Brandon Elrod

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Members of Bethany Baptist Church in North Little Rock, Ark., stared down the barrel of a problem facing hundreds of churches in the United States. The community around them had changed. Their church had not, and now, they were on the precipice of seeing their church fold.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Sharing your faith with others can be one of the most daunting aspects of Christian practice. Believers regularly express concerns that they might say something wrong.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In 2025, Send Relief’s ministry footprint stretched from neighborhoods shaken by wildfires to communities rebuilding after hurricanes, from U.S. cities mobilizing volunteers to international partners providing care amid war and natural disasters.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. –- For the fourth consecutive year, 2025 saw Southern Baptists increase baptisms and plant at least 600 new churches while surpassing $70 million given to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) for the third consecutive year to support the worth of North American missionaries.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth released a video Tuesday evening (Dec. 16) announcing immediate changes to directives given to military chaplains.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – To reach North America with the Gospel, churches need to raise up and send missionaries into cities, towns and communities who will engage their neighbors with the Gospel, make disciples and start new churches. In 2025, dozens of Send Network One Day events sought to foster a movement of churches to zero in on that task.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Tras el impacto devastador del huracán Melissa en la parte occidental de Jamaica después de que tocara tierra el 28 de octubre, los líderes de Respuesta ante desastres de Send Relief llegaron el pasado fin de semana para comenzar las evaluaciones de daños y desplegar recursos.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Following Hurricane Melissa’s destructive impact on the western portion of Jamaica after the storm’s Oct. 28 landfall, Send Relief disaster response leaders arrived to begin damage assessments and deploy resources this past weekend.

ATLANTA – Southern Baptists recognized Student Baptism Sunday Oct. 26 during a season in American religious life when church attendance among young people has been on the rise.

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. – During the Annual Gathering of the Baptist Convention of New York (BCNY) Sept. 26-27, executive director-treasurer Frank Williams shared news of Send Network New York, a new agreement between the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) church planting arm and the BCNY.