In 2024, we had 17 deployments; including one overseas, six out of state and ten in California. Our volunteers served for 4,587.3 hours and made 1,312 ministry contacts. CSBDR distributed 88 Bibles. We had LAC deployments, Feeding deployments, Chainsaw and Clean Up deployments.
2024 STATISTICS
2024 STATISTICS
In 2024, we shared about California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief with 102 pastors and churches! We trained 200 volunteers in California and Nevada and provided 8 training opportunities at churches across California.
DISASTER RELIEF STORIES
KENDRICK NEAL
Director, California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief
Kendrick is a former Marine who after 13 years of service, resigned his commission to serve a faith-based organization serving in closed and hazardous locations around the world. In 2013 Kendrick accepted a call to be an Executive Pastor in San Diego and connected with CSBDR where he also served as a San Diego Police Chaplain. In 2023, the Executive Board elected Kendrick as the Director for California Disaster Relief.
Kendrick has a Master of Arts and Religion from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, VA and is currently working on his DMin through Gateway Seminary. He and his high school sweetheart, Melissa, married in 2001, and they have three children, Isaac, Selah, and Max.