“I found I could make a difference,” said college student Michelle Ryan, who served for a few years as a collegiate intern with Missouri Disaster Relief.
Pastor Lincoln Shelton said the church will probably go with a gravel parking lot for now. “We believe the Lord will bring in resources we need,” he noted.
Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, First Baptist Church leaders felt it was a good time to alter its tradition. “We decided to take our fall festival on the road,” said Craig Mintz, a pastor at FBC Sevierville, Tennessee.
The men’s ministry at Hot Springs Baptist Church in Arkansas recently delivered five vehicles to Northside Baptist Church in Valdosta, Georgia, to be utilized by individuals devastated by Hurricane Helene.
Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief Director Ron Crow said it was not a surprise to him that the request for 100 generators to aid those in North Carolina was answered so quickly.
Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief efforts throughout south Georgia continue in the wake of Hurricane Helene. According to Dwain Carter, GBDR director, Sunday (Nov. 3) marked the 38th day of the relief response.
“This is the body of Christ in action,” said Rupert Robbins, Texans on Mission disaster relief associate director. “Our connection to Christ connects us to fellow believers and God’s call to minister to the hurting.”
Exactly where Southern Baptists of Texas Disaster Relief teams would deploy in the wake of Hurricane Helene was a mystery on Oct. 3, until a call for assistance in mass feeding surfaced.