by Staff | Sep 12, 2024 | Hurricane, Relief/Aid
Oklahoma Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers are departing Friday morning to establish and operate a recovery site at First Baptist Church in Morgan City, La., following the landfall of Hurricane Francine on Sept. 11. Jason Yarbrough, Oklahoma Baptists’...
by Staff | Sep 20, 2023 | Hurricane, Relief/Aid, Severe Storms
Posted by Bob Nigh — A team of five Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers arrived in the Pacific island of Guam on Sept. 17 to help do clean-up, repair and rebuilding following Typhoon Mawar. Other state DR teams are being formed to travel to Florida...
by Staff | Nov 30, 2022 | Hurricane, Relief/Aid, Tornado
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) is finishing recovery work in Daytona Beach, Fla. and in Idabel, after recent natural disasters affected both areas. DR, along with other Southern Baptist state DR ministries, have been working in Florida as a result of Hurricane...
by Staff | Oct 31, 2022 | Hurricane, Relief/Aid
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) continues to serve in northeast Florida, serving those who were affected by Hurricane Ian. DR team members have been stationed at Daytona Beach, First for three weeks. Sixty-two workers served during the first...
by Staff | Oct 20, 2022 | Hurricane, Relief/Aid
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following narrative was provided by Randy Swift, associate pastor at Claremore, First, who was serving on a chainsaw team in Daytona Beach, Fla. with Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR). For those interested in more information on DR or would like...
by Staff | Oct 11, 2022 | Hurricane, Relief/Aid
DAYTONA, Fla.—Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) is serving in Daytona, Fla., an area that initially was overlooked, regarding areas affected by Hurricane Ian. Sam Porter, interim state DR director, knew of the possibilities that Florida may have a region not...
