The Preparation to Minister

On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, a 600-person civil rights demonstration ended in violence when marchers were attacked and beaten by white state troopers and sheriff’s deputies. The day's events became known as "Bloody Sunday."

January 12, 2023, a horrific tornado left some of Selma’s residents destitute without housing, electricity, and other sustainable items to live comfortably. Pastor Jones announced near the end of January to the Friendship family we would provide comfort relief through donations to serve and support this hard-hit community.

February 24 -25, 2023 A team of 9 persons drove to Selma to deliver 5 pallets of food (1,880 lbs), new clothing items for children, youth, and adults, towels, soap, toiletry items, socks, caps, underwear, pullover shirts, paper towels, toilet paper, laundry detergent, cleaning supplies, masks, gloves, toothpaste and toothbrushes, and many, more items.

Pastor Otis Dion Culliver and others from the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1431 Broad Street, Selma, AL 36701, www.tbcselma.org, met us with warm smiles and hearty handshakes.