BSK trustee works to make a difference amid church building insurance crisis

BSK trustee works to make a difference amid church building insurance crisis

Rev. Ross Johnson, a member of BSK’s board of trustees, was recently featured in a news article on nola.com. The article takes an inside look into how hurricane Ida impacted the church that Rev. Johnson pastors. After Hurricane Ida destroyed parts of Tulane Memorial Baptist Church, Rev. Johnson was faced with another crisis as the insurance company that had previously insured their church building dropped them. Rev. Johnson was faced with a problem to solve, and the article goes in depth about his innovation. It says,

“In response, a group of church leaders are working to set up a self-insurance fund. If successful, it could provide a lifeboat for churches who have been dropped by their insurer or who face staggering costs to insure their buildings. Still, challenges remain like getting enough protection from the global reinsurance market to backstop hurricane risk.”

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