Category Archives: Disaster Relief

Stories from the Storms

Tornado victims are finding help from Kentucky Baptist Convention churches, churches like First Baptist Church East Bernstadt. I talked today with Rev. Tommy Tapscott. Brother Tommy is the Associate Pastor of FBC East Bernstadt. Brother Tommy shared with me about a woman who came to the church yesterday and began to look through the mounds […]

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VIDEO: KBC Disaster Relief Tornado Response

When a series of tornadoes struck Kentucky on March 2, 2012, Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief responded quickly to offer hope and healing to the effected communities. In this video, one of the residents of West Liberty, Ky. shares her experience with the storm and with Kentucky Baptist volunteers who came to help. To find out […]

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KBC Disaster Relief Responding to Tornadoes

Seeing scenes of the devastation left behind by last week’s tornadoes left most of us who were spared from the disaster asking the same question: “What can I do to help?” If you are part of a church in the Kentucky Baptist Convention, let me give you a quick update on what you are already […]

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Disaster Relief Update from Japan

It’s been a very busy year for our disaster relief ministry. September finds Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers heading out to serve in New York, Maryland and North Carolina, as well as serving on the other side of the world in Japan. The northern coast of Japan was stuck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami […]

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KBC Disaster Relief on Standby for New England

Please be in prayer for all of those affected by Hurricane Irene. Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief‘s status has been upgraded to “standby” by the American Red Cross and North American Mission Board. Two kitchen units are on standby for possible deployment to New England (most likely Connecticut, Massachusetts or Rhode Island) in response to Hurricane […]

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