





California Southern Baptist Convention
Empowering the vision of churches
Church
Planting
Partnering with churches to discover, develop, and deploy church planters to reach California for Christ.
Evangelism
Preparing churches to be on mission beyond the walls of their buildings.
Church
Matters
Leading churches through the complexities of church life and ministry.
Missions
Resourcing churches to be on mission cross-culturally.
Morning Session Involving Southern Baptists in Disaster Relief This orientation class is required for any new California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer and is recommended for badge renewal….

Morning Session with Dr. Naomi Paget Challenges that DR Chaplains Face Topics covered—complicated traumatic grief, suicidal ideation, conflict and confrontation, moral injury, and topics participants bring…

Why don’t we learn more about suicide – because the thought that we might have to intervene scares us to death! What we know about suicide is, it’s overwhelmingly sad…

An Intro to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief is included in the 16-hour class (2-day in-person training) meeting the basic requirements for receiving a badge as a new disaster relief volunteer…
Operational Stress First Aid (OSFA) is a unique program to teach psychological first aid to disaster relief volunteers and others who are susceptible to stress injury. Developed by the Department…

This in person training is open to new volunteers, volunteers needing to renew a badge and current volunteers desiring additional training. The Disaster Relief Chainsaw Training will take place at…

This 2-day DR Chaplaincy Manual course is related to non-threatening spiritual care and emotional support for disaster survivors and team members. This discipline also provides resources for effective coping, stress…

Morning Session “Introduction to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief” This orientation class is required for any new California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer and is recommended for badge renewal. Upon completion…