by Braden East | Jun 4, 2019 | Flood, Relief/Aid, Severe Storms
Record flooding in parts of Oklahoma resulted in BGCO Mudout teams being deployed to Skiatook, Oklahoma. These are pictures from some of the work. Pictures include work on Avant First Baptist Church, where the church members had mostly cleared the structure but we...
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 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 25, 2017 | Hurricane, Severe Storms
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief has been in close contact with relief agencies preparing for Hurricane Harvey. Our volunteers are on standby, including our large mobile feeding unit. Thank you for praying – Don Williams Update 8-26-2017 Okla. Baptist Disaster...
by Staff | May 17, 2017 | Severe Storms, Tornado
ELK CITY, Okla.—Leaders with the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) and its Disaster Relief organization were in Elk City on Wednesday, meeting with other emergency management leaders, to talk about the tornado relief efforts. Sam Porter, director of...
by Staff | May 16, 2017 | Press Release, Severe Storms, Tornado
ELK CITY, Okla.— On Tuesday evening, Sam Porter, director of Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR), said the operation’s trained volunteers are assessing tornado damage in Elk City and monitoring the storms. “Our rapid response assessors are in Elk City...
