By Brandon Elrod (PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — “Awesome, raw power. Wind and flying debris and trees coming down.” Jean Bartlett remembers the fury of Hurricane Michael like it was yesterday….
By Brandon Elrod (OMAHA, Neb.)— Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) leaders have established several sites in the Midwest to respond to historic flooding that has created at least $3 billion…
BEAUREGARD, ALA.—Tornadoes strike with little notice, changing the world in a matter of minutes. For this Alabama town of close to 11,000 residents, they had only 12 minutes to escape…
By Brandon Elrod KANSAS CITY (BP) – Toward the beginning of every year, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) leaders from across North America gather to assess the previous year, discuss…
by Zac Minton Sadness. Hurt. Brokenness. Tensions. Abortion. Suicide. My heart is heavy. I know people have many different ideas, and I’m not oblivious to think that everyone believes like…
They try to take the lives of the vulnerable. They seek to control, to buy and to sell human beings. They are human traffickers, and they are some of the…
Kay Bennett is the director of Baptist Friendship House in New Orleans, a ministry working with homeless women and children who are easy prey for human traffickers. We sat down…
LARAMIE, WYOMING— *Cassie was trafficked from age 14 to 27. She wound up in a hospital in the United Kingdom, paralyzed for three days before she caught her literal train…
By Brandon Elrod (ALPHARETTA, Ga.)—When the calendar turns to a New Year, it is easy for the trials and headlines of the previous year to quickly fade from memory. Hundreds…
ATLANTA—“Let’s face it. No one is sex trafficking anyone at Mary Kay Conventions,” said a passionate Lisa Thompson. And she would know. As vice president of policy and research for…