April 28-29 Storm Update #3
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief currently has three areas of impact in the state requiring multiple response efforts: 1. Six chainsaw teams with heavy equipment and chaplaincy support are moving into […]
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April 28 Storm Update #2
At the request of local Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Alabama Baptist Disaster relief will be moving six chainsaw teams and heavy equipment into Limestone County in the early AM. Chaplain […]
April 28 Storm Update
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief has received confirmed and preliminary damage reports resulting from a possible tornado impact in the Limestone County area of Athens. Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief leadership is […]
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers honored
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 […]
April 7 Storm Update
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief is currently responding to April 7 early morning storm damage. Damage assessments are currently underway and local teams have been, and/or will be, activated to assist […]
Escambia Storm Update
Escambia Associational Disaster Relief Coordinator Peyton Williams has reported that their disaster relief unit responded to damage from the March 16 storms and they provided immediate response to the local […]
DeKalb County DR Update
I have been in contact with DeKalb County Disaster Relief Leadership this morning. Assessment in the north Ft. Payne area and surrounding communities has been underway since daylight today, February […]
Midwest Tornadoes
The State Board of Missions has been in contact with Baptist leadership in Illinois to offer disaster relief support and continued prayers in the wake of the November 17 tornadoes […]
Philippines Typhoon Relief
In the wake of one of the most powerful typhoons in recorded history, the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions has already forwarded disaster relief emergency funds to assist with […]
Colorado Deployment
Alabama teams are responding this week in the wake recent Colorado wild fires. Chainsaw, Chaplaincy, and Heavy Equipment volunteers are among those offering ministry to homeowners. The leadership of Colorado […]