Believers often ask in Disaster Relief, “Why do I have to go through training to serve as a disaster relief volunteer? Why can’t I just go help people?” Preparation is important in any area of ministry as it enables us to be more effective as we seek to be used by God to reach or [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Disaster Relief'
I’m Not Trained, But I Did Stay at a Holiday Inn Express Last Night
January 19th, 2012 · 2 Comments · All Posts, Disaster Relief
Tags:Cooperative Program·CP·disaster relief·disaster victims·KBC·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief·ministry·missions·SBC·Southern Baptist Convention
Haiti: Two Years Later
January 10th, 2012 · No Comments · Cooperative Program, Disaster Relief, Haiti
Thursday, January 12 marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that rocked the tiny island home of Haiti. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake left over a million people homeless and 230,000 dead as the violent vibrations crumbled a nation. Southern Baptist volunteers rushed to Haiti to provide medical care, clean water, food, and spiritual hope. Homes [...]
Tags:Buckets of Hope·Christ·Christian·church·church planting·church plants·construction·demolition·disaster·disaster relief·disaster response·earthquake·evangelism·God·Haiti·Jesus·KBC·Kentucky Baptist Convention·mission teams·mission trips·professions of faith·Rebuild Haiti·relief aid·volunteers
God Answers Prayers: A Disaster Relief Testimony
August 28th, 2011 · 4 Comments · All Posts, Disaster Relief
Here’s a great testimony from, Bill Johnson, one of our Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers about his return trip from serving flood victims in Minot, North Dakota, recently. It’s well worth the read: GOD Answers Prayers When we were getting ready to leave Minot North Dakota on that Saturday morning after a 2 week stint [...]
Tags:Christ·Christian·church·disaster relief·God·helping hand·Jesus·KBC·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Minot·North Dakota·prayer·volunteer
CP Goes Around and Comes Around
March 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, Disaster Relief
Check out this Kentucky Baptist Convention podcast featuring Ian Sterling, a disaster relief volunteer, who came to Christ through the ministry of a KBC disaster relief team seven years ago. Sterling, of Las Vegas, Nev., was working with the American Red Cross during its response to Hurricane Ivan in Bay Minette, Ala., when he came [...]
Tags:Alabama·American Red Cross·Bay Minette·Christ·Christian·Cooperative Program·CP·disaster response·disater relief·God·Hurricane Ivan·Jesus·KBC·Kentucky Baptist Convention·ministry·SBC·Southern Baptist Convention
Thanks for a Job Well Done on American Samoa
April 8th, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Disaster Relief, Kentucky Baptist Convention
Kentuckians Larry and Elaine Koch are now on their way back home after serving for the past three months as coordinators for Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams working in American Samoa to help the people there recover from a devastating earthquake-generated tsunami that swept the island last September. Larry is retired as disaster relief associate [...]
Tags:American Samoa·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief·North American Mission Board·tsunami
Haiti’s Shepherds Need Our Prayers
March 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · All Posts, Disaster Relief, Haiti
I mentioned in the last post that I would be sharing video from the current Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief mission to Haiti. Take a look at this powerful testimony from one of our Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief chaplains who has been in Haiti this week as he shares about ministering to Haitian pastors.
Tags:Haiti·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief
Haiti’s Needs Continue to be Desperate
March 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · All Posts, Disaster Relief, Haiti
It’s looking like Kentucky Baptists will send more than 12,000 Buckets of Hope to Haiti as part of the SBC-wide effort to provide practical aid to the people devastated by the Jan. 12 earthquake. The goal here in Kentucky was to collect 10,000 buckets so our people have been especially generous. The video on this [...]
Tags:Haiti·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief
Needs Great in American Samoa
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Disaster Relief
With all of the focus on Haiti since the tragic earthquake that struck there on Jan. 12, it’s easy to forget that Southern Baptist Disaster Relief is also working right now in American Samoa to help the people there recover from a devastating earthquake-generated tsunami that swept the island last September. The needs in American [...]
Tags:American Samoa·Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief·North American Mission Board·tsunami
