In ministry to refugees, NAMB Journeyman learned importance of the gospel above all
CLARKSTON, Ga. (BP) – Carrie A. can point to the moment during her experience as a North American Mission Board (NAMB) Journeyman when she realized she was simultaneously in the middle of the Bible Belt and the 10/40 window. The 10/40 window is an area of the world between 10 degrees north latitude and 40…
5 Ways Giving Tuesday Gifts Leave a Long-term Legacy
While you’re still trying to figure out how to use all the leftovers from your Thanksgiving feast, refugees around the world are wondering where they will find their next meal. For only $30, you can provide the answer to that question for a family in crisis. This Giving Tuesday, we wanted to feed 1,000 refugee…
NAMB and Send Relief employees encourage healthcare workers
By Gabriel Stovall It wasn’t hard for Judy Cape to get excited about this opportunity to give back. Cape, a collegiate and volunteer opportunities coordinator, is used to organizing outreach opportunities for people all over North America. But this time, she didn’t have to look any further than her own Send Relief coworkers at the…
Clarkston ministry center served as community’s test site for COVID-19
Volunteers set up to help with the Clarkston Send Relief Ministry Center’s COVID-19 testing drive. More than a dozen volunteers from various organizations came together at Send Relief’s Clarkston ministry center last week to provide testing for 165 local residents. Volunteers suited up and ready for COVID-19 testing in Clarkston. The Send Relief medical unit…
Meeting the Needs: New Orleans, Clarkston ministry centers find ways to serve
When life was “normal” prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kay Bennett logged many hours ministering to victims of human trafficking through the New Orleans ministry center. But since the city has been in quarantine mode, thanks to New Orleans—and all of Louisiana—being one of the epicenters for COVID-19 cases in the United States, that ministry…
Atlanta churches answer call to assist with school meal distribution
By Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA, Ga.—School districts across the nation are striving to continue delivering food to children at risk when school buildings close due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When Fulton County Schools (FCS), the fourth largest school system in Georgia that includes the city of Atlanta, needed assistance with its food distribution program to families…
Metro Atlanta church gives boost to local school’s gift card outreach
When the new coronavirus outbreak shuttered schools, it also cancelled breakfast and lunch for students who live in households that heavily depend on those two meals provided during the school day. Thanks to an already open heart to serve, and a pre-existing connection with Alpharetta Elementary School, First Baptist Church, Alpharetta, was able to be…
Atlanta Volunteers Learn From Newly Arrived Refugees
The following testimonials were given by brothers and sisters who were part of a mission trip to the Atlanta Ministry Center—people who experienced real-life change through hands-on refugee ministries. Brittany, Student Leader from The Summit Church Context: Brittany conducted in-home ESL classes with our neighbors who are new to this country. “I have taught ESL…