Baptist Global Response (BGR) is an auxiliary ministry of the IMB designed to give Southern Baptists a permanent organization through which they may help meet the needs of the suffering throughout the world. In recent years a series of major disasters has alerted SBC leaders to the need for an on-going means of response as opposed to reactive attempts operating only as needs present themselves.
BGR offers not only a means through which to give donations, but also provides organized opportunities to go and serve (see a list of current opportunities below).
Here is some basic information from the BGR website:
Who We Are
We are a global Southern Baptist relief and development organization with a heart for seeing the poor and suffering have the opportunity to experience a full and meaningful life.
Our Vision
To see people experiencing a full and meaningful life with hope and peace that inspires them to raise their families in confidence, build their communities with dignity and share this life with others.
Who We Respond To
We respond to people with critical needs in the areas of food security, health crises and threats to their quality of life. These needs may arise from acute (disasters) and/or chronic (hunger, poverty, etc.) threats.
Our Objectives
- We will mobilize the influence, prayer, human, and financial resources of Southern Baptists for relief and development worldwide.
- We will equip and connect Southern Baptists with viable relief and development fields worldwide. This will include the equipping of field personnel, stateside partners, national partners and GCC partners. We also will provide a practical means of linking state disaster networks, conventions, associations, churches and individuals with acute and chronic needs.
- We will enhance Southern Baptist relief and development worldwide in a way that complements field workers and strategies. This will be done in a way to increase field ownership of relief and development efforts, assist field strategies with increased and sustainable access, and provide an avenue for better evaluation of relief and development efforts insuring effective stewardship of God’s resources.
- We will lead Southern Baptists in celebration of their relief and development efforts in a way that glorifies God.
- We will help people physically and spiritually.
Here are some projects currently posted on the BGR website:
- AIDS Prevention Training – Southern Sudan
- Sunny Hill Oaza Project – Kosovo
- Jewelry Business Project – Egypt
- Feeding Program with Medical Needs – Macedonia
- Caring Hearts Project – Kazakhstan
- Children’s Feeding Program – India
- Water Testing – India
- Remodel Project for Retirees – Russia
- Molders of the Military Mind (AIDS Training in Military Settings) – Sudan
- Wild, Wild Wut (AIDS Training in Cattle Camps) – Sudan
- Hands On Farming God’s Way – Mali
- Community Development & Leprosy Eradication Project – India
For more information about these projects CLICK HERE.
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