The North American Mission Board (NAMB) has purchased two mobile clinics — one for dental services, the other for general medical needs — that will be used as part of its new Send Relief compassion ministry. Both units will be used during Send Relief ministry events in the St. Louis area in the days leading up to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting.
The clinics will be fitted with state-of-the-art equipment and can be utilized as part of outreach and service events for under-served communities. The units will be part of NAMB’s ongoing Send Relief ministry and also will be available to churches, associations, state conventions and other Southern Baptist entities that want to use them as part of their own ministry events.
David Melber, NAMB’s vice president for Send Relief, said, “We recognize that not everyone will be a church planter or a pastor. We have medical professionals and dental professionals in our churches. This will be an outlet not only for them as an outreach activity but, in a more expanded view, these will give churches an opening to do other outreach projects in the community.”
The two units will be parked outside of the America’s Center, the location of the SBC annual meeting in St. Louis on June 14–15.
X-ray, operatory room
The units will provide everything medical professionals need to do basic health care and dental care in a mobile setting. The dental clinic will include an X-ray machine and two dental operatory rooms. The medical clinic will include two exam rooms, a bathroom, a waiting room and an intake area.
Melber said the clinics can be used to build bridges into a community or build credibility for the group planning the outreach.
For more information about Send Relief, visit www.namb.net/sendrelief, or to reserve the mobile clinics, email Judy Cape at jcape@namb.net.
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