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SBTC, BGCT assisting Ike-damaged, destroyed churches
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Both The Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC) have established initiatives and web sites whereby Southern Baptists can donate to support the many SBC churches totally destroyed or heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike. |
Date Created: 10/12/2008 7:35:03 PM
In Galveston, Baptists help kindle hope
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For years the big, blue pillars flanking the bridge to Galveston Island have welcomed tourists and beachcombers to the city. |
Date Created: 10/1/2008 7:15:39 PM
SBC disaster relief cooks over 3.7 million meals in Texas, La.
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Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers have prepared a staggering 3.7 million hot meals for victims and trained volunteers in the 30-day aftermath of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in Texas and Louisiana. |
Date Created: 9/29/2008 5:22:41 PM
Baptists respond to Ike’s impact far beyond Texas, Louisiana
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While the Southern Baptist disaster relief response in Louisiana and Texas has been mammoth, several state conventions have also deployed volunteers in their own states as a result of Hurricane Ike damage right in their own backyards. |
Date Created: 9/25/2008 11:42:44 AM
First feeding unit in Galveston to launch Wednesday
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While feeding continues at the four “mega” centers in Texas – Houston’s First Baptist Church, Texas City, Baytown and League City – Southern Baptists plan to open the first feeding kitchen in Hurricane Ike-ravaged Galveston itself on Sept. 24. |
Date Created: 9/23/2008 12:26:40 PM
Sacrifice, sweat and sharing Jesus in Ike-ravaged Texas
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Houston. Baytown. Texas City. League City. Pasadena. Livingston. Port Arthur. Huntsville. Lufkin. Tyler. Since Tuesday (Sept. 16), Southern Baptists in these Texas cities have provided more than 321,000 hot meals for thousands of victims of Hurricane Ike. |
Date Created: 9/19/2008 8:41:29 AM
Baptists gear up to prepare 500,000 meals a day
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About 1,500 Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteers are setting up units in Texas and should be operational by the end of the day Monday as they serve victims of Hurricane Ike. |
Date Created: 9/16/2008 1:25:26 PM
Ike pushes relief workers beyond million meals
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More than 1 million hot meals have been prepared by Southern Baptist disaster relief teams since Hurricane Gustav hit the Louisiana coast on Sept. 1 and Hurricane Ike clobbered Galveston and Houston on Saturday morning. |
Date Created: 9/16/2008 6:41:11 AM
SBC DR teams brace for Ike
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Jim Richardson has directed Southern Baptist disaster relief in Texas only two years, but he knows full well that Hurricane Ike may define his tenure as disaster relief director for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC). |
Date Created: 9/12/2008 2:07:41 PM
Baptist disaster relief teams turn eyes on Texas
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With recovery work still going non-stop in Louisiana post- Hurricane Gustav, Southern Baptist disaster relief workers now shift their attention to Texas, where Hurricane Ike is predicted to cut a swath between Port Lavaca and Bay City, Texas early Saturday morning. |
Date Created: 9/11/2008 11:02:55 AM
Baptists help feed a Gustav-battered Louisiana city
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The small side roads running from Baton Rouge to Houma began to tell the story of Hurricane Gustav as power line poles bowed toward the pavement like loose fingers. |
Date Created: 9/10/2008 12:04:27 PM
Baptists serving Gustav victims now must seek refuge from Ike
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Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) leaders working out of North American Mission Board offices here are working quickly to ready a relief response once Hurricane Ike makes landfall at week’s end, even while they are scrambling to move volunteers out of Ike’s path. |
Date Created: 9/9/2008 6:48:49 AM
Florida Baptist DR teams bracing for Ike
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Now that Hurricane Hanna is no longer a threat to Florida, Fritz Wilson, state disaster relief director for the Florida Baptist Convention, and his team are turning their full attention to Ike -- the next hurricane in what seems to be a never-ending string of storms tearing across the Atlantic toward Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. |
Date Created: 9/5/2008 1:50:33 PM
In the wake of chaos, Southern Baptists bring peace
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Michael Desmond begins to cry when he tells the story. “At 9:30 I heard the first tree crack and fall. By 12 o’clock, trees, large trees were falling left and right.” |
Date Created: 9/5/2008 1:47:05 PM
Baptists serving from 54 sites in Gustav-affected areas
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The families here came with three days of clothes and little else. |
Date Created: 9/4/2008 11:00:25 AM
SBC disaster relief teams rolling into Louisiana
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The night’s warm breeze gave way to a drizzle as Kentucky Baptist disaster relief units rolled out of Camp Garaywa, a Woman’s Missionary Union camp located in this small town west of Jackson. |
Date Created: 9/3/2008 12:49:11 PM
SBC DR teams battle lingering winds, rain in Gustav’s wake
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Although Hurricane Gustav has deteriorated now to only a tropical depression, Southern Baptist disaster relief teams are still battling high winds and heavy rainfall as they prepare to respond to critical needs in south Louisiana. |
Date Created: 9/3/2008 7:30:12 AM
Baptist feeding effort underway as Gustav advances inland
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As Hurricane Gustav came ashore early Monday morning and started creeping its way across Louisiana, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteers were already busy preparing meals for evacuees and standing by to move into storm ravaged areas. |
Date Created: 9/1/2008 6:39:52 PM
Baptists gear up to prepare 600,000 meals a day as Gustav nears
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The American Red Cross and Salvation Army have asked Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteers to prepare for the worst. |
Date Created: 8/29/2008 9:19:29 PM
Baptist relief teams prepare as New Orleans braces for Gustav
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As Tropical Storm Gustav churns toward the Gulf Coast with a direct line toward New Orleans, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Units in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Virginia have been put on alert for a possible response. |
Date Created: 8/28/2008 1:56:29 PM
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