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.
“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 Baptist Disaster Relief constructs apartment for elderly man, who lost his home in a wildfire.
With war leaving many Ukrainians displaced along with the general homeless population, housing was a great need that was hard to come by. However, through the work of several Texas men, shipping containers are being converted into housing.
A wave of deadly storms that hit multiple states over Memorial Day weekend left a devastating trail of destroyed homes — and at least 20 deaths have been reported.
The Baptist Paper reached out to each of the six individuals who have announced intentions to be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, June 11–12.
Thanks to the creativity of a Mississippi layman and a gift from California Baptists, Texans on Mission provided an expanded service to Southeast Texas families affected by recent flooding.
The U.S. President’s Lifetime Achievement award was presented to long-time Southern Baptist Don Biadog Jr., a retired Navy chaplain, at the historic Officer’s Club at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
