The Southern Baptist entity tasked with evangelism in North America spent about $230,000 on Washington, DC lobbyists in the last year through one of its ministries. SEND Relief hired The Nickles Group, LLC in October 2017. SEND Relief is a program of the North American Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention (NAMB) with a focus on “compassion ministries” such as disaster relief, foster care, fighting poverty, fighting human trafficking, refugee aid and similar programs.
A review of federal documents revealed that SEND Relief spent about $50,000 in fourth quarter 2017, about $60,000 in first quarter 2018 and $60,000 in second quarter 2018.