Adopt a Church & Houses of Hope begin online registration to assist Katrina survivors
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Southern Baptist churches and individuals may now register online at www.namb.net to assist Katrina victims through the Adopt a Church and Houses of Hope initiatives.
Unprecedented proportions reached in disaster relief efforts
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Southern Baptists continue to respond with more volunteers and resources to areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
1,200-plus Southern Baptist volunteers now responding with food & compassion in wake of hurricane crisis on Gulf Coast
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| Dinner boxes Paula Cooper, volunteer from Mars Hill Baptist Church, Watkinsville, Ga., fills boxes with individual meals at First Baptist Church, Pascagoula, Miss. |
Since Katrina’s devastation is so widespread and affects such a large area of Louisiana and Mississippi, disaster relief operations are being stretched to respond in the same fashion as in past disasters.
Relief workers face challenges assisting hurricane victims
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| Ministry of meals Carol Jordan, a Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer from Brevard, N.C., serves meals to Hurricane Katrina victims who have taken refuge in Meridian, Miss. Jordan is one of 1,000-plus Southern Baptist volunteers deployed to the devastated region. Photo by John Swain/North American Mission Board |
The number of mobile disaster relief units engaged has swelled to 120, but problems with water and other supplies hampered relief efforts. Feeding units in the field now number 36. Southern Baptist volunteers also are manning two American Red Cross kitchens and two Salvation Army kitchens.
Response to Katrina largest ever for Southern Baptists
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Response to Hurricane Katrina will be the largest ever for Southern Baptists, with more than 1,000 volunteers and 100 mobile disaster relief units activated to hurricane- and tornado-ravaged regions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
Reach a city, ‘change the world,’ N.Y.C. pastor exhorts
ATLANTA (BP)--Urban churches should have as their goal building a great city, not a great church, said Tim Keller, senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, one of New York City’s largest Protestant congregations.
1,000-plus churches commit to Acts 1:8 Challenge in first year
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30,000 meals served to Dennis victims as Emily approaches
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| Among the 800 Danny Sprayberry (left) and Billy Key, volunteers with the Calhoun Baptist Association (Alabama) disaster relief team, clear debris from the yard of a home in Flomaton, Ala. Sprayberry and Key were among 800 volunteers who responded after Hurricane Dennis’ landfall. Photo by Doug Rogers |
While many disaster relief services are winding down in Alabama and Georgia following Dennis, the American Red Cross has requested that Southern Baptist Disaster Relief officials prepare to deploy mobile kitchens units for Hurricane Emily, which is expected to strike southern Texas next week.
Southern Baptist volunteers rush to Fla., Ala., to assist in aftermath of Hurricane Dennis
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are in various stages of deployment to the Florida panhandle and Alabama coast following the arrival of Hurricane Dennis July 10.
Humorous spots, video message ready for NAMB emphasis
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| Missions with a smile A touch of humor using cardboard cut-outs of missionaries is featured in five promotional videos for this year’s Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions. In this segment on Backyard Bible Clubs, the cut-out is of missionary Grace McGraw. |
Missionaries depicted as life-size “cardboard cut-outs” are featured in five video segments -– produced much like television commercials –- for use by churches during the Week of Prayer for North American Missions, March 6-13, and throughout the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions emphasis.
