DR DIGEST: Baptists cooperate to help Texas ranchers; NC DR celebrates 40 years
Baptist efforts help ranchers in Texas; NC DR workers celebrate 40 years
Baltimore bridge collapses after powerless cargo ship rams into support column; 6 people are missing
BALTIMORE (AP) — A container ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing the span to buckle into the river below and plunging a construction crew and several vehicles into the dangerously cold waters. Rescuers pulled out two people, but six others were missing.
Arkansas Baptist DR welcomes first four-legged volunteer
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, Ark. (BP) – Four-legged, fluffy, bright eyed, and sporting a yellow Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief (ABDR) harness, Quigley could be found at Balboa Baptist Church over the weekend comforting volunteers and survivors.
Baptists providing help, hay for hurting Texas ranchers
FRITCH, Texas (BP) – Joe McMahan may live just outside Fritch, but right now, it feels like a different planet.
Disaster Relief workers assess storm damage in Ohio, Indiana
LOGAN COUNTY, Ohio (BP) — Disaster Relief teams from Ohio and Indiana state conventions are currently assessing storm damage that left three dead here Thursday evening (March 14).
Kentucky church awed by God’s provisions in disaster recovery
PADUCAH, Ky. (BP) – Pastor Jason Medley marvels at how God is rebuilding Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Churches, Disaster Relief teams address Texas wildfire recovery
CANADIAN, Texas (BP) – In 1992, Gene Cockrell took $2,000 of concrete and steel and built a dinosaur overlooking highway 60 near his home. He named it “Aud” in honor of his wife, Audrey, and wanted it to serve as a sign for children traveling back to his hometown.
WEEK OF PRAYER: From one prodigal to another
BOSTON (BP) – “What’s someone like you doing in a place like this?” When Faith Garland goes where she goes, that question is bound to come up eventually. And perhaps the best response she can give is this: Sometimes, it takes a prodigal to know a prodigal.
Pastor to ranchers’ ‘heart has kind of sunk’ amid Texas wildfires
CANADIAN, Texas (BP) – Pastor Bob Bynum, 77, has become somewhat of a rancher’s helper, wrestling cattle at times and helping when needed among the 20 or so ranchers who worship at Locust Grove Baptist Church.
DR DIGEST: Texas, Oklahoma Baptists responding to fires in their own states
Texans on Mission serving in Panhandle; more on the way; Oklahoma DR responding to wildfires in that state.