Southern Baptists mobilizing for wildfire relief, financial, prayer support needed
LOS ANGELES (BP) – Send Relief, Southern Baptists’ compassion ministry, has established a giving channel to help in the wake of the devastating fires in Los Angeles and the surrounding area.
As California fires grow, churches stay ready with open doors
BURBANK, Calif. (BP) — Jared Osselaer isn’t sure how many people will need a generator or place to stay as fires continue to spread across Los Angeles County, but Story City Church will be ready.
California, Arizona Disaster Relief teams preparing to join L.A. County wildfire response
PASADENA, Calif. (BP) — California Baptist Disaster Relief is prepared to help in the recovery effort as three wildfires burn across L.A. County, a state spokesperson shared with Baptist Press today.
Georgia Baptists deploy to feed those working Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Plains
PLAINS, Ga. — The memorial services for former President Jimmy Carter will culminate Thursday with a private funeral service and burial in Plains, Ga. Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are partnering with other agencies to help feed the hundreds of workers present for those events.
YEAR IN REVIEW: Hurricane responses, ongoing crises mark Send Relief’s 2024 global reach
ALPHARETTA, Ga.(BP) – Major hurricanes, international compassion ministry projects and the ongoing Serve Tour highlighted Send Relief’s year in 2024 as the joint compassion ministry of the International Mission Board (IMB) and North American Mission Board (NAMB) met physical needs and shared the eternal hope of the Gospel.
Disaster Relief teams assessing response to deadly tornado damage
NASHVILLE (BP) — Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams spent time Sunday assessing and preparing to mobilize following storms that left at least three dead and six injured from Texas and across the Southeast Saturday night. The deaths – one in Texas and two in Mississippi – stemmed from a storm system that continued moving across the […]
20 years after tsunami, God still at work
On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, the coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, was filled with thousands of people fishing, playing with friends and preparing resorts for guests. They had no idea that 100 miles away, deep in the Indian Ocean, two tectonic plates had collided with enough force to create a massive earthquake […]
Help to spare: Tennessee church’s bowl-a-thon raises thousands for Helene victims
NEWPORT, Tenn. — Zan Taylor, a layman and director of maintenance at West End Baptist Church in Newport, simply obeyed when he felt the Lord calling him to raise funds for flood victims from Hurricane Helene.
Utah team helps NC Baptist efforts to get families back in homes by Christmas
CANTON, N.C. – A team of six skilled tradesmen from Utah on mission in mountainous North Carolina worked eight-plus hours a day for five days last week, tearing out damaged pipes and putting new plumbing in three houses, plus a variety of electrical work on four others.
FIRST-PERSON: No better way to spend a summer than with Missouri DR
With the devastating scale of this year’s hurricane destruction filling the news, human efforts to help can feel futile. That feeling of despair and the inability to do something eventually gives way to a much more tolerable feeling of apathy, which I believe characterizes the attitudes of many college students like me.
