In an age driven by communication and technology, a small northeast Tennessee community near Beech Mountain, North Carolina, faces neglect and isolation.
“We’ve still got some people living in tents. We’ve got to keep working diligently to get people back in houses,” said Randy Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.
As wildfires in California continue to threaten lives and homes, personal property recovery efforts are expected to begin in the coming weeks after fires are contained, Disaster Relief leaders report.
“Recovery time will come, and Texans on Mission will continue to work with churches in how best to be of support,” John Hall said.
California Baptist Disaster Relief chaplains have been deployed as wildfires continue to rage in the Los Angeles area, where the death toll has risen to
As the wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area of California rage on, state Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have begun preparations to help with recovery efforts amid the crisis.
Amid freezing temperatures, rescue workers continue to dig through debris in Tibet after a deadly 7.1 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday (Jan. 7) killed at least 120 people, injured many others and destroyed homes.
Texans on Mission organizes disaster relief training trips to Israel throughout the year, and it deployed teams a year ago after Hamas attacked Israel. It held its last 2024 training session in November.
More than 350 Baptist Student Union students from 18 Mississippi colleges joined “Christmas in the Delta,” a ministry mobilizing students for gospel-centered service across nine Delta counties.
Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief neared the end of its major 2024 deployments on a mountaintop in North Carolina with mass feeding and chaplaincy efforts in the tiny town of Spruce Pine.
