Georgia Baptist volunteers clear a tree from a home in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index DULUTH, Ga. – After more than a month in Louisiana’s hurricane zone, Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief crews have returned home with praise from their leader for doing so much to help victims get their lives back […]
Volunteers with Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief pray with a victim of Hurricane Ida. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index KENTWOOD, La. – Gloria Harper Anderson’s friends suggested she take the day off after her near-death experience in the Louisiana hurricane zone, but the Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer wouldn’t hear of it. Anderson said the Lord […]
First Baptist Church, Laplace, La., pastor Shane Newton explains the aftermath of Hurricane Ida to Send Relief president, Bryant Wright (blue shirt); Southern Baptist Convention president, Ed Litton (black shirt); and Louisiana Baptist Convention president, David Cranford. Laplace is a community just west of New Orleans that received major damage when Hurricane Ida made landfall […]
Michael McGee, a member of Victory Baptist Church in Cedartown, Georgia, saws chunks from a tree that Hurricane Ida toppled onto a Louisiana resident’s rooftop. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index KENTWOOD, La. – Huge trees that had withstood major hurricanes for more than a century were toppled like bowling pins when Ida stormed ashore in […]
Nancy Hubbard, 82, carries away limbs cut from a massive pine tree toppled by Hurricane Ida. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index KENTWOOD, La. – Nancy Hubbard has never been one to let age slow her down. At 82 years old, the Georgia woman is in Louisiana helping victims of Hurricane Ida get back on their […]
Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers work to remove a tree topped by Hurricane Ida from a home in Kentwood, La. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index KENTWOOD, La. – Arzo Grayson Jr. didn’t know what he was going to do about the massive pine tree that had crashed through his roof, huge limbs protruding into his […]
Hurricane Ida left Louisiana a mess with an estimated $50 billion in property damage. Georgia Baptists are in Amite City helping residents clean up. (Photo/Entergy New Orleans) By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index AMITE CITY, La. – Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are on the ground in Amite City helping the small town’s 4,400 residents recover […]
Hurricane Ida arrived in Port Fourchon, La., around noon Sunday (Aug. 29) as a Category 4 storm. With winds of 150 mph, Ida is one of the strongest storms to hit the mainland United States. (NOAA satellite image) By Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – Sixteen years to the day after Katrina’s historic landfall, Hurricane […]
Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are easily identifiable by their yellow shirts. Here, members of a chainsaw crew remove a tree from a home. By Roger Alford DULUTH, Ga. – Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief crews have been placed on alert to respond to hurricane-ravaged communities along the Gulf Coast and are preparing to pull out […]
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief shower units, feeding units and heavy equipment make their way to the Waverly, Tenn., area to assist residents devastated by flooding. Photo from Facebook By Brandon Elrod WAVERLY, Tenn. (BP) – Flash flooding in middle Tennessee has left 22 dead and dozens missing, devastating a rural community. Tropical Storm Henri made […]
Flash flooding devastated middle Tennessee over the weekend, leaving at least 22 people dead and hundreds of homes destroyed. (Photos: Scott Brown via The Baptist Paper). The Baptist Paper WAVERLY, Tenn. – At least 22 people are dead and dozens are still missing in Middle Tennessee after heavy rains over the weekend caused devastating flash […]
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 […]