Baptist volunteers ready for more flooding as Debby pounds Southeast
August 7, 2024
In response to the storm, Baptist volunteers continue to mobilize and respond to the storm as more flooding is expected throughout the week.
Disaster Relief
Texans on Mission meeting needs after Beryl devastation
July 11, 2024
Following much damage done by Hurricane Beryl, Texans on Mission has been working around the clock to serve affected areas.
Ready to respond: TN DR rescue team recovers 7-year-old drowning victim
July 8, 2024
Members of the Tennessee Baptist and Nolachucky Baptist Association Disaster Relief Swiftwater Rescue Team were instrumental in the recovery of the body of a 7-year-old drowning victim on July 4 in Douglas Lake in Dandridge.
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall; DR volunteers face another busy week
July 8, 2024
Hurricane Beryl made landfall as a Category 1 storm along the Texas coast on Monday morning (July 8). It’s the first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season to make landfall in the U.S.
‘We were there’: Arkansas Baptists respond to tragedy in Fordyce
June 28, 2024
Tragedy struck the small town of Fordyce on June 21. A shooter opened fire at the Mad Butcher grocery store, killing four people and injuring 10 others.
‘Biggest thing we’ve ever seen’: NM fires continue to grow; residents plan next steps
June 20, 2024
“It’s the biggest thing we’ve ever seen,” said Todd Sullens, pastor of First Baptist Church, Ruidoso, reported the Baptist New Mexican.
New Mexico wildfires: Baptists respond to ‘rapidly developing’ situation
June 18, 2024
As wildfires rage in south-central New Mexico near the village of Ruidoso, Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers remain on standby as the crisis unfolds.
‘Neighbors helping neighbors’ after tornado rips through town
June 7, 2024
After a tornado ripped through Sanderson, pastor Mike Ellis said residents of the small West Texas town did what they typically do. It was neighbors helping neighbors,” said pastor Mike Ellis of First Baptist Church Sanderson, Texas.
‘It was nuts’: Tornado interrupts prayer service, rips off church wall
June 3, 2024
“I have never done a job like this before — quite unique in just one wall being sucked off and the structure still standing,” said Mike Pickel of Crestview Baptist Church in Georgetown, Texas.
Oklahoma DR constructs apartment for elderly man
June 3, 2024
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief constructs apartment for elderly man, who lost his home in a wildfire.
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