In 2025, we had 16 incident responses; including three out of country, one out of state and twelve in California. Our volunteers served for 24,000+ hours and 10,000+ meals were prepared and served to individuals and families in crisis.
CSBDR distributed 167 Bibles.
2025 STATISTICS
2025 STATISTICS
This year, we trained over 700 volunteers in California and Nevada and provided 7 training opportunities at churches across California. During CSBDR deployments in 2025, 17 individuals made professions of faith, choosing to follow Jesus after encountering His love through disaster relief ministry.
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.