CBF field personnel are exploring construction methods that would make homes in Indonesia more resistant to earthquakes, which frequently impact the region and destroy homes. CBF photo.
ATLANTA – As earthquake recovery efforts continue in Indonesia, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has widened the reach of its disaster response ministries to include Bosnia, El Salvador and Mexico.
The Fellowship provided $3,000 for food and firewood in Bosnia, where the funds will help the poorest people survive the harsh winter. The combination of rising utility costs and unemployment over the past year has created need in this area, where CBF has supported ministry previously.
In Mexico, the Fellowship provided $2,500 to victims of flooding in the Tabasco region, where some areas were underwater for more than 10 days. According to Associated Press reports, floodwaters forced more than 40,000 people from their homes. The funds are being utilized by local ministry groups such as the Mexico Baptist Convention.
In El Salvador, where Hurricane Ida made landfall in early November and killed more than 190 people, the Fellowship has contributed $5,000 to aid victims. The funds were provided to two Baptist conventions in the country: Asociacion Bautista de El Salvador and Federacion Bautista de El Salvador.
Recovery efforts continue in Indonesia, following major earthquakes in late September and early October. CBF field personnel are exploring ways to help local residents rebuild houses that have a better chance of surviving future earthquakes.
Financial contributions to relief and recovery efforts for the earthquake can be made online at www.thefellowship.info/Give/Donate.aspx?fund=17016. Because disasters can happen anywhere and at anytime, the Fellowship also has a general disaster response fund that provides immediate emergency relief. Contributions can be made at https://www.thefellowship.info/Give/Donate.aspx?fund=DR. Gifts by mail can be sent to Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, P.O. Box 101699, Atlanta, GA 30392, indicating fund No. 17016 "Earthquake Response” or No. 17000 “Disaster Response.”
CBF is a fellowship of Baptist Christians and churches who share a passion for the Great Commission and a commitment to Baptist principles of faith and practice. The Fellowship’s mission is to serve Christians and churches as they discover and fulfill their God-given mission.