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They didn’t know what to do. The Graffiti team in Coney Island, led by Stephen Trainer,…

The stories begin *Mari grew up in a Muslim family, but her father allowed her to…

“We felt so strongly about you that we were determined to share with you not only…

I’ve spent my career working in social services in four states. I’ve helped families and foster…

by Colleen Smith Ministry is hard. Ministry is even harder when you want to help someone…

ASHLAND—”Don’t forget your hair net,” one volunteer calls out to another. With 29,000 meals being packed…

When Chaplain (CPT) Robert Boyles was in his second phase of the US Army Ranger School…

Ryan and Kayla North have been married 15 years and are adoptive and foster parents living…

Colleen Riddle is the director of Foster Care Ministries for the Florida Baptist Homes for Children….

By Colleen Smith BALTIMORE, Md.—When I chose to leave behind my comfortable row home in one…

By Josie Bingham MISSOURI—Poverty and food insecurity walk hand in hand among various regions in the…

By Trevor Forbis and SR staff GenSend has mobilized hundreds of students to live on mission….

NEW ORLEANS—Emmy Reichart only lived in New Orleans, La., for six weeks. But that was all…

By Josie Bingham UNITED STATES—The opioid crisis is officially a national emergency.The United States is experiencing…

By Josie Bingham PUERTO RICO—It is estimated that by the end of 2019 hurricane-battered Puerto Rico…

By Josie Bingham NASHVILLE—Every February, America celebrates Black History Month, or National African-American History Month, to…

In January 2002, several mutilated survivors celebrated the end of Sierra Leone’s 10-year civil war, free…

“God is the biggest chess player in the whole wide world,” says Native Nigerian Bennett Ekandem…

When James Amar was born, his parent’s wept. Their son’s birth was an answer to quiet,…

By Josie Rabbitt Bingham MINNEAPOLIS—For years, studies have shown that major events like Super Bowl have…

By Josie Rabbitt Bingham ATLANTA—Capped in beanies with hands snug in gloves, around 30 volunteers from…

There’s a reason Jesus loves the little children. In Scripture, He even says the Kingdom of…

When people started showing up at Iglesia Bautista Familia Santurce (Baptist Church of the Family Santurce)…

By Kevin Ezell When I pastored in Louisville, my friend David Melber and his wife, Tera,…

Her eyes brimmed with tears as she approached Jay Watkins. Her family was homeless with Christmas…

From two to four: the Adoption Fund for Ministers When I gave birth to our youngest…

North Avenue in Baltimore is where King Thomas learned to walk. It is where his mother…

Human trafficking is a massive, global problem. It can be overwhelming to the point that one…

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy…

Kay Bennett doesn’t typically spend a lot of time on Bourbon Street—especially not at 2 a.m….

Because people can be sold over and over again every day, human trafficking is the third largest…

In the early days of his church plant, pastor Ryan Weaver and his team at Remedy…

Roy Brown wasn’t sure what to make of the white guy in the storefront window. He…

By Sara Shelton High school student Shamar Smith has been attending Graffiti 2 Community Ministries’ after-school…

By Brandy Rounseville I grew up attending a small town church in rural Mississippi. I was…

By Fanny Pena I used to think of myself as a stereotype. I was a Mexican,…