First, Hurricane Francine hit Louisiana. Then, Hurricane Helene rolled through five states to become one of the deadliest hurricanes in United States history. Now, Hurricane Milton is bearing down on Florida. Christian nonprofits have jumped to respond.
Heat, humidity and mosquitoes dogged all TXM volunteers working in Brazoria County, Texas, as they cut up fallen trees, provided temporary roofs, did laundry and went doorto-door responding to requests for help after Hurricane Beryl.
An uptick in natural disasters in Texas has prompted commitment, stamina and persistence from volunteers working with the Christian relief organization Texans on Mission as they make the physical and spiritual needs of those impacted by tornados, flooding and rapid winds a top priority.
The sky grew dark with threatening clouds shortly before 6 p.m. May 22, but the eight people gathered for the midweek service at Dyess Grove Baptist Church southeast of Temple decided to go ahead as planned.
Texans and Israelis have worked together to provide the 100,000th meal using Texas Baptist Men's mobile kitchens.
Within 48 hours of Hamas rockets exploding in Israel, volunteers from Texas Baptist Men were preparing over 2,000 meals a day for war victims in Israel and continue to provide thousands of meals a day throughout the conflict.
A heart breaks as naturally as it loves. And traversing Antakya, Turkey, it crumbles like the buildings along the road. This once bustling city of 400,000 people now is post-apocalyptic.
With little more than the clothes on their back, hundreds of Ukrainian women and children wait hours in line to cross into Poland as part of the largest movement of people in Europe since World War II. More than 60% of the 110 Poland Baptist churches are responding to the needs of Ukrainian refugees, many of them in dramatic and radical ways.
