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Disaster Relief Appreciation Day set for Nov. 5
By Greg Teffertiller As far as disasters are concerned, 2017 will forever be known as “unprecedented.” Our nation has been impacted by three record-setting hurricanes,...
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Syracuse University’s Student Association funds Send Relief Puerto Rico mission trip
NEW YORK—Devon Bartholomew had led mission trips before. But he had never seen a student association fund 20 students’ flights from their own budget—not until...
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SBDR, Send Relief leaders in Puerto Rico, forge disaster response
By Brandon Elrod SAN JUAN, PR (BP) — Three weeks since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Sam Porter estimates that one-third of the island has...
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Disaster relief Q&A with Ingleside Baptist Church
IMMOKALEE—Missions director, Lisa Call, shares about Ingleside Baptist Church’s experience serving with Send Relief and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief in hurricane-battered Florida. SR: Why Florida?...
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SBDR volunteers share ‘most memorable things’ while serving Immokalee
By Josie Bingham IMMOKALEE—Disaster Relief (DR) unit leader, Rick Merritt, was frustrated. He needed a tool he didn’t have in order to fix the roof...
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SBDR preparing major Puerto Rico response
Editor’s note: Over the weekend (Sept. 23-24), the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) situation changed in Puerto Rico. The extent of the damage has made...
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Hurricane Irma leaves impoverished community with less; FBC Immokalee rallies to serve
IMMOKALEE—Inside a gym with yellow walls, 200 volunteers form an assembly line. They’re from First Baptist Church (FBC) Immokolee in Immokalee, Fl., and they’re bagging...
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As Florida relief efforts ramp up, Texas needs continue
By Brandon Elrod FLORIDA—Officials are continuing to assess the damage from Hurricane Irma, which tore through Florida over the weekend and left widespread power outages,...
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Hurricane Irma response begins; Harvey response continues
FLORIDA—Mark MacDonald walked around his Jacksonville home Monday morning, assessing the damage done by Hurricane Irma. “Our roof is leaking and a few trees are...
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Churches, ministry groups serve refugees fleeing Irma at Send Relief hub
By Brandon Elrod CLARKSTON, Ga.—After more than 24 hours of travel from West Palm Beach, Fla., a group of Syrian refugees finally made it to...
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‘God sent them,’ Houston homeowner says of SBDR volunteers
By Carmen K. Sisson HOUSTON — As Category 4 Hurricane Harvey crept across Texas at an agonizing two miles per hour in mid-August, the rain...
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Southern Baptists prepare for Hurricane Irma
By Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA—The flood waters have yet to recede completely in parts of Texas, and Hurricane Irma is churning, labelled by media outlets as...
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Trump meets with SBC’s Ezell, other disaster relief leaders
By Mike Ebert WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump met with leaders of the three largest disaster relief organizations in the United States at the...
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Receding floodwaters allow some increased Baptist Relief activity
By Brandon Elrod HOUSTON (BP) — Several days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall, authorities say many of the hardest hit areas in Texas remain in...
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Southern Baptists ramp up for Hurricane Harvey response
By Josie Bingham TEXAS—Hurricane Harvery is targeting Texas and appears to be doing “nothing ordinary but everything extraordinary,” according to Wally Leyerle, acting director of...
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NAMB names new national director for Disaster Relief
ALPHARETTA—Sam Porter has been a proponent of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) for years. He was one of the first SBDR leaders to respond after...
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