DR teams respond to March 25 storms
Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma disaster relief volunteers sprang into action immediately the evening of March 25 as deadly tornadoes swept across central and northeastern Oklahoma. Trained assessors and chaplains were out determining needs within the hour...
Oklahoma Baptists Disaster Relief Storm Assessors Spring to Action
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma’s (BGCO) Disaster Relief teams have begun assessment of storms on Wednesday evening. According to Dave Karr, an official with the BGCO Disaster Relief Operation, the Rapid Response Assessment Team...
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Volunteers Clear Guthrie Home Sites of Ash
UPDATE: Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief was informed that feeding units previously requested in Woodward are no longer needed. Related to Guthrie relief efforts, more than two dozen requests have been received for home site clean-up to date. GUTHRIE—Of the many who...
Oklahoma Baptists’ Disaster Relief helps in Guthrie after fires
EDMOND—The Disaster Relief organization of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) is involved in the response to the wildfires in the Guthrie area. According to Dave Karr, deployment coordinator for the BGCO, volunteers are preparing hundreds of meals today...
Oklahoma Baptists’ Disaster Relief active in response, assessment after tornadoes
OKLAHOMA CITY—Following the April 27 tornadoes that caused death and destruction in Arkansas and Northeast Oklahoma, the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma’s Disaster Relief organization’s trained volunteers are at work, assessing damage and finding ways to serve....
Oklahoma Baptists give $500k to Moore Public Schools for 1,600-person storm shelter at Central Elementary/Junior High
MOORE, Okla.–The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma’s (BGCO) Disaster Relief organization presented a $500,000 donation on Wednesday to the Moore Public Schools to build a 1,600-person storm shelter at a school in Moore. The BGCO, which has an ongoing involvement...
Oklahoma Baptist disaster relief volunteers ready for action again
OKLAHOMA CITY--After Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) volunteer chain saw teams just completed storm debris removal for more than 500 families affected by the December 2013 ice storm, crews are again ready for action. Sam Porter, disaster relief director for the...
Sheltered by love!
Eight months after an eventual EF-5 tornado touched down west of Newcastle and roared northeastward for 17 miles during a 39-minute reign of terror that ripped through the heart of Moore, Sam Porter is close to seeing his dream of a safer heart of Oklahoma come to...
Oklahoma Baptists Disaster Volunteers on Standby for Winter Weather
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—With weather reports projecting a potential major ice storm for parts of Oklahoma, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) Disaster Relief Director Sam Porter alerted teams of its volunteers to be on standby. “We will be placing our feeding...
Shifting gears in the Philippines disaster response
The Baptist Global Response (BGR) Rapid Assistance Team is nearly done identifying communities that need assistance after Typhoon Haiyan and meeting immediate survival needs. It’s time to shift gears toward a longer-term response. Now a Disaster Assessment and...