Turkey’s disaster agency has appealed for help from the international community as it conducts search and rescue operations in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Send Relief, Southern Baptists’ compassion ministry organization, is coordinating a response and has deployed initial assessment teams. Send Relief has released funds to those teams for …
In the 2021-2022 school year, there were 1,161 international teachers from 40 countries teaching in South Carolina and the numbers are rising. These teachers arrive with only 2 suitcases and limited funds to rent and furnish an apartment and find transportation. Many spend several years sleeping on the floor or an air mattress. Some have …
Stony Fork Church – January 2022 One of our main efforts in our partnership with Mount Holly Elementary School is teacher/staff encouragement. (We also include the custodial and cafeteria staff in our encouragement.) As a part of this initiative, we arranged to have the Coffee Bus from Knowledge Perk in the parking lot when the …
A lifetime Florida resident, Jose Sanchez says he was “blessed to be helped with the removal of wet tile and drywall” after the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian impacted him on a personal level. Although his house was built per flood regulations in Florida, he says “this has turned out to be about five feet …
Pastor Dan Fogle of Rosemary Baptist Church in Wiliston, South Carolina led a Chainsaw Unit from the Barnwell Bamberg Baptist Association to Arcadia, Florida after the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian. Teams worked on tarping roofs and moving and cutting up debris left in the storm’s wake. “We’re doing this to honor our Lord and …
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Each year, over 100 volunteers convene in Columbia to pack bags for the Christmas Prisoner Packet ministry, a branch of the SERVE Team at the SCBaptist Convention. This year, 130 volunteers received over 23,000 packets and processed 17,500 of those packets. Volunteers come from all across the state, through various ministries and churches. Among the …
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Regina Ray is from the upstate of South Carolina. After hearing about a Disaster Relief training session a couple of years ago, something moved within her spirit. “I felt like this is what I’m supposed to do,” she said. Since then, she’s been deployed with a DR team five times, most recently to Florida after …
Two state-wide Disaster Relief Trainings are scheduled for this year. April 1, 2023 – Northwood Baptist Church, North Charleston. Details and registration will be available online by mid-January. October 14, 2023 – Catawba Baptist Church, Rock Hill Additionally, the following specialized trainings will be held: Chaplain training – May 19-20, 2023. Because of the specialized …
