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.
Jonesboro Hit with Major Tornado
Jonesboro and surrounding areas were hit by a major tornado. Learn more.
Disaster Relief Training Update
With the Governor closing schools in Central Arkansas, we have decided to err on the side of caution and cancel the training at Mount Carmel (Cabot). We want to protect our volunteers and their families. Since we will have other training opportunities this year, we believe this is in the best interest of our volunteers. […]