Relief workers help fatherless, desperate in quake-ridden Turkey
November 23rd, 2011
In Turkey, quake survivors risk their lives in the cold for fear of being indoors. Relief workers take hope to the desperate.
Health Care Connections
Rescue the perishing
Health care is an integral part of meeting human needs – and the need is overwhelming. Diarrheal diseases kill about 2 million small children each year. About 4 million people die each year from acute respiratory infections such as influenza and pneumonia. A full 45 percent of deaths in poor communities of Southeast Asia and Africa are caused by infectious diseases. One-third of the world’s population does not have access to essential drugs. In many countries of sub-Saharan Africa, there are fewer than three doctors per 10,000 people. When God has given us the skills and tools to help, how can we not reach out in love and rescue those who are perishing?
A healing touchAll around the world, Southern Baptists are engaged in healing ministry – bringing physical, mental, and spiritual wholeness to hurting, suffering people. We follow the example of Jesus, who modeled healing ministry and commanded his followers to care for “the least of these.” Baptist Global Response offers opportunities for medical ministries that allow health care professionals to live out the compassion of Christ with people in need. BGR does this in partnership with a variety of groups, such as Global Medical Alliance/International Mission Board, Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship, Christian Medical and Dental Associations, Medical Missions Response, as well as many others.
You can help!Health care professionals like you can make a difference in any number of ways. You can pray for health needs and health care projects. You can find out what is going on in health care ministries around the world. Become aware of the needs. As you learn about needs, make yourself available if God asks you to go with a medical team or to a medical institution. You can be involved in patient care, public health projects or medical education. You also can become equipped to respond when disaster strikes.
For more information:Contact Rebekah Naylor at rnaylor@gobgr.org or visit www.gobgr.org
Our healthcare ministry partnersInternational Mission Board, SBC
P.O. Box 6767
Richmond, VA 23230
(800) 999-3113
www.imb.org
medicalmissions@imb.org
Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship
4209 Royal Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73108=2033
(405) 606-7027
www.bmdf.org
bmdf@bmdf.org
Medical Missions Response
P.O. Box 57011
Oklahoma City OK 73157-7011
(866) 667-8996
www.mmronline.org
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Turkey earthquake update 11/21/2011
November 21st, 2011A BGR-trained aid worker in Istanbul is working through trusted locals to provide relief to hundreds of people. Your support is helping address the need for shelter, medical care and the feeding of families.
Volunteers transcend Haiti’s heartbreak
April 21st, 2010She doesn’t remember much, but Louphine Demorcy won’t ever forget the sound—like a runaway freight train roaring beneath her
When it comes to engaging a world in need, we value prayer above everything else. But Jesus specifically commanded his followers to "Go," and Baptist Global Response (BGR) encourages God's people to personally take the love of Christ to people in need. Each project described below includes contact info to learn more about how volunteers can help. General information about volunteering through BGR can be obtained by e-mailing info@gobgr.org.
List of Current Needs:
Central Asia Nurse Training
February 9th, 2012Nurse Training - second year of a two year curriculum
Karbala Child Help Center
January 16th, 2012Teaching in kindergarten and preschool, Training in basic hygiene and simple first aid
The Bedouin Project
June 10th, 2011Community Development: Screening Clinics, Ocular Health Clinics, Health Education, Installation of Solar Panels, ESL, Light Construction
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Medical Teams in North Africa
June 17th, 2011Amidst the violence that has spread across North Africa and the Middle East in recent months, a major door has been opened for health care. Teams are being mobilized to work in hospitals at the invitation of local communities. Pray that volunteers will be willing to walk through this open door. Pray for safety. Pray that response will pave the way for future opportunities in this place.
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Videos
Healthcare that empowers
02/02/2012BGR healthcare isn't just about medical needs. We look at the needs of entire communities and respond to them holistically.
Pakistan medical camp
02/25/2011BGR's Francis Horton talks with a physician in a Pakistan Mission Society medical camp about how they are helping survivors of that country's devastating flood.
Print Resources
BGR Healthcare Connection Brochure
June 29th, 2011Health care professionals like you can make a difference in any number of ways. You can pray for health needs and health care projects. You can find out what is going on in health care ministries around the world and become aware of the needs.
