India flood disaster prompts response

October 15, 2009

A vast multitude of poor villagers in southern India are trekking back to washed-out homes and ruined farmlands after the worst rains in 100 years

Alabama Baptist disaster relief teams assist flood victims in Georgia

October 8, 2009

Johnnie Wilson just didn’t know what to do. He didn’t know how he was going to go about getting those waterlogged walls dried out. Or

Baptists mobilize in Asia to aid victims of tsunamis, typhoons, quakes, flooding

October 8, 2009

Baptists are working to respond to needs in Asia following tsunamis, typhoons and tropical storms, earthquakes and flooding. Traumatized residents of the Philippines and Indonesia

Alabama Baptist disaster relief volunteers help north Georgia recover after flooding

October 1, 2009

Alabama Baptists’ new Rapid Response Assessment Team (RRAT) proved its worth and ability Sept. 24, just two weeks after completing training. When floodwaters devastated parts

BWA aids in Bangladesh, India after cyclone

June 4, 2009

WASHINGTON — Baptist World Aid, the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), has sent grants totaling $12,000 for cyclone emergency relief

Retiring disaster relief director Puckett says joy came in empowering others

May 21, 2009

Tommy Puckett has a plaque on his desk at the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM) that says, “My job is secure; it’s me

Alabama Baptists honored with disaster relief awards

April 30, 2009

State disaster relief director Tommy Puckett (left) and Rick Lance (right), SBOM executive director, stand with Alabama Baptists recently presented with disaster relief awards. Al