Disaster Relief

WESTON, West Va. (BP) – The worst flooding in 40 years left West Virginia residents homeless and at least one Southern Baptist church evaluating damage to its facilities.

KERRVILLE, Texas –One year after the tragic flooding in the Texas Hill Country that left residents experiencing tremendous physical and personal loss along with emotional traumas, local churches are once again springing into action as devastating flood waters take a toll on their community.

Oklahoma Baptist DR responds to severe storms; Texans on Mission monitoring Hill Country flooding.

CARACAS, Venezeula – As emergency response continues in Venezuela following June’s earthquakes, Southern Baptists have been faithful in continued prayer and generosity.

PUEBLO, Colo. – The Aspen Acres fire increased in size by 2,000 acres on Sunday, July 5, bringing the total to more than 89,000 blackened acres affecting three Southern Baptist churches near the San Isabel National Forest southwest of Pueblo, in Beulah, Rye and Colorado City. Evacuations affected about 11,000 area residents – 3,800 homes – before Sunday’s additional evacuations were announced for Coal Creek, Williamsburg and Rockvale.

CARACAS, Venezuela – Devastating news continues streaming out of Venezuela as the death toll keeps rising. Many suspect the June 30 total of 1,719 victims may only be scratching the surface of the total loss of life from last week’s earthquakes.

MT. VERNON (BP) – Responding to a series of storms and tornadoes in recent weeks has scattered Illinois Disaster Relief personnel, with some getting hardly a moment’s rest before springing back into action.

GARNER, N.C. – When Randy Hall and wife Kim walked into First Baptist Church of Garner in early 2025, it didn’t seem like an extraordinary Sunday. That is, until Randy sensed the Holy Spirit moving.  

HORTENSE, Ga. (BP) – Up to an inch of rain fell on the Highway 82 wildfire April 26, days after Twin Rivers Baptist Church and others began praying for rain, helping contain the most destructive of the largest blazes burning southeast Georgia.

WEST JEFFERSON, N.C. — Staff and volunteers with N.C. Baptists on Mission celebrated a major milestone in the ongoing recovery efforts across western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene by dedicating the first newly constructed home during a ceremony held April 7.