The damage caused by Hurricane Helene when it tore through southern Georgia early Friday morning was widespread and indiscriminate. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said that the death toll in the state stands at 11.
Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday evening (Sept. 26) as a Category 4 storm with winds reaching 140 mph in Florida before weakening to a tropical storm. On Friday, the storm continued tearing its way through Georgia.
As Hurricane Helene intensifies and sets its sights on Florida with possible life-threatening impact, Florida Baptist Disaster Relief leaders are on “standby status,” preparing to respond immediately as needed.
Baptist Disaster Relief teams from several states are responding to the damage in the South left by Hurricane Francine.
A redeeming shift in its treatment of internationals is happening in Charleston, South Carolina. What was once a major port for enslaved people is now a harbor for diaspora groups, and Southern Baptists are an important part of the change.
The IBSA student missions event, held annually in late July, provides middle and high school students one week of rotating service opportunities alongside Illinois Baptist church plants and Christ-centered non-profits in Chicago.
Hurricane Debby is just a memory to most everyone — except to those who suffered loss and to the Disaster Relief volunteers who are helping them. Cambodian Blessing Field shares how it received a Mennonite blessing after Hurricane Debby.
When late-August flooding caused widespread damage, crop loss and displacement in southeast Bangladesh and in the neighboring Indian state of Tripura, Texans on Mission responded with funding for the Baptist aid organization in the area.
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