Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief feeding unit, volunteers on way to Houston
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...
Your help is urgently needed to bring relief to Texas
Dear Friends, Tragedy has struck our neighbors in Texas. The response to Hurricane Harvey will be long and hard and require our very best. Oklahoma Baptists will answer the call to help. Please give now through Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief, so we can serve others...
Oklahoma Baptists embark to Texas beginning long-term relief efforts
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...
Okla. Baptist Relief Sending Help after Hurricane Harvey
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...
Okla. Disaster Relief is part of the response to Hurricane Harvey
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...
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief on standby for Hurricane Harvey
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 Relief...
Disaster Relief responds to Aug. 6 Tulsa tornado
TULSA— Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) Disaster Relief (DR) has chainsaw teams on the ground in Tulsa, following an EF2 tornado that hit the 4100 block of Yale Avenue at 1:19 a.m. Sunday, August. 6. The National Weather Service confirmed that...
Porter to retire as director of Okla. Baptist Disaster Relief, begin new role as national SBC DR director
By Messenger & NAMB Staff Sam Porter, who has been serving as director of Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) with the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) for approximately 20 years, announced his retirement July 11 to become national DR director for...
Oklahoma Baptist leaders meet in Elk City, participate in disaster response
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...
Okla. Baptist Disaster Relief responding in Elk City
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 and nearby...