By Brandon Elrod (ALPHARETTA, Ga.)—In recent months, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) has been diligently responding to both national and local crises across North America: two major hurricanes in the…
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NEW YORK—The lights were on. The chairs laid out. The sermon practiced and prepared. All of this, and only one person came. This happened many years ago, but I still…
By Colleen Smith She was nodding like most of them do. She could barely stand. My eyes saw a woman who’d appeared to have lost herself, but my heart recognized…
Editor’s Note: Story was updated Nov. 19 to include latest information regarding the death and destruction toll. By Brandon Elrod PARADISE, Ca.—Members of Paradise Ridge Southern Baptist Church have asked…
By Brandon Elrod As a writer, I hate to use cliché phrases. There are some things in life, however, that can only be described adequately by way of common analogies….
By Brandon Elrod (ALPHARETTA, Ga.)—For more than 50 years, Southern Baptists have been providing disaster relief to the United States and its territories after the gravest of tragedies. Whether it…
BALTIMORE—I’m sitting across from two boys at a doughnut shop. If you knew these boys, you’d understand this is a big deal. They are little balls of fire—so full of…
By Brandon Elrod (SUSUPE, Saipan)—Typhoon Yutu overwhelmed a U.S. territory last week, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), which is part of the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention (HPBC). Southern…
By Brandon Elrod (PANAMA CITY, Fla.)—On Thursday morning, Oct. 25, Vice President Mike Pence, his wife, Karen, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott visited Hiland Park Baptist Church in Panama City,…
By Laura Sikes Linda Mills, 70, has served others in her community for 42 years by hosting Sunday lunches from her cozy home in Havelock, N.C. Her humble service has…