Send Relief Staff

Sex trafficking is one of the world’s most underreported crimes. Victims rarely disclose their abuse because they have often been threatened or coerced into staying silent. In order to help these victims, understanding the signs and symptoms that might indicate someone is being trafficked is of the utmost importance.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — According to church planter James Martinez, Brownsville is a border town like no other. “It’s in the middle of nowhere, and it’s a world that’s neither Mexico nor the United States. It’s like its own country with its own culture,” he said. “And everybody who leaves Brownsville says, ‘I’m never going to come back.’”

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – Each year thousands of Southern Baptists don gold shirts and load into trucks, vans and semis to roll out in response to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires and a host of other calamities, bringing tangible help and the hope of the Gospel to people in times of crisis. “Serve Sunday,” this Sunday, August 11, reminds Southern Baptists that no matter their skill or experience level, there is a place for everyone to carry out the Great Commission through acts of service.

The trio struggled up the stairs of city hall in an Armenian village. The mother heard a medical team from the United States was seeing patients for free. She would do anything to have these doctors look at her 20-year-old son with cerebral palsy – like carrying him, along with a neighbor, almost a mile from her home.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In a statement posted on Wednesday, Feb. 21, Send Relief leaders reaffirmed the relief organization’s commitment, announced in June 2022, to provide up to $3 million in funds for the Southern Baptist Convention’s efforts in sexual abuse prevention and response and compassionate care for survivors, but clarified the funds would not be used to fund an organization outside the SBC.

TEL AVIV, Israel (BP) – In the midst of the harrowing Israel-Hamas War, Baptist Village near Tel Aviv, Israel, stands as a beacon of resilience and compassion, dedicated to healing the wounds of displacement.

TEL AVIV, Israel – As Israel continues air strikes against Hamas in Gaza in the wake of the terrorist organization’s brutal, October 7 surprise attack, an estimated 60,000 Israelis and 1 million Palestinians have been displaced as war ravages the 141 square-mile region.

With the conflict expected to rage for some time, Send Relief is working with partners in the area to quickly respond to needs of the thousands of Jews and Arabs reeling from the effects of war and displacement.

“Send Relief’s partners in Morocco immediately began providing urgently needed help and supplies within hours..."

SOUTHERN TURKEY (BP) – Send Relief President Bryant Wright is on the ground amid the rubble and devastation caused by a major earthquake in Turkey and northern Syria. In a video released Feb. 11, he urged Southern Baptists to give and to pray.