FAQ: Haiti and IMB

Do we have personnel in Haiti and are they safe?

IMB does not currently have personnel living in Haiti. IMB is continuing to work with Baptist partners who have direct ministries there.

What is being done to help after the earthquake?

IMB’s human needs partner, Baptist Global Response, is coordinating relief efforts with other Baptist partners. The Florida Baptist Convention has many ongoing ministries with Haiti and will be the primary coordinator of the Southern Baptist response there.

I want to be involved. How can I go? Give? Pray?

Assessments have begun and there will be more specific information forthcoming.

Meanwhile, you can pray for those who have lost loved ones in this disaster. Pray that as relief is provided for physical needs, opportunities will also arise for meeting spiritual needs.

Give?

Relief efforts are going to be costly. If you want to give online, please go to imb.org, click on giving, and click on human needs. 100% of your donation will be used in to provide relief; no funds will be used for administration or promotion.

Go?

Assessments have begun and we will have more information in the next several hours. As you may have heard on news reports, there is a need to make sure aid from all sources is coordinated so that all individuals will receive the help they need.

Information will be posted on imb.org later today and in following days about any specific needs.

A18C Association Training at NOBA

The Acts 1:8 Challenge is conducting a special training event for associational directors of missions all day Monday, Jan. 11, prior to the start of the Network of Baptist Associations (NOBA) Associational Summit 2010.

The event is being held to train directors of missions and Acts 1:8 Challenge state coordinators around the new Acts 1:8 Challenge Association Process.

Included in the training will be an overview of the Acts 1:8 association process, best practices of directors of missions who have implemented Acts 1:8 in their associations, and an overview of Acts 1:8 tools that are available.

Trainers include Jeff Thompson, director of missions of Concord Baptist Association, Fort Smith, Ark.; Sid Hopkins, director of missions of Gwinnett Metro Baptist Association, Lawrenceville, Ga.; and Duane Kuykendall, director of missions of the Catawba Valley Baptist Association, Hickory, N.C.

Training will be videotaped and made available via NOBA's eQuip training portal.

More information is available by email at actsone8challenge@gmail.com.