Video Update: Day 45
Dr. Anthony L. Jordan, BGCO Executive Director-Treasurer and Sam Porter, BGCO Disaster Relief Director give an update on what God has done through Oklahoma Baptist disaster relief since the May 2013 tornadoes.
Video Update: One Month Later
Dr. Anthony Jordan, Executive Director-Treasurer, and Sam Porter, Disaster Relief Director, reflect on the past month of work by Oklahoma Disaster Relief Teams and the amazing story of the continued generosity of thousands of people, churches and organizations around...
Free benefit concert with Matthew West
Clothing giveaway at Southern Hills Baptist Church June 21-22, 2013
Brand new quality clothing to be given away this Friday, June 21, 5:00-7:00 PM, and Saturday, June 22, 9:00-Noon, at Southern Hills Baptist Church, Oklahoma City. The event will be held in the gymnasium on campus. All individuals and families affected by the May...
Baptists lean on faith in spite of disaster
Organization has served more than 150,000 meals to workers, victims since May 20 MOORE, Okla. – It has been almost a month since the devastating storms tore through central Oklahoma on May 19 and 20, 2013. From the first moments of the statewide relief effort, the...
OK Baptists Disaster Relief Director in Colorado to Help Lead Response to Wildfires
OKLAHOMA CITY—Hours after he learned of the destructive wildfires in Colorado, Sam Porter, Disaster Relief Director for Oklahoma Baptists, left Oklahoma to Colorado to help give shape and strategy to the much-needed response. "Our trained volunteers continue the work...
Oklahoma Baptists to Respond to Colorado Wildfires
OKLAHOMA CITY--Oklahoma Baptists' Disaster Relief operation, which has played a leading role in response to the Oklahoma tornadoes, will respond to a call to help Colorado amid its destructive wildfires, according to Sam Porter, Disaster Relief Director for the...
Lockhart: In praise of the BGCO
Rep. James Lockhart, D-Heavener I must come clean. Up until a few days ago I had never dealt with the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) directly. I had heard mention of this thing or that thing they did through members of my church. I had never dealt...
Video Update: Day 19
Dr. Anthony Jordan, Executive Director-Treasurer, and Sam Porter, Disaster Relief Director, share the remarkable story of the last 19 days of the work of Oklahoma Disaster Relief Teams following recent devastating storms. They also tell about the incredible generosity...
‘Now I know God cares,’ Okla. survivor tells Baptist chaplain
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (BP) -- Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are ministering to survivors after a second round of deadly storms killed 22 people in Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas last weekend. A series of tornadoes north of Oklahoma City claimed at least...