Georgia Baptists give nearly $9M to health care ministries By HENRY DURAND, The Christian Index Tuesday, February 25, 2025 DULUTH, Ga. — Helping those who help others is the mission of the Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation. In 2025, the Foundation awarded $8,977,399.43 to support the work of 87 health care ministries across the state. That's an increase of more than 6.5% from last year's total. Larry Wynn, GBHCMF executive director, said, “Our efforts in offering grants to non-profit health care organizations is intended to lighten the burden of those who offer health care services, and those who receive those benefits.” The focus, he added, is on “funding ‘hands-on’ health care ministries.” Grants are awarded to organizations that emphasize compassionate care and unconditional acceptance of those they serve. Among the organizations receiving funding for 2025 are the nursing programs at the state’s three Baptist universities, Brewton-Parker, Shorter, and Truett McConnell. Pregnancy centers, medical and dental clinics, and mobile health ministries across Georgia also received support. Organizations receiving funding reported close to 1,000 salvation decisions in the past year and 25,455 since 2005, when the grant program began. Additionally, foundation-funded clinics that minister to mothers-to-be have saved the lives of more than 25,000 babies that otherwise may not have been carried to full term. The foundation has awarded more than $92 million in grants since its creation. This year’s recipients are: A Beacon of Hope (Ultrasound Machine Upgrade for Enhanced Patient Care): $70,000 Athens Neighborhood Health Center (ANHC Indigent Primary Medical and Dental Care Program): $90,000 Baptist Village Retirement Communities (Charitable Skilled Care Provision): $100,000 Bethesda Community Clinic (Free Mobile Healthcare Program): $90,000 Brewton-Parker College (College of Nursing Program and Scholarship): $150,000 CareLink of Northwest Georgia, Inc. (Primary Care to Uninsured and Underinsured Adults): $30,000 Center for Black Women's Wellness (Medical Care for Indigent Uninsured Adults Project): $60,000 Child Evangelism Fellowship of GA, Inc. (Trustee Grant): $20,000 Christ Community Health Services Augusta (Charitable Primary Care Clinic): $90,000 Christian Women's Center (Trustee Grant): $20,000 Clarkston Community Health Center (Charitable Primary Care Clinic): $75,000 Community Helping Hands Clinic (Free Healthcare for the Indigent Uninsured): $10,000 Community Helping Place (Mobile Medical and Dental Care Clinic): $90,000 Community Whole Health Corp. (Charitable Primary Medical Care Program): $10,000 ConnectAbility (Trustee Grant): $10,000 Consolation Baptist Association (Graham Clinic): $75,000 Coweta Samaritan Clinic (Primary Medical/Dental Clinic): $90,000 Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care (CVC Mammogram Access Program): $90,000 DEO Clinic, Inc. (Charitable Care Clinic Whitfield and Murray Counties): $60,000 East Georgia Healthcare Center Inc. (Charitable Primary Medical Care) $90,000 Ethne Health (Charitable Primary Medical and Dental Care Clinic): $90,000 Extra Special People, Inc. (Trustee Grant): $15,000 Faith Hope & Love Christian Ministries INC.(Charitable Primary Medical Care Clinic): $75,000 Faith In Serving Humanity Medical, Inc. (Medical and Dental Program): $70,000 Fayette C.A.R.E. Clinic. Inc. (Indigent Care Health Program): $80,000 Forsyth Community Clinic (Forsyth Community Clinic Mobile Clinic): $40,000 Free Clinic of Rome (Charitable Primary Medical and Dental Care Clinic): $90,000 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (Home Medical Equipment Program): $60,000 Ga. Baptist Children's Homes (Treatment and Intervention): $100,000 GBMB (GBMB Health Initiatives): $2,500,000 GBMB (GBMB Retiree Health Care Program): $523,399.43 Georgia Charitable Care Network Inc. (Women's Cancer Screening Clinics): $85,000 Georgia Highlands Medical Services (Georgia Highlands Medical Services): $75,000 Giving Health, Inc. (Telehealth Medical Care Clinic): $75,000 Good Health Ministries (Charitable Medical Care Clinic): $70,000 Good News Clinics (Good News for Healthcare): $60,000 Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center (Charitable Primary Health Care Services): $90,000 Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb (Charitable Primary Medical and Dental Care Clinic): $90,000 Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett (Access to Healthcare for Indigent and Uninsured Program): $90,000 Good Shepherd Clinic (Medical Care Clinic): $90,000 Good Shepherd Clinic of Dawson Co. (Charitable Primary Care Clinic): $40,000 Grace Medical Outreach (Charitable Medical Care Clinic): $10,000 Grace Village Medical Clinic, Inc. (Grace Village Medical Clinic): $7,500 GuideStone Financial Resources of the SBC (Mission Dignity Healthcare Program): $198,000 Hands of Hope Clinic (Medical and Dental Services to Henry County's Uninsured): $90,000 Harrisburg Family Healthcare, Inc. (Family Health Care Health Care Services Program): $90,000 Hebron CHC d.b.a. Truth's Community Clinic (Primary Medical and Dental Care Clinic): $40,000 Heirborn Servants (Trustee Grant): $10,000 Hope Clinic, Inc. (Primary Medical Care Clinic): $90,000 Houston County Volunteer Medical Clinic (Primary Medical Care Clinic): $50,000 J.O.Y. Clinic (Primary Healthcare and Dental Care): $50,000 Kingdom Care, Inc. (Medical Care Clinic): $75,000 Lagrange Dental Clinic (Trustee Grant): $20,000 Macon Volunteer Clinic, Inc. (Primary Medical Care Clinic): $90,000 MAP International (Domestic Medicine Program): $82,500 MedCura Health (MedCura Health - Indigent Care): $90,000 MedShare (Surplus Medical Recovery Program): $90,000 Mercy Medical Clinic and Foundation, LLC (The Mercy Ministries): $75,000 MercyMed of Columbus, Inc. (Primary Care Clinic): $100,000 Meridian Ed Res Grp dba Whitefoord Inc. (Whitefoord Health Center and School-Based Health Centers): $75,000 Miracle Making Ministries, Inc. (Druid Park Community Health Center): $90,000 Morehouse School of Medicine HEAL Clinic (Student-led Clinic (MSM H.E.A.L. Clinic)): $75,000 Morganton & Mountaintown Baptist Assoc. (Primary Medical and Dental Clinics): $100,000 Moyo Missions (Trustee Grant): $10,000 North Georgia Pregnancy Services Center (Ultrasound for Dahlonega/Dawsonville Center): $52,500 Northeast Georgia CC (Trustee Grant): $10,000 Our House (Charitable Primary Medical Care Clinic): $90,000 Partnership Health Center (Partnership Health Center Primary Care Access Project): $90,000 Penfield Addiction Ministries Inc. (Operation Compassion): $200,000 Pinnacle Retreat Center (Trustee Grant): $10,000 Rehab and Beyond, Inc. (Indigent Rehabilitative Care Clinic): $20,000 Rehoboth Life Care Ministries, Inc. (Charitable Dental Care Clinic): $75,000 Riley Medical Clinic Charitable Medical Clinic): $30,000 Second Chance Ministry, Inc. (Trustee Grant): $20,000 Ser Familia, Inc. (Fair Oaks Health Clinic): $50,000 Shorter University (School of Nursing Operational Support and Scholarships): $150,000 Southwest Hospice Services (Christian Care): $50,000 St. Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc. (Indigent Primary Care Medical Clinic): $90,000 St. Vincent de Paul Georgia (SVP Statewide No-Cost Community Pharmacy): $90,000 The Good Samaritan Health Center (Charitable Primary Care Clinic): $90,000 The Hearts & Hands Clinic (Primary Medical Care Clinic): $75,000 Troup Cares, Inc. (Free Primary Care Clinic): $60,000 Truett McConnell University (College of Nursing Program and Scholarship): $150,000 TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation (Charitable Cancer Care Clinic): $50,000 Two Rivers Health Clinic (Primary Care Clinic in Effingham County, Georgia): $23,500 Urban Health and Wellness (Primary Medical Care Clinic): $90,000 Willing Helpers Medical, Inc. (Charitable Primary Medical Care): $75,000 --- PHOTOS --- File: 20250225-160625-fb9-GA Baptist Healthcare Foundation 2025 Grant Awards Luncheon-79 copy.jpg Caption: Cheryl Haire receives a check on behalf of the Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett from the Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation. From left, Thomas Hammond, executive director of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, Haire, Larry Wynn, executive director of the GBHCMF, and John Howard, Board chair. The center was one of 87 organizations to receive funding from the Foundation. (Photo/GBHCMF)