Crossover reaches a city in need

Outreach events in New Orleans were held the weekend before the Annual Meeting, including building new playgound in a needy neighborhood, and hosting multiple block parties. There were 12,180 participants, 3,487 gospel conversations, and 336 professions of faith. “Wherever we go, whatever we do, we’ve got to focus on the message that Jesus saves,” said NAMB’s Tim Dowdy

Chitwood shared his experience in Ukraine, where the partnership of Southern Baptists has provided help for refugees displaced by ongoing war. Giving has helped fund more than 120 relief projects in the area, impacting more than 1.5 million people, he said.

The war in Ukraine has also affected global food supplies, cutting off needed resources in sub-Saharan Africa, Wright said. Because Send Relief’s operational costs are covered by NAMB and IMB, 100% of funds given to Send Relief go to ministry, he noted.

“It’s a wonderful way to show the love of God in action as we win the right to be heard to share the good news of Jesus Christ,” Wright said. Most of all, we are a gospel ministry. We’re not a humanitarian organization. We are a gospel ministry to share the good news of Jesus Christ.”

– IB staff, with additional reporting from TAB Media and RNS