During the recent 2014 State Disaster Relief Training weekend at Shocco Springs, April 3–5, more than 450 disaster relief personnel participated, and three volunteers were recognized by Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM) staff for unique contributions to Alabama’s disaster relief response efforts. Pictured are (l to r) Mel Johnson, SBOM state disaster relief strategist; Sammy Freeman, Cleburne Baptist Association’s disaster relief coordinator who accepted a team recognition for the association’s chainsaw unit; Gary Cardwell, disaster relief chaplain and director of missions, Etowah Baptist Association; Larry Murphy, state disaster relief task force member; and Mark Wakefield, SBOM state chaplaincy strategist. (SBOM)
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The last Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief team that was deployed to help those affected by Hurricane Helene has returned home, though others may go again after Thanksgiving. Mark Wakefield, state disaster relief
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are wrapping up their work in Clearwater, South Carolina, today (Nov. 1) and preparing to join the cleanup effort in western North Carolina. “We will shut
It’s been almost a month since Hurricane Helene made landfall and battered the Southeast with winds and floods. In some places, there’s still much to be done. But Alabama Baptist Disaster
