Josh Benton
Josh Benton serves as Send Relief’s national vice president. Send Relief is a collaboration between the International and North American Mission Boards and serves as a unified platform for Southern Baptists to offer help and hope to the most vulnerable through compassion ministries worldwide. In his role, Josh leads Send Relief’s North American ministry efforts, which includes operating and expanding ministry centers in cities across the U.S., and partnering with Southern Baptist Disaster Relief to respond crisis and disasters. Prior to joining Send Relief, Josh was an economic and workforce development professional with the Commonwealth of Kentucky for over fifteen years. During that time, he served in a variety of roles, including executive director of workforce and community development as well as the deputy secretary of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. In addition to a career of public service, Josh served in bi-vocational student ministry for eight years. He is a graduate of Cumberland College in Williamsburg, KY and holds master’s degrees in both Public Administration and Christian Missions. Josh and his wife, Emily, live in a suburb of Atlanta with their four children.
Appears in 1 Episode
Engaging the Vulnerable: A Conversation with Josh Benton of Send Relief
In this episode of The Defender Podcast, Dr. Rick Morton and Herbie Newell sit down with Josh Benton, National Vice President of Send Relief, recorded live at the Sout...