1. How is the Offering used?

Every dollar of every gift to the Mother’s Day Offering helps patients pay hospital bills for care received at Baptist Hospital. These are a very special group of patients.

The Offering helps patients who “fall between the cracks” of assistance. They have too much to qualify for government help or any other resources available for patients in need. However, they do not have enough to pay hospital bills they are responsible for.

With no where to turn for help, they receive a letter from the Hospital that says, “Your hospital bill has been paid by compassionate and mission-minded North Carolina Baptists in the name of Jesus Christ and His love.”

A small portion, around 5% if needed, helps support a subsidy for the hospital bills of Baptist ministers and their families.

2. How are patients referred for assistance?

Hospital financial counselors make most of the referrals. They look for deserving patients who are painfully in need – those who are burdened by their hospital bills, trying to help themselves, but in need of a helping hand. They carefully screen every referral. They take detailed financial statements from the patients to verify needs and rule out any other possible means of assistance.

Ministers or others also call Church and Community Relations to refer people whom they know are struggling with their hospital bills.

3. How are decisions made about providing help?

The Baptist Benevolent Committee (six N.C. Baptist ministers and laypersons) receives the referrals and prayerfully evaluates how much assistance to provide. The amount usually averages from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars per patient.