Disaster relief teams at work in Alabama, Tennessee following tornadoes
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams are hard at work in Selmer, Tennessee, and in Alabama’s Colbert and Lauderdale counties following a devastating set of storms that moved across the Midwest and […]
Navigating the Waters of Disaster
Disasters come in many shapes and sizes: fire, flood, wind event, Covid… The disaster could last a few weeks or a few years. I was the pastor of a church […]
Saturday’s storms: Calera Baptist, Mignon Baptist damaged; disaster relief teams at work
Two Alabama Baptist churches sustained damage in the storms last night (March 15) — Calera Baptist from a tornado, and Mignon Baptist in Sylacauga from flooding. Mignon Baptist was sheltering between 80 and 100 […]
Disaster relief work wrapping up in South Carolina, moving to North Carolina
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 […]
Disaster relief volunteers continue long-haul work nearly a month after Helene
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 […]
Alabama Baptist DR teams helping thousands in South Carolina, Georgia
Cookie Baker’s map is full of digital pins — chainsaw jobs that have been done, jobs that are ready to be done and job requests that still need to be […]
Alabama Baptist DR teams helping thousands in South Carolina, Georgia
Cookie Baker’s map is full of digital pins — chainsaw jobs that have been done, jobs that are ready to be done and job requests that still need to be […]
The 100% Commitment
During my tenure as executive director, I’ve walked through long, dark hours, days and months in the aftermath of numerous disasters. Through it all, Alabama Baptists have been faithful to […]
States hard-hit by Helene need more volunteers; Alabama to offer 2 training sessions
Tony Wolfe said as he drives around his state, he sees months and months of work to do in the wake of Hurricane Helene. “This may be the biggest disaster […]
Disaster relief teams start work; ‘significant number of volunteers’ still needed
The road to recovery is “going to be a long operation” in the states affected by Hurricane Helene and “will need a significant number of volunteers,” said Mark Wakefield, Alabama Baptist […]
