9-21 Update [Hurricane Laura]
UPDATE Teams from Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) continue to help the people of Lake Charles, Louisiana pick up the pieces of what will be a long recovery journey after Hurricane Laura ripped through the area in August. DR leadership estimates teams will be there for at least 1-2 more months. ABSC DR teams in […]
9-14 Update [Hurricane Laura]
UPDATE Teams from Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) continue to help the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana pick up the pieces of what will be a long recovery journey after Hurricane Laura ripped through the area in August. DR leadership estimates they’ll be there for at least 1-2 more months. ABSC DR Teams in Louisiana […]
9-8 Update [Hurricane Laura]
UPDATE Teams from Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief began helping the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana pick up the pieces of what will be a long recovery journey. 118 volunteers have already arrived and served 3,633 hours so far. Lake Charles Power and Water plants were destroyed, so power and clean drinking water have been the […]
Disaster Relief Training Launches
Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief officially launched its virtual training sessions Monday, August 3
Disaster Relief training goes virtual
Arkansas Disaster Relief was forced to cancel their in-person training events due to COVID-19 and will likely have to wait until 2021 to continue doing them in-person. Just because they have to wait to continue in-person training does not mean that people who are interested in becoming volunteers, or volunteers who need to update their […]
Second Tornado Hits Arkansas, Disaster Relief Responds
Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) assessors and chaplains were on the ground Wednesday evening immediately after the storm lifted to assess damages and find ways to support those impacted.
Jonesboro Tornado: 4/2 Update
Randy Garrett said that disaster relief volunteers have completed all that had been requested of them and were shutting things down today.
Jonesboro Tornado: 4/1 Update
Chaplains reported that there has been one salvation so far during this deployment. They also report many contacts during which they have prayed with folks and shared the Gospel.
Jonesboro Tornado: 3/31 Update
Weather conditions prevented many teams from getting out and working today.
Jonesboro Tornado: 3/30 Update
Disaster relief crews began cleaning and helping those impacted by the EF-3 tornado that tore through Jonesboro on March 28.
Jonesboro Tornado: 3/29 Update
On Saturday evening, March 28, a tornado tore through the heart of Jonesboro, Arkansas injuring 22 people. Disaster Relief is responding.
Daily Update: New Deployments in Southern Arkansas
On the evening of June 19 we had straight-line winds across the southern portion of the state. Your DR teams are stepping up in those communities that were impacted.
Daily Update: What Volunteers Have Accomplished So Far
DR volunteers have accomplished so much in the last 10 days. Read on for details.