Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief efforts wrapping up in Florida
Five weeks after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida, Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams are packing up to come home. “It’s faster than I thought — I anticipated us being there […]
Category: Stories of Relief
Supplying A Need: Texas Native Leads Alabama’s Feeding Teams When Disaster Strikes
Becky Noland knows what it’s like to be at your wit’s end and have someone show up with food. “I grew up on the Gulf Coast in Texas and experienced […]
DR Chaplain Sees God’s Hand In Home Visits After Hurricane Ian
Cliff Knight said he knew God had arranged the visit before he even got to the house. It was his first day as an Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief chaplain, and […]
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief Volunteers At Work In Florida, ‘Inundated’ With Requests
Arcadia, Florida, was Candace McIntosh’s home for nine years after college, the place where she experienced her first sense of community as an adult and where she felt the call […]
Preparing to help hurricane survivors
Thanks to WSFA-TV in Montgomery for this report about Yellow Shirt Army volunteers preparing to deploy under the leadership of State Missionary Mark Wakefield, Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief strategist. If […]
Disaster relief volunteers make ‘slow but steady progress’ in eastern Kentucky flood zone
Around 50 Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are at work in Elkhorn City, Kentucky, helping residents recover from the state’s worst flood on record. Cookie Baker, who is serving at […]
‘Catastrophic’: Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief responds following Kentucky flooding
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are providing flood recovery, laundry services and chaplain ministry in Elkhorn City, Kentucky, as the area copes with historic flooding. The Alabama DR volunteers are […]
Living Water in Romania
When the pastor told David Hendon that the church’s well had run dry, he didn’t understand what they meant at first. “My dad was a well driller, but the pastor […]
Cahaba Association Disaster Relief Leader Doug Vance Sees God’s Hand in Ministry Role
Doug Vance said every time he stands in someone’s yard with a chainsaw, the person talks about how amazing it is that someone would come all the way there to […]
AUM athletics, BCM team up for hurricane relief
Spring break often means a chance to travel but for many Baptist Campus Ministries (BCM) students, the travel is tied to a chance to serve and do missions. Reports from […]