Send Relief names Francis Horton VP of international operations

Send Relief announced Francis K. Horton III as its new vice president overseeing operations outside North America on April 2.

Horton brings more than 20 years of international missions and relief experience to his new role. Since 2016, Horton has served as regional director for West Africa with Samaritan’s Purse, leading the work of offices in three countries. From 2008 to 2015, Horton was area director for Central and South Asia with Baptist Global Response. In that role, Horton implemented community development, disaster response and refugee projects in 16 countries.

Horton earned a bachelor of science degree from Mississippi State University and a Juris Doctor from Mississippi College School of Law.

The announcement comes one month after the International Mission Board and the North American Mission Board announced Bryant Wright will lead Southern Baptists’ national and international compassion ministries under the banner of Send Relief. (BP)