St. Louis Ministry Center

Located in the gateway to the Midwest, Send Relief’s ministry center in St. Louis is dedicated to mobilizing individuals and churches to meet tangible needs in the city through training opportunities and mission trips.

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Strengthen Communities

Overview

In partnership with the St. Louis Metro Association, some of the crucial missional work being done at the center includes helping urban communities struggling with poverty and education disparity. Volunteers can expect to be involved in prayer walking, meeting physical and spiritual needs of the refugee community, distributing food to those in need and sharing the gospel with the next generation of leaders.

 

What We Do

Send Relief’s St. Louis Ministry Center, located in Ferguson, Missouri, collaborates with churches, volunteers and community leaders to address poverty, housing instability, food insecurity and the needs of refugees. By providing resources, training and compassionate ministry, the center seeks to embody the love and service of Jesus in the community. Focused on strengthening communities and protecting children and families, the center operates with a vision to inspire and equip churches for gospel-centered compassion ministries. It engages in partnerships to learn about local needs. It develops strategies for community service, including efforts to address the affordable housing crisis and support the large refugee population in St. Louis.

Leadership

Kale Uzzle

Originally from Marion, Illinois, Kale Uzzle has lived in Saint Louis since 2005. After graduating from Saint Louis University, he spent nearly a decade working in campus ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, planting campus chapters and overseeing staff development on campuses throughout the metro area. In 2017, he began working for the Saint Louis Metro Baptist Association, a network of 80+ churches committed to developing leaders and sending them on mission in Saint Louis and around the world. He oversaw mission team recruitment and deployment for five years in this role before the association entered into a partnership with Send Relief in 2022 with the addition of the Saint Louis Ministry Center.

When he is not serving as the Site Director for the Saint Louis Ministry Center, Kale enjoys spending time with his wife, Emily, and their three daughters. He is also working toward his Master of Divinity degree at Covenant Theological Seminary in Saint Louis.