Stories tagged with: 2005-2007 hurricane katrina

• Welch: SBC relief different because it’s given in Jesus’ name

  by Jerry Pierce, Southern Baptist Texan, posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 (18 years ago)

  Praying together SBC President Bobby Welch, right, and Executive Committee President Morris H. Chapman, center, pray with Doug Stringer, founder and president of Somebody Cares America, a Houston-based ministry that teamed with First Baptist Church of Kirbyville, Texas to help meet needs of Hurricane Rita victims. Photo by Jerry Pierce

  PORT ARTHUR, Texas (BP)--“Lord, bless every piece of bread, every bowl of beans, every sandwich, every bottle of water given in the name of Jesus,” Southern Baptist Convention President Bobby Welch prayed as he huddled with SBC Disaster Relief volunteers.

        The theme was familiar among the Baptist “yellow shirt” volunteers who’ve been around Welch since hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast states: Baptists giving out bottled water, sandwiches and beanie weenies are giving what Welch calls "holy gifts" because they are given in Jesus’ name.

  Welch joined Executive Committee President Morris H. Chapman and three members of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention staff in touring Hurricane Rita-ravaged Southeast Texas Sept. 30. Read More

• 'Samuel’s Challenge' helps kids assist in disaster relief

  by Joe Conway, posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 (18 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--You could see it in his eyes. A combination of concern and prayerful consideration had motivated the young boy to action. Read More

• Prof aids firefighters at New Orleans front lines

  by Brent Thompson, posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 (18 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--After Hurricane Katrina struck, teams of firefighters rushed to New Orleans from as far away as Illinois and New York City and moved into temporary camps in Baton Rouge. Hardened veterans and wide-eyed rookies alike went about the essential but morbid task of removing dead bodies, cleaning up rotting garbage and otherwise doing the dirty work of restoring the city. It was not easy: horrible sights and fetid smells were an everyday occurrence. Read More

• Scope of opportunity expands for port ministry after Katrina

  by Marilyn Stewart, posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Global Maritime Ministries, the Southern Baptist ministry to the Port of New Orleans and the Port of South Louisiana, has found that the world is truly at their doorstep as thousands of international seamen enter their ports each year. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Making evangelism good news again

  by John Avant, posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 (18 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--The hurricanes keep coming. And they always will until Jesus comes. This is the fallen world we live in. But that has always been an opportunity for God’s people. Read More

• New Orleans pastors continue to share burdens & challenges

  by Sherri Brown, posted Friday, September 30, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--A call to faithfulness was sounded as 40 pastors and church staff members in the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans met Sept. 28.

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• Volunteers tackle damaged trees & roofs in N.O. community

  by Keith Manuel, posted Friday, September 30, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--The lack of portable showers and cooking facilities could not deter the efforts of a chain saw crew from Florida’s Orange Blossom Baptist Association.

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• Small church makes big impact for hurricane relief needs

  by Gary D. Myers, posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 (18 years ago)

  ATLANTA (BP)--Tumbling Creek Baptist Church may not be the largest church in the Southern Baptist Convention, but its members are making an impact on those affected by Hurricane Katrina. So far, the rural Tennessee church, which averages 200 in worship, has given more than $20,000 to recovery efforts. Read More

• Baptist relief not interested in gov. funds, Reccord says

  by Martin King, posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 (18 years ago)

  Different than a job On ‘Fox and Friends,’ Robert E. Reccord described Southern Baptist Disaster Relief as “a lifestyle and calling” that needs no government funding.

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Southern Baptist disaster relief response is not contingent on government reimbursement, according Robert E. (Bob) Reccord, president of the entity that coordinates the SBC’s national disaster response.

        In a front-page story in The Washington Post Sept. 27, Reccord said, “Volunteer labor is just that: volunteer. We would never ask for the government to pay for it.”

  Reccord’s comments were included in a story concerning the announcement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that it will reimburse churches and other religious organizations that have provided shelter, food and supplies to survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Read More

• Philly volunteers spread brotherly love in Louisiana

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 (18 years ago)

  Sorting donations Volunteers from two Philadelphia-area congregations traveled 24 hours to join in Louisiana relief efforts such as sorting donated clothing at First Baptist Church in Slidell. Photo courtesy of Keystone Community Fellowship

  NORTH WALES, Pa. (BP)--The stench of rotting fish across the grass and parking lot of First Baptist Church in Slidell, La., somehow was tolerable -– even after the rigors of a 24-hour drive.

  But the tragedy that these Pennsylvania volunteers from metro Philadelphia were seeing was overwhelming.

  Although First Baptist Slidell -– two miles from Lake Ponchartrain –- sustained four feet of flooding from Hurricane Katrina in some of its facilities, the church was ministering in its stricken community with the help of Southern Baptist volunteers like the dozen members of Keystone Community Fellowship and five from Riverside Community Church, both suburban Philadelphia church starts that target people in the postmodern generation. Read More