 With thousands of "mud-out" jobs awaiting volunteers in the wake of Hurricane Irene, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief has tapped into a new generation of volunteers. In a partnership between Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, Liberty University and SBDR, 200 Liberty students are serving in the Binghamton, N.Y., area cleaning flooded homes. The goal was for students to complete 260 jobs, about 10 percent of the homes flooded in the area.
 North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell provides an update on Southern Baptist Disaster Relief efforts ramping up in the wake of Hurricane Irene – and shares how Southern Baptists can support the effort financially.
 Disaster relief had never appeared on Janet Angell's radar screen—not until disaster came to her backyard. Now, her neighbors in Minot, N.D. have "lost everything", and Janet is a sudden Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer. See the amazing results God brings when Janet joins disaster relief volunteers in her town.
From the pile of rubble that was once Harmony Heights Baptist Church in Joplin, Mo., NAMB President Kevin Ezell reports on the Disaster Relief response to the city's record-setting May 21 tornado—and requests prayer and financial support for the effort from Southern Baptists.
NAMB President Kevin Ezell, visiting Southern Baptist disaster relief locations in Tuscaloosa, Ala., thanks Southern Baptists for their support of the response.
As members of Mamre Baptist Church and others began picking up the pieces after tornadoes ripped through the Gadsden, Ala., area April 27, 2011, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers with chainsaws were there to lend a hand.
A week after devastating tornadoes ripped across the South, North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell reports on the work of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers -- and the need for donations to support the massive effort.
North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell challenges Southern Baptists to support Disaster Relief efforts in the wake of deadly tornadoes that swept across the South April 27-28, 2011.
It is a 21st Century message in a bottle. But the "bottle" is actually a bucket and the "message" is actually the Gospel. From a grocery store, to a home, to a church in the United States and then on to an earthquake victim in Haiti, follow a Bucket of Hope on its thousand-mile journey and see the hope of Jesus delivered to a place where hope is in very short supply.
View videos related to the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief response to the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti.
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