1 pastor dead, Cameron remains flooded, many churches damaged by Laura
LAKE CHARLES, La. (BP) -- A Southern Baptist pastor is among 18 deaths related to Hurricane Laura, dozens of churches are damaged and parts of Cameron Parish remain flooded five days after the storm, according to news reports and interviews.
Southern Baptists serve meals, clear debris in aftermath of Hurricane Laura
LAKE CHARLES, La. (BP) – In the wake of Hurricane Laura, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) teams from across the nation are converging on the Gulf Coast to serve storm survivors. Some, like Lake Charles resident and Louisiana SBDR volunteer Reggy Saxon, only had to journey a few miles.
Katrina’s 15th anniversary drowned by COVID-19, Hurricane Laura
GULFPORT, Miss. (BP) -- The 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina will find Gulfport Pastor Jimmy Stewart praying where First Baptist Church stood before Katrina destroyed it. But Stewart's prayer will mark the grand opening of the Mississippi Aquarium that now occupies the plot.
Send Relief delivers supplies as Southern Baptists ready Hurricane Laura response
LAKE CHARLES, La. (BP) – Send Relief, the compassion ministry of Southern Baptists, spent Friday (Aug. 28) delivering food and supplies for Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR), beginning the morning in Beaumont, Texas, and making a final stop in Lake Charles, La., in the early afternoon.
Churches evacuate ahead of Hurricane Laura’s ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge
CAMERON, La. (BP) -- Just a mile inland from the Gulf of Mexico stands First Baptist Church of Cameron, La., which lost its sanctuary to Hurricane Rita 15 years ago. Days ahead of Hurricane Laura, Pastor Charles Hugonin was preparing his church for the worst.
