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California Baptists feed Los Angeles fire responders and survivors, deploy chaplain teams

NEW By Brandon Elrod, posted January 17, 2025

LOS ANGELES – California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) began providing meals at an area disaster relief hub Wednesday, Jan. 15, and deployed two chaplain teams to provide spiritual support to survivors of the fires.

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California Baptists feed Los Angeles fire responders and survivors, deploy chaplain teams

California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) director Kendrick Neal and a young volunteer prepare crisis response buckets that were put together by volunteers at the California Southern Baptist Convention’s offices in Fresno, Calif. to support the SBDR response to the fires in Los Angeles. Send Relief provided funds to purchase the supplies. CSBC photo

By Brandon Elrod, posted January 17, 2025 in Disaster Relief, Send Relief

About 1,400 runners and volunteers are expected to participate in the 2025 "Let Freedom Run" MLK 5K Drum Run kicking off Jan. 20 at 9 a.m. at First Baptist Church Doraville, Ga., which is hosting the 14th annual event the fourth consecutive year in 2025. Marching bands will motivate runners with drumming for the length of the run. Facebook event photo

By Diana Chandler, posted January 17, 2025 in Churches and Ministry, National News, Racial Reconciliation

DORAVILLE, Ga. (BP) – The charge to “Let Freedom Run” typically spices Pastor Bill Kelly’s devotion at the annual Martin Luther King 5K Drum Run kicking off Jan. 20 from First Baptist Church of Doraville, he told Baptist Press in advance of the 14th annual community event.

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By Scott Barkley, posted January 17, 2025 in ERLC

NASHVILLE (BP) — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and partners are celebrating the rollback of proposed Biden administration rules – one set connected to foreign aid grants and the other potentially forcing employers to grant abortifacients against their will.

Rees Morgan, (back center in hat) poses with members of the Koyanke people group. Morgan, a Project 3000 explorer, was tasked with finding this people group. IMB Photo

By Tessa Sanchez, posted January 17, 2025 in International Mission Board

Sometimes, finding unreached people groups means getting your truck stuck in a riverbed, driving 12 hours and traveling to village after village after village, asking if anyone knows anything about an unengaged and unreached people group.

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By SWBTS Staff, posted January 17, 2025 in Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

FORT WORTH, Texas – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary released today the institution’s most recent Composite Financial Index (CFI) score of +3.0, an “objective” metric that “quantifies the significant progress made in the past 28 months,” President David S. Dockery said in a statement.