It’s only been a year and a half since Alabama Baptists trained their first group of college students for disaster relief, but the move has already proven to be beneficial. Nate Young, senior Baptist campus minister at the University of Alabama (UA), was part of the Baptist Campus Ministries (BCM) team trained in April 2014. […]
Our team from Auburn University at Montgomery had a great experience serving in Summerton, S.C. We were deployed to a low-income apartment complex on Saturday morning where three feet of water had covered the bottom floor. We spent two eight-hour days removing everything to the studs, 48 inches and below. This included sheetrock, insulation, carpet, […]
It’s been hard, back-breaking work for the Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers and others who have given of their time the past two weeks to help those in need in South Carolina. After record rainfall and disastrous flooding caused by Hurricane Joaquin, Alabama Baptist DR was called upon for assistance and teams began arriving […]
When the rain continued to fall on the East Coast recently and the water began to seemingly come up from the ground, South Carolina Disaster Relief knew it would need help. It issued a request for support and Alabama answered. Record-setting rainfall from Hurricane Joaquin has caused disasterous flooding, breached 14 dams and, at press […]
The first full week of ministry is now drawing to a conclusion in Columbia, S.C., the area assigned to Alabama for disaster relief work. Four associational teams supported by a feeding team, assessors, chaplains, administration and white hat leadership have established operations at North Trenholm Baptist Church. Ministry has been productive and our teams currently […]
In this video, Executive Director Rick Lance brings an update on Alabama Baptists’ disaster relief efforts in South Carolina. Feel free to share this video with your congregation as a way to both keep them informed and also encourage them in their support of disaster relief.
South Carolina is in a state of emergency and has fielded first response aid from several other southern states. To date, nine dams have been breached and there are 13 confirmed fatalities. Communities are receiving search and rescue efforts as flood waters begin to recede. South Carolina Disaster Relief has requested support from contiguous states […]
Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions Executive Director Rick Lance and Disaster Relief Strategist Mel Johnson have been in contact early on the morning of Friday, August 7 with the Salem/Troy Baptist Association Director of Mission Ken Baggett and associational disaster relief coordinator Don Wambles following a late night tornado in Troy, AL. Assessments are underway. Alabama Baptist Disaster […]
A jewel of a chaplain and a model example in disaster relief ministry.” That’s how James Dendy is identified in Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) and also is part of why he was awarded the Disaster Relief Lifetime Achievement Award on April 10. The office of global missions of the Alabama Baptist State Board of […]
Alabama Baptists are accepting funds to assist earthquake victims. Those wishing to participate may send checks payable to: Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, P.O. Box 11870, Montgomery, AL 36111-0870, for Earthquake Relief. A system of rotation is used to enlist state conventions to respond to international events and currently Alabama teams have not been […]
