Washington flooding puts Disaster Relief on alert
SEATTLE (BP) – Southern Baptist Disaster Relief personnel are doing all they can to help others facing the effects of historic flooding, the Northwest Baptist Convention’s state DR leader told Baptist Press today (Dec. 12).
DR DIGEST: NC Baptists honored as grand marshals; Florida Baptists responding in Jamaica
Baptists on Mission honored for WNC relief work as grand marshals of Canton Christmas parade; Florida Baptists among first responders in Jamaica’s long recovery.
DR DIGEST: Texas Baptists assess needs Jamaica; Tennessee church houses DR teams
Texans on Mission volunteers assess needs in Jamaica; Tennessee church houses DR teams after explosion.
Kentucky Baptist DR provides hot meals for first responders to UPS plane crash
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief responded quickly to the tragic UPS plane crash Tuesday at Louisville’s international airport. KYDR volunteers prepared 350 hot meals for first responders who came to the scene.
Send Relief working with Jamaican churches for hurricane response
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Following Hurricane Melissa’s destructive impact on the western portion of Jamaica after the storm’s Oct. 28 landfall, Send Relief disaster response leaders arrived to begin damage assessments and deploy resources this past weekend.
Hurricane Melissa deals another heavy blow to Jamaica’s farmers and fishers
WHITE HOUSE, Jamaica – The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot fishing boat and damaged the cabin and back deck.
NC Baptists on Mission mobilizing after hurricane; some already in Cuba
CARY, N.C. — As Hurricane Melissa leaves behind a trail of devastation across the Caribbean, N.C. Baptists on Mission is mobilizing volunteers to assist with disaster relief and recovery efforts in Cuba and possibly Jamaica, where the Category 5 storm caused widespread destruction earlier this week.
SBC DIGEST: Florida Baptists respond to Jamaica; Crossover ’26 registration opens
Florida Baptist Disaster Relief responding to Hurricane Melissa devastation; Crossover Orlando registration opens.
Alaska Baptists, other state DR volunteers, continue response to flooding
ANCHORAGE (BP) – Alaska Baptist Disaster Relief is “in full deployment mode” following devastating coastal flooding that has killed at least one and threatens to permanently displace entire villages.
God ‘mobilizing the body of Christ’ after Colorado San Juan River flooding
BAYFIELD, Colo. (BP) – As southwestern Colorado began to flood a week ago, Vallecito Church Pastor Clark Cothern caught sight of something he terms “both humorous and scary” in television footage of the swollen San Juan River and Vallecito Creek.
