Ministry Projects and Initiatives
Meet Critical Needs in Times of Crisis
When disaster strikes, your compassion helps families find safety, strength, and hope. Support local churches as they bring urgent help and eternal hope to those on the front lines of suffering.
Venezuela Earthquakes Response
You can bring urgent help and eternal hope to Venezuela.
Middle East Response
Send Relief is working with partners to quickly respond to needs amidst a rapidly unfolding conflict.
Feeding the Hungry in Cuba
When the lights go out, the church shows up. Give Now In communities across Cuba, daily life has become incredibly difficult. Long and repeated power outages have disrupted nearly every part of life. Families are struggling to keep food fresh, access water, charge phones, and care for loved ones. For many parents, elderly neighbors, and
U.S. Storm Response
Winter Storm Response Urgent help. Eternal hope. A historic winter storm is impacting communities across a wide swath of the United States—bringing dangerous cold, snow, ice, and prolonged power outages. As families face uncertainty and vulnerable neighbors are exposed to life-threatening conditions, Send Relief is responding through the local church to bring help, warmth, and
Helping Venezuelans
Send Relief is standing with the people of Venezuela in a moment of uncertainty—through prayer, partnership, and gospel-centered compassion.
Hurricane Melissa Response
Southern Baptists are bringing help and hope as Hurricane Melissa devastates the Caribbean.
Ethnic Violence and Persecution in Nigeria
Urgent Help and Eternal Hope Amid Violence
Myanmar Earthquake
Myanmar experienced a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, the most powerful to hit the country since 1946.
Sudan Crisis
Send Relief is responding to the needs of families impacted by the conflict in Sudan.
Hurricane Helene: From Disaster Relief to Ongoing Recovery
When Hurricane Helene made landfall on September 26, 2024, it left behind more than damaged homes and flooded streets. It disrupted lives, displaced families, and created needs that didn’t disappear when the headlines faded. Today, that work continues. Because recovery takes time. And the Church is still there. A sustained response by the Church In
Russia-Ukraine War
After nearly a decade of conflict, Russia launched a wide-ranging war on Ukraine in February of 2022, causing a catastrophic humanitarian crisis for the Ukrainian people. Right now, there are more than 6.3 million Ukrainian refugees worldwide and another estimated 3.7 million are internally displaced within the country. Those who have been forced to flee
Invest in Sustainable Change
Help churches and ministry partners walk alongside communities in need, creating long-term solutions, restoring dignity, and opening doors for the gospel to flourish.
Lifeline Children’s Services Education
Lifeline Children’s Services’ online library of interactive courses is equipped to serve families, caregivers, church leaders and organizations as they serve vulnerable children. These courses train parents and caregivers to implement gospel-centric care to foster and adoptive children who come from hard places of trauma, loss or neglect. For churches, there are courses that encourage
International Orphan Care
Around the world, many children live apart from their families—not because they are unloved, but because poverty and crisis have pushed families beyond their limits. Send Relief works through local churches to help children grow up where they belong: in safe, loving families. Why Family-based Care Research shows that most children living in orphanages still
Send Relief Affiliate Ministries
Offering help and hope to communities in need across North America.
Family Advocacy Ministry (FAM)
FAM is a step-by-step ministry strategy that helps churches serve and advocate for vulnerable children and families as well as those called to foster and adopt. All FAMs are equipped with ministry software, resources, tutorial, and consultation to launch and sustain their ministries. Send Relief helps churches implement FAMs so they can help bring a
Global Hunger Relief
Serving Hope on Global Hunger Sunday Download GHR Resources Hunger isn’t just a statistic. It’s real people — mothers, fathers, children, and entire communities — waking up each day unsure where their next meal will come from. Right now, hundreds of millions of people around the world are living with food insecurity, struggling under the
Crisis Response
When crisis hits, everything changes in a moment. A family loses their home. A community is shaken. The future suddenly feels uncertain. And in those moments, people aren’t just looking for help. They are looking for hope. Across North America and around the world, crises happen every day. Some make headlines. Many don’t. But every
Backpacks
Backpack Day 2026 Sunday August 2, 2026 UPDATE: Thank you! All 2026 backpacks have been claimed. Although the backpacks provided through Send Relief for Backpack Day 2026 are no longer available to request, your church can still participate by organizing a local backpack outreach. Use the free ministry guide and promotional resources below to help
Clean Water
Without clean water, communities are plagued with disease and dehydration. Through your generosity, Send Relief partners with community leaders and local churches to provide clean water all around the world. Together, we distribute water filters, drill wells, build latrines and offer sanitation training to international communities. When natural disasters strike here at home, Send Relief