
!
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers from all across the nation are mobilizing in Southwest Florida to meet needs after Hurricane
#Ian
.
Worked with Florida Baptist Relief to distribute food and water to residents of Naples.
@CaseyDeSantis
and I have been encouraged by the outpouring of prayers and assistance for Floridians in need. Keep up the good work!
North Carolina still needs your support in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
SBC Disaster Relief volunteers are working tirelessly to bring help and hope to all those affected. Your gifts make these relief efforts possible, and every dollar goes to help people in need.
URGENT PRAYER NEEDED!
As another massive hurricane approaches Florida, let us join together to pray that God would dissipate this storm and protect these people still reeling from the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene.
12,000 more meals headed to North Carolina!
Because of your support, we are able to provide resources like these in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Thank you Southern Baptists!
Damage assessment from last night’s devastating tornadoes is underway across the Midwest & South. Needs are growing quickly. Southern Baptists will be on the ground serving, praying, working.
Give today to provide hope & help to those who need it most👉
Send Relief is headed for the Gulf Coast! A truck load of supplies left our warehouse and is on its way to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams as they prepare to serve those in the path of
#HurricaneLaura
. When disaster strikes, Southern Baptists are equipped to respond.
#TURKEY
&
#SYRIA
UPDATE 🇹🇷🇸🇾
“Send Relief is already working with ministry partners & churches to help share the love of Christ in very tangible ways as God gives us those opportunities to do so.” -
@bryantwright
, Send Relief President
🙏❗️Urgent
#PrayerRequest
A large tornado has struck Little Rock & Jacksonville, Arkansas, leaving significant damage in its wake. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams from several states are on their way to respond to the immediate needs of those impacted.
Pray for Valdosta!
Hurricane Helene destroyed over 100 buildings in this South Georgia town—including homes, businesses, churches—and this community is hurting.
Our Valdosta Ministry Center is serving their neighbors in need. Keep praying for these families and volunteers!
Polish churches are working with Send Relief to provide shelter, food and basic essentials to Ukrainian refugees that walk through their doors.
🙏 Pray that the Church in Poland will show Christ’s love to many refugees & the Polish communities that they are working alongside of.
"We are here to minister to them in whatever way we can. We are grateful for the prayers and the financial support of Southern Baptists." -
@DrPaulChitwood
,
@IMB_SBC
You can support our response in Ukraine & surrounding countries! Give now: 🇺🇦
“I won’t pretend to know exactly what God is doing in all of this, but I do know that He is using this pandemic for His purposes. Don’t waste this time.” -
@kevezell
Meet Barry & Marci Campbell from Lahaina Baptist Church in
#Maui
. Amidst the horrible destruction their community has suffered from the wildfires, their church is still standing strong.
🙏 Will you join us in praying for this church as they continue to minister to those in need?
Today Send Relief President
@bryantwright
participated in a call with
@POTUS
and
@VP
to discuss how Southern Baptists can continue to help during the
#COVID19
crisis.
Final tally: 172,224 meals packed for the hungry in Appalachia and Puerto Rico! Our prayer is that the gospel would go with these meals and that Jesus would be made much of as physical needs are met.
A tractor-trailer loaded with pre-packaged meals, Shockwave for mold remediation, crisis buckets with tools to support self-help home cleanup, rolled roofing and more is on its way to serve those in need in the aftermath of Hurricane
#Michael
.
Hundreds of SBDR volunteers are on the ground providing chainsaw work, debris clean up and roofing repairs in the hardest-hit communities.
Join us in praying for the “yellow shirts” as they provide help and the hope of the gospel to families who have lost everything. 🙏
Another full day of ministry is in swing after Hurricane Milton. Here’s Send Relief president Bryant Wright praying over SBC Disaster Relief volunteers as they prepare to serve in Florida.
Southern Baptists have kitchens set up in North and South Carolina and feeding has already begun in several locations. Join us in prayer for locals affected by
#Florence
and the SBDR volunteers who are generously serving.
🚨 Prayer Request | Join us as we pray for protection for those impacted by Hurricane
#Ida
.
Pray for our Southern Baptist Disaster Relief partners as they respond in the coming days.Pray that God will be glorified through our collective response.
#PrayForLouisiana
It’s breakfast time here at McGregor Baptist Church in Fort Myers📍
Volunteers with
@DR_SBTC
are busy preparing meals for Hurricane
#Ian
survivors in the area. This kitchen has the capacity to prepare 20,000 meals a day!
As anxiety over
#COVID19
rises in our communities, it's important that we are intentional with our prayers and actions. Here's a message from Send Relief President
@bryantwright
:
Hear from Jamie Ward, co-pastor of Hillvue Heights Church,
@bryantwright
and
@EdLitton
as they share about the tornado relief efforts of Southern Baptists in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
#SRFromTheField
🚨 PASTORS: We have resources available for you to use as you share how your congregation can care for Afghan refugees this Sunday.
Download prayer guides, slides and more!
“We have resources, we have equipment, supplies and trained personnel. But the greatest thing we have is the message of the gospel and the hope and compassion in Christ. This is the most important thing we can take.”
🗣 David Coggins,
@FloridaBaptists
Disaster Relief
📍Louisiana
Hurricane
#Idalia
Update ⬇️
This morning, we sent a semi-truck filled with emergency meals, bottled water, protective hurricane recovery gear & other emergency supplies to support the SBDR response in Florida and South Georgia. 📍
Support the response:
Volunteer Eddie Byers celebrated his 73rd birthday yesterday, and today he is driving the Send Relief truck to help tornado victims in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Join us in praying for Eddie as he makes drops in Princeton, Murray/Mayfield, Benton and Bowling Green!
📣 Exciting news! We're rolling out a fresh, new look for Send Relief! This new logo celebrates the partnership with
@NAMB_SBC
and
@IMB_SBC
symbolizing our unified mission to respond to physical and spiritual needs worldwide. 🌎
Read more 👉
Great news in the
@NAMB_SBC
report. We are going to focus on hurricane relief in Puerto Rico for the long term. That's why we're building a ministry center on the island that can house dozens of volunteers every week.
#SBCAM18
#SBC18
As Southern Baptist Disaster Relief prepares to serve in the wake of
#HurricaneLaura
, volunteers are cutting fallen trees and clearing debris as they set up Louisiana SBDR’s main base for relief operations.
Biltmore Church and other local churches in NC are working tirelessly with SBC Disaster Relief to be the hands and feet of Jesus after Hurricane Helene. Pastor Bruce Frank shares how your support is giving them the resources they need to minister to those affected by the storm.
Live
#PrayerRequest
from Eastern Ukraine 👇
"Please pray for all of the families in bomb shelters. There are so many children I know that will carry these memories with them. Their lives are forever changed."
#PrayForUkraine
Southern Baptists are among the first on the ground to respond to the
#MississippiTornadoes
.
Learn how you can help through prayer & financial support 👇
God delivered Ronnie Johnson from a life of drugs and gang violence years ago. And now, he faithfully pastors a church in
#Memphis
, TN.
We are grateful to bless Pastor Ronnie with a car, as he’s given everything to his ministry in this city. 🙌
#ServeTour
Nearly one million people across Florida are still without power in the aftermath of Hurricane
#Ian
.
Volunteers with
@FloridaBaptists
Disaster Relief and sixteen other state conventions are preparing up to 160,000 meals for families in need. 🤝
80% of the Christian relief efforts in Moldova are being provided by evangelical Christians.
Send Relief is working through local Moldova Baptist partners to provide water, food, shelter and transportation for those fleeing Ukraine. Each day, they are feeding up to 8,750 people!
Kahului Baptist Church in
#Maui
is embodying Christ's love as they step up to serve their community in the midst of tragedy. 💛
They've launched a shelter aiding those affected by the wildfires and are offering showers, laundry services and essential supplies to those in need.
Rejoice! There have been 576 gospel conversations and 139 professions of faith so far during the Southern Baptist relief efforts after
#HurricaneLaura
. Pray for SDBR volunteers as they continue to bring not only physical healing, but also spiritual healing to the community.