In January of 2024, the Baptist Resource Network’s Disaster Relief began to promote a big, bold campaign that we call Building Our Future. The purpose of Building Our Future is to engage all of our churches and Disaster Relief volunteers in raising funds to build the BRN Response and Relief Center to:
- be a Northeast U.S. hub for staging materials and supplies for rapid disaster response and relief needs, thereby supporting communities affected by natural disasters and community crisis
- house, maintain, and shelter Disaster Relief equipment and assets from the BRN and its partners
- train churches and mission teams in compassion ministry and rapid disaster response, preparing them for designation as a Ready Church
- utilize space for training and mission team lodging
BRN Disaster Relief cannot exist without the personal and material support of BRN churches. So far, with minimal participation, we have raised $140,000, which gets us almost halfway to building this facility. We also have matching gift commitments of over $75,000 if the same amount is raised at this banquet. An additional $50,000 above the matching gifts will help us complete the building.
In summary, our goal for this fundraising banquet, to be held May 30 at Winfield Baptist Church, 330 PA-304, Winfield, Pa., is to raise a minimum of $125,000 in donations to support the development and enhancement of our facility. Your generous contributions will directly impact our ability to serve your community, PASJ, and beyond, and advance our mission for every BRN church to achieve designation as a Ready Church.
