by Staff | Mar 23, 2022 | Severe Storms, Tornado
Above: Pastor Keith Rogers of Kingston, Texoma Southern stands in the church’s family life center after the March 21 tornado damaged the building. KINGSTON—Keith Rogers has served as pastor in the Texoma area for more than 15 years. On the evening of March 21,...
by Staff | Dec 13, 2021 | Severe Storms, Tornado
Above: Disaster Relief chainsaw team leaves from Hugo to serve in Trumann, Ark. in the aftermath of the Friday, Dec. 10, tornadoes. HUGO—Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) is involved in the aftermath of the series of tornadoes that impacted numerous states on...
by Staff | Mar 4, 2021 | Relief/Aid, Severe Storms
Don Williams did not know he would be busy in early March. The arctic weather that swept through Oklahoma in mid-February had unexpected results with many churches across the state. Williams, who serves as state director of Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR), spent...
by Staff | Aug 28, 2019 | Relief/Aid, Severe Storms
Severe and damaging storms, including 70-plus miles per hour winds, swept through central Oklahoma and other parts of the state on in the evening hours of Aug. 26. Volunteers with Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) were providing assistance as soon as the very next...
by Staff | 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...
