Research by Topic: disaster-response
Travelogue takes American Baptists on the road with ABHMS Disaster-response Ministries
Published September 25, 2017VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/25/17)—Beginning tomorrow, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) takes American Baptists on the road with ABHMS Disaster-response Ministries as it assesses the damage and connects with survivors and others on the ground in hurricane-ravaged areas from Louisiana and Texas to Florida and Puerto Rico. Through photographs and videos as well as […]
Filed under: healing-communities, victoria, hurricane-maria, hurricane-irma, disaster-response-ministries, hurricane-harvey, rebuilding-renewing-restoring, disaster-relief-ministries, disaster-response, susan-gottshall
ABHMS continues to support hurricanes Harvey, Irma survivors
Published September 19, 2017VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/19/17)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) continues to provide support to the survivors of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Both recently brought strong winds and flooding that resulted in structural damage, power outages, injuries and fatalities—Harvey in Texas and Louisiana, and Irma in Puerto Rico and Florida. Hurricane Harvey relief efforts On […]
Filed under: hurricane-irma, disaster-response-ministries, hurricane-harvey, one-great-hour-of-sharing, disaster-relief-ministries, disaster-response, healing-communities
DONATE TO HURRICANE IRMA RELIEF
Published September 8, 2017VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/8/17)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) urges American Baptists to pray for and donate One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) funds to those in the path of Hurricane Irma, a Category 5-turned-Category 4 storm that has affected the Caribbean islands, rendering approximately 1 million people in Puerto Rico without power. Media outlets are […]
Filed under: hurricane-irma, one-great-hour-of-sharing, disaster-relief-ministries, disaster-response, healing-communities, diaster-relief
DONATE TO HURRICANE HARVEY RELIEF
Published August 31, 2017VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/28/17)—American Baptists are urged to lift up those affected in both Texas and Louisiana by Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm that made landfall Friday on the Texas coast. Bringing 130 mph winds and an unprecedented amount of torrential rainfall in some areas, the hurricane has resulted in flooding, power outages, […]
Filed under: disaster-relief-ministries, disaster-response-ministries, hurricane-harvey, one-great-hour-of-sharing, jeffrey-haggray, disaster-response, healing-communities
ABHMS seeks volunteers for two rebuilding efforts in Rainelle, W.Va.
Published March 21, 2017American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is seeking volunteers to help rebuild flood-ravaged Rainelle, W.Va., during two efforts planned for June 10-17 and 17-24. Last year, the “Mountain State” experienced record-breaking flooding. For congregants of First Baptist Church (FBC), Rainelle, June 23, 2016, was expected to be just another day of vacation Bible school. To […]
Filed under: one-great-hour-of-sharing, disaster-relief-ministries, volunteer-mobilization-ministries, disaster-response, volunteer-ministries, healing-communities, victoria-goff
ABHMS commits to rebuilding flood-ravaged Baton Rouge
Published January 13, 2017When American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) helps communities rebuild after a natural disaster, the organization truly commits. Take, for example, the Baton Rouge area. It was August when unprecedented rainfall caused flooding that affected more than 55,000 homes in Louisiana. Since then, ABHMS-coordinated volunteer teams from Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., and American Baptist Men USA (ABMen USA) of Massachusetts have taken mission trips to the area. Now it’s January, and ABMen USA of West Virginia, Illinois and Massachusetts are serving in Baton Rouge.
Filed under: volunteer-ministries, benedict-college, baton-rouge, american-baptist-men-usa, lucky-ray, disaster-relief-ministries, volunteer-mobilization-ministries, disaster-response, healing-communities, victoria-goff
American Baptist Churches issues joint appeal for Hurricane Matthew relief funds
Published October 19, 2016VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/19/16)—American Baptist Churches announces a joint appeal for One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) funds to aid in Hurricane Matthew response both in the United States and in Haiti, Cuba and the Caribbean. As Hurricane Matthew has revealed its deep destruction and impact in these areas, the need for additional funding […]
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ABHMS presents $60,000 OGHS grant to Weirton Christian Center
Published October 18, 2016WEIRTON, W.VA. (10/18/16)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has presented a $60,000 One Great Hour of Sharing Domestic Development Grant to Weirton (W.Va.) Christian Center. The presentation was made at the center today by Victoria Goff, ABHMS’ national coordinator of Volunteer Mobilization and Disaster Response Ministries. The center has been serving families in the Weirton […]
Filed under: one-great-hour-of-sharing, disaster-relief-ministries, disaster-response, victoria-goff, neighborhood-action-program-christian-center
American Baptists respond to Louisiana flooding, Indiana tornadoes
Published August 30, 2016VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/30/16)—In response to recent natural disasters in Louisiana and Indiana, American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) Disaster Relief Office has distributed Emergency Disaster-relief grants from American Baptist Churches USA’s One Great Hour of Sharing funds. More specifically, $10,000 was released to American Baptist Churches of the South (ABCOTS) in response to […]
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ABHMS continues ‘Home Mission: ’Til the Work is Done’ 11 years after hurricanes devastate New Orleans
Published August 23, 2016Rallied by morning prayers, camaraderie and Christian songs, 186 volunteers from 21 American Baptist churches, 17 states and 15 regions across the United States and Puerto Rico braved a week’s worth of heat and humidity recently to minister as the hands and feet of Christ during American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) “Home Mission: ’Til the Work is Done” in New Orleans. They worked in homes, community gardens, a playground, a charter school, a horse-rescue ranch, an animal shelter and a food pantry, to name a few.
Filed under: til-the-work-is-done, new-orleans, nola-2016, disaster-relief-ministries, volunteer-mobilization-ministries, disaster-response, volunteer-ministries, healing-communities, victoria-goff
