Declaring “you have been sent by the Father,” North American Mission Board (NAMB) President Geoff Hammond and other NAMB leaders commissioned 108 missionaries and chaplains to the North American missions field during a celebration service at First Baptist Church, New Orleans.
In 1845, Southern Baptists created the Domestic Mission Board in large part to reach and minister to people in the city of New Orleans — at the time, the largest city in the South.
“We were the city singled out in 1845 because we were so special,” said David Crosby, senior pastor of First, New Orleans.
In this city where 2005’s Hurricane Katrina still hovers as a prominent backdrop to so many things, Crosby thanked NAMB and Southern Baptists for the many ministry efforts that have focused on the city in the last three years.
“New Orleans is still a missions field,” he said during the Oct. 6 service. (BP)
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