Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer Joyce Varnadore of Walkerville Baptist Church rocks a child during the SBC annual meeting in Nashville. By Roger Alford NASHVILLE – The versatility of Georgia Baptists serving with Disaster Relief was on full display at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Nashville last week. Best known for helping victims […]
Flooding in Louisiana has Baptist Disaster Relief crews working overtime. LAKE CHARLES, La. (BP) – Some may give up trying to make a home in southwest Louisiana with flooding that has killed four people and caps a year of hurricanes, heavy rains and a devastating winter freeze. “This latest go-round of wind and water is, […]
Wellington (Ala.) Baptist Church lost the roof of its sanctuary in a tornado Thursday, March 25. SPECIAL/Baptist Press By Scott BarkleyNational Correspondent, Baptist Press OHATCHEE, Ala. – Southern Baptist Disaster Relief units from Alabama and Georgia have begun assessing and cleaning up damage left by a series of tornadoes Thursday (March 25) that resulted in […]
Dwain Carter, of Freshwater Church, Jefferson City, Mo., helps load boxes of food and water onto a boat destined for Gibitngil Island, just off the coast of northern Cebu. Carter is the Disaster Relief Strategist for the Missouri Baptist Convention. SPECIAL/IMB By Hugh Johnson*Photographer, IMB As a photographer with the International Mission Board, I have […]
“The average American doesn’t realize all the things that churches do to make society less awful.”
By Diana Chandler LAKE CHARLES, La. (BP) – Trinity Baptist Church Senior Pastor Steve James calls it “Lake Charles grit,” an ability to persevere during hardship on top of hardship. “Grit up” is the local rallying cry after Hurricanes Laura and Delta hit western Louisiana just weeks apart. “We had one hand tied behind our […]
“We as Southern Baptists have to be ready at all times…”
As Hurricane Sally’s deluge flooded Alabama and the Florida Panhandle Wednesday (Sept. 16), Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) readied its response.
“To say they are stretched thin is an understatement at best.”
“Cameron is still under three feet of water. That will take a long time for that to recede.”
“You never think it’s going to happen to you…”