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ries, providing care and praying with them. Sometimes the chaplains sit and help homeowners sort through the items left in the wreckage of their homes. That’s a hard process. Our goal is to deploy a chaplain with every team from Ohio. These teams are better equipped to meet what- ever needs they encounter. You never know the long-term impact of serving people affected by disaster. The people you serve are impact - ed and you are impacted as a volunteer. New Career Opportunity Executive Director, Ohio Baptist Foundation
The mission is ultimately to follow the directives of Je- sus to go out into the harvest fields whether those fields are behind your church, across the country or around the world. The mission of OHDR is to bring help, hope and heal- ing. Let us do the work and let God bring the harvest.
Northeast Ohio Pastors Visit Southeast Florida By Stephen Owens, Northeast Region catalyst The Ohio Baptist Foundation is officially accepting resumes for the position of Executive Director. This is initially a new part-time position. Please visit www.scbo.org/obf to learn more and view a job description. If you are prayerfully interested, please send your resume to our Ohio Baptist Foundation Interim Executive Director, Dr. Jeremy Westbrook at jwestbrook@scbo.org.
Hey Northeast Region family, I pray that 2025 has started well for you.
• Ethnic populations of Hispanics and Haitians are continuing to expand in the region. • Miami-Dade County is the most populous county in Florida, and over 50% of its population was born outside of the United States. Because of the immense diversity in southeast Flor- ida in language and heritage, it can be a great first step for those interested in doing foreign missions. Looking ahead, I’m praying that God will increasing- ly knit our fellowship together with southeast Florida and we will see northeast Ohio and southeast Flori- da associations and churches partnering together to reach more people for Jesus. I hope you will join me in this prayer because both regions are ripe for harvest. To reap the harvest we need to partner with our brothers and sisters in Flori- da for the glory of King Jesus. Be on the lookout for information coming from your association on how you and your church can get in- volved in what God is doing between these two re- gions. If I can be of assistance, please feel free to reach out to me at sowens@scbo.org.
A new year brings new opportunities and challenges but with the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, we will be able to seize some of those oppor- tunities and stand strong against the challenges we may face. One of those opportunities is for us to build on our partnership with southeast Florida. On January 8-10, several Northeast Region pastors and I traveled to southeast Florida for a Vision Trip. We visited three associations, Broward, Miami-Dade, and the Florida Keys, and spent time with some amazing pastors who are serving the Lord and their communities. This was a great time of learning, fel- lowship, and encouragement. We learned the following facts about our partner re- gion in Florida: • An estimated 6 million people live in Southeast Flor - ida, from West Palm Beach to Miami. • Approximately 200 languages are spoken in this re - gion. It is truly a melting pot.
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