by Staff | Aug 31, 2017 | Flood, Severe Storms
SAPULPA—Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) sent more than 30 volunteers from northeast Oklahoma to Houston on Wednesday morning, Aug. 30. Oklahoma Baptists DR leaders received the call for help from Texas Baptists on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 29, and launched...
by Staff | Aug 29, 2017 | Flood, Hurricane, Uncategorized
TEXAS—Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) groups are prepared to offer help to those impacted by Hurricane Harvey in coming weeks and months as initial rescue efforts turn to relief efforts. Oklahoma Baptists are working closely with Texas Baptists and other...
by Staff | Aug 28, 2017 | Flood, Hurricane, Severe Storms
EDMOND, OK—Don Williams, Disaster Relief director for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO), has been in close contact for days with officials connected to Hurricane Harvey and the devastating floods in Texas. Williams said the BGCO’s DR will be deploying...
by Staff | Aug 28, 2017 | Flood, Hurricane
Many people have asked about where to go to donate toward disaster relief efforts related to Texas. Over the weekend, a donation page was set up to help with these efforts: https://www.okdisasterhelp.org/donate/ If you are on social media, please follow these two...
by Staff | Aug 25, 2016 | Flood, Press Release
BATON ROUGE, La.—Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers have helped to prepare more than 70,000 hot meals in their first week on the ground in this flood-ravaged city in Central Louisiana. The food is prepared in the mobile BGCO...
by Staff | Aug 22, 2016 | Flood
BATON ROUGE, La.—Despite battling scorching temperatures, soaring humidity and daily downpours of rainfall, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers have worked side-by-side with local volunteers to prepare more than 40,000 hot...
