We have all been grieving over the events surrounding the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army on February 24, 2022. For me, it is especially personal. Our family served in Kiev, Ukraine for ten years helping plant churches and training church leaders. Because of dedicated Baptist mission work, churches in Ukraine were some of
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Southern Baptists are responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. The compassion ministry organization of the North American and International Mission Boards (NAMB and IMB) is “Send Relief.” Send Relief is responding through partners on the ground (national and other trusted partners). They continue to ramp up response to this major
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We are very pleased to announce that Susan Peugh is now the third director in the 33-year history of SCBC Disaster Relief. Peugh (pronounced PEW) is uniquely qualified to lead in DR ministries. At a recent meeting with DR leaders, she stated that she could see God bringing together her various past ministry experiences to
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Randy Creamer, director of Disaster Relief for the South Carolina Baptist Convention (SCBC) since 2014, announced his retirement last fall, effective at the end of January 2022. An Anderson native, Creamer served as pastor of three SC Baptist churches for a total of 23 years, during which time he was a DR volunteer and coordinator.
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Following the devastating tornadoes in Kentucky in December, KY Baptist Disaster Relief responded in several towns, including Mayfield. They asked adjacent states to assist but did not request help from states further away. Per the agreement between all state conventions that DR teams do not deploy across state lines unless requested by the affected state,
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