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Baptist Relief volunteers still serving after St. Louis flood
By Tobin Perry This waterlogged scene from Eureka, Mo., was a familiar site throughout Missouri after torrential rains fell between Christmas and New Year’s Day....
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Southern Baptists to highlight SBDR volunteers on Nov. 1
By Tobin Perry OSO, Wash. – When disasters strike, communities change in an instant. Pastor Gary Ray saw that firsthand a year and a half...
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Students, SBDR volunteers help save affordable housing complex
By Laura Sikes SUMMERTON, S.C. – Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers (SBDR) working in Summerton, S.C., last week helped save the area’s only affordable housing...
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SBDR responding to historic Carolina floods
By Joe Conway ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Millennial floodwaters, sparked by upper-atmospheric rain bands from Hurricane Joaquin, covered much of Columbia, Charleston and other cities and...
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A decade later, Katrina viewed as defining event for Baptist Relief
By Tobin Perry GULFPORT, Miss. – When Randy Corn arrived in Gulfport, Miss., in April of 2006, with a team of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief...
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Baptist Relief volunteers save Sandy survivor’s home from demolition
By Laura Sikes FREEPORT, N.Y. – Hurricane Sandy survivor Cecelya Morsby faced near eviction in March 2015 from her flooded home in Freeport, N.Y., before...
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Baptist Sandy rebuild continues two-plus years after storm’s landfall
By Laura Sikes LONG BEACH, N.Y. – Two and a half years after Superstorm Sandy struck, Jim Clark and his wife, Ena, of Long Beach,...
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College students needed for Superstorm Sandy rebuild
By Laura Sikes CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. – As the two-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaches, Southern Baptists continue to bring help, healing and hope to...
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Washington fire survivors see God work through Baptist Relief volunteers
By Tobin Perry TWISP, Wash. – Patty Wetzel already knew the life-altering devastation that can come when fire strikes her home. She remembers well the...
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Sandy rebuild brings Spring Break students
College students are again trading spring break on the beach for hard work in New York and New Jersey as part of Sandy Rebuild. In...
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Sandy Rebuild needs college students for Christmas
By Laura Sikes STATEN ISLAND – When college students return to Staten Island over Christmas break this year, some of them might cross paths with...
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Sandy Rebuild helps homeowner return 11 months later
By Laura Sikes LONG ISLAND – Volunteers are the heart of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief ministry as they bring help, healing and hope to survivors...
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SBDR volunteers bring service, life change to Sandy survivors
“The result of the Baptists being here – building the ramp – allowed my soul to just open up and let Jesus in. I’ve been...
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Baptist generosity impacts lives in Sandy Rebuild effort
By Laura Sikes LONG ISLAND — In the picturesque coastal village of Freeport on Long Island, N.Y., where super storm Sandy’s surge flooded homes with...
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Partnerships drive effective disaster relief response
By Laura Sikes ALPHARETTA, Ga.– When Superstorm Sandy approached the northeast coast last October, North American Mission Board Disaster Relief Executive Director Fritz Wilson and...
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Baptist relief volunteers among first to return with Colorado homeowners
By Joe Conway BLACK FOREST, Colo. – Dave Fulbright’s first job as a Southern Baptist Disaster Relief assessor was a tough one. Fulbright and his...
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