Anna Skudarnova

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – On March 4-6, 217 newly endorsed church planters from 30 U.S. states, four Canadian Provinces and Puerto Rico gathered at the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) building in Alpharetta for Send Network Orientation, an event that kickstarts planters’ journeys by immersing them in Send Network’s values.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — This fall, Send Network One Day events are coming to cities across North America in an effort to catalyze a movement around the Great Commission.

When Jacob and Makenzie Goble settled in their seats at NAMB’s Send Luncheon during the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annual Meeting this past June, they had no idea they were in for an unexpected surprise.

PETAH TIKVA, Israel (BP) -- Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel one year ago, Send Relief has been working with Christians and churches in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. The generosity of Southern Baptists has provided hot meals and basic food boxes, medical supplies, trauma counseling and even bomb shelters, impacting more than 22,000 survivors of the war.

TORONTO – Kesevan Balasingham knows firsthand that he doesn’t have to look far from his Toronto home to find a mission field. It’s because he was once part of the mission field.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – More than 200 church planters represented 189 Sending Churches at Send Network’s most recent orientation for newly endorsed church planters April 15-17. Five different languages were spoken among the planters, who hailed from 24 U.S. States and two Canadian provinces.

PORT JEFFERSON STATION, N.Y. — When Michael (Mike) Rubino started attending Calvary Baptist Christian School on Long Island as a fourth-grade student, he never imagined God would one day call him to pastor the church that housed the school and then craft a vision for church multiplication.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia – When a group of eight Send Network church planters traveled to Bogotá, Colombia, to learn from and work alongside International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries for a week, they had no idea the kind of lasting impact their collaboration could bring.

KYIV, Ukraine (BP) — For Luba, the pain of the past two years is hard to put into words. Her husband was killed when their house in Bakhmut, Ukraine, was bombed, and Luba was forced to flee her homeland. But thanks to Send Relief partners who helped her along the way, Luba says she now believes in God because she’s seen His love in the people who helped her. 

SAN DIEGO (BP) -- A year and a half into church planting, Daniel Carter was ready to quit. The members of his church were being deployed or assigned to different military bases all around the country faster than new disciples were taking their spots, and he and his wife, Rachelle, were left to stare at the empty seats.