Send Network hosts 200+ new church planters, Sending Lab for pastors
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.
Revitalized New York church transforms into church-planting powerhouse
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.
Send Relief, IMB, Send Network: Kingdom collaboration bolsters Colombian church’s growth
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.
Two years into Russia’s war on Ukraine, Send Relief partners persevere
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.
California church plant sees stories of redemption in military community
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.
Brothers row across Atlantic for 37 Days to raise money for Send Relief
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- When Timothy Hamilton texted his brothers a link to the World’s Toughest Row endurance race with the suggestion that they should participate together, not all his brothers were easily convinced. But three years later, on Jan. 19, 2024, Hamilton, his brothers Trent and Thomas, and their nephew Ben Clark were the third team to cross the finish line after 37 days of rowing in a 30-foot-long boat across the Atlantic, raising thousands of dollars for Send Relief’s work among Afghan refugees.
One year after death, Clint Clifton’s legacy continues through son’s new church plant
CRESTVIEW, Fla. – During his lifetime, Clint Clifton asked many individuals to consider planting a church, but his son Noah wasn’t one of them.
Send Network event shows churches the next step in planting
NEW ORLEANS (BP) — Send Network, the North American Mission Board’s church planting arm, hosted pastors and church leaders Monday, June 12, at its NEXT event, which highlighted the kingdom impact local churches can make through church planting.
Southern Baptists provide food, shelter, generators as Ukraine enters winter during war
LVIV, Ukraine (BP) — Russia’s repeated attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid have plunged roughly 10 million Ukrainians into darkness and cold as the winter months have closed in. Donations through Send Relief, the Southern Baptist compassion ministry, are providing churches across Ukraine and Eastern Europe with food, generators and resources to house refugees during this critical season of ministry.
