As Wildfires Rage, California Town Rallies for Material, Spiritual Help
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Pick any road in Redding, Calif., and community members will tell you they aren’t surprised to see handmade thank-you signs lining the
Calif. Wildfires: Chaplains Become First Phase of Disaster Relief
REDDING, Calif. (BP) -- California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief chaplaincy teams have begun providing spiritual and emotional counseling to survivors of Northern
Iowa Tornado Devastation Triggers Baptist Disaster Relief Response
MASHALLTOWN, Iowa (BP) -- Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams have begun cleanup work in Marshalltown, Iowa, following a devastating tornado July 19.
Conn. ‘Surprised by Grace’ of Disaster Relief Response to Storms
SOUTHBURY, Conn. (BP) -- Hundreds of Southern Baptists from 13 states are helping Connecticut residents after tornadoes destroyed 300 homes there in May, disaster relief (DR) leader
Hawaii Baptists Offer Help to Volcano Victims
PAHOA, Hawaii (BP) -- With a volcanic eruption on Hawaii's Big Island in its third week, the state's Baptists are preparing to feed evacuees at
Hawaii Volcano Blasts Churches into Action
PAHOA, Hawaii (BP) -- Amid a lava flow that has destroyed three dozen structures and the threat of a violent volcanic eruption, Hawaii's churches "are
Iran-Iraq Earthquake Called 2017’s Deadliest Yet
NASHVILLE (BP) -- The death toll continues to rise after the deadliest earthquake of 2017 shook the Iran-Iraq border late Sunday (Nov. 12).
More than 450
Utah Team Seeks ‘Forgotten Among Us’ in Houston
HOUSTON (BP) -- Mike Brooks is a plumber in Utah -- and a busy one at that. But he felt God calling him to help in
Helping, Spring Cleaning Make a Lousy Combination
The maddest I ever saw my childhood pastor during a sermon was when he commented on the clothes that had been donated to our church’s clothes
Calif. Wildfires Rage, Churches ‘Jumping into Action’
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (BP) -- Amid Northern California wildfires that have killed at least 13 people and burned more than 1,500 buildings since Oct. 8,