A coalition of four Black Baptist groups have come together to form a volunteer association whose primary goal is to raise $50 million for Haitian relief.
The Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention, National Baptist Convention USA, Progressive National Baptist Convention of America and the National Missionary Baptist Convention of America make up the African American Baptist Mission Collaboration and Habitat for Humanity, which is “a Christ-led partnership to help rebuild the lives of God’s children in Haiti,” said David Goatley, executive secretary and treasurer for the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention.
The goal of the AABMC is to raise $10 million a year for the next five years so it can invest in five health clinics, 50 schools, 500 churches and 5,000 homes, added Goatley.
Raising the money over the years will be easy if the association is successful at recruiting 10,000 churches to participate in fundraising, Goatley told the Defender.
“If we have 10,000 churches and each one gave a minimum of $1,000 a year that’s more than enough to help the people of Haiti. And $1, 000 can be transforming in Haiti,” he said.
