Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief volunteers have prepared more than 1,000 meals, while assessors, chaplains, incident management team members, and clean-up and recovery workers are continuing their efforts.
The headmasters of two primary schools in rural northern Uganda agreed. Access to water makes all the difference in the lives of their students.
Southern Baptists continue to respond to devastating wildfires in Texas and Oklahoma. “People have lost everything they own. They’re looking for help. But they’re also looking for hope for the days ahead,” a volunteer in Texas said.
Communities along the path of the April 8 total solar eclipse are gearing up for the influx of eclipse chasers expected to descend upon the area. But will churches along the path be ready?
What is your church doing?
“I think we did what we were supposed to do, nothing spectacular, but what I think Jesus would have done. I have spoken to pastors and told them ministry is dirty. If you’re doing it right, it’s dirty,” said the church pastor.
“In much of the country, city infrastructure has been destroyed. People have fled those cities. What global Christians can pursue now is building homes and churches in western Ukrainian cities…”
Local and federal authorities continue to investigate a shooting at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston after a woman opened fire right before an afternoon service. The shooter was shot and killed and two others were wounded.
The future of religious freedom in Eastern Europe depends on Ukraine’s ability to engage the support of “strategic partners” in the West — both in churches and in government, leaders of the Evangelical Baptist Union of Ukraine said.
A persecuted church from China now worships in the facilities of First Baptist Church Midland, Texas.
On her knees in the midst of the dirt and debris left behind in her flooded home, Saphina Khalfan cried out to God for help.
Within a minute, she heard voices outside. They were Texas Baptist Men volunteers coming to help.
