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Hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and wildfires, and the churches and Christian relief groups that respond.
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Opinion: One year after Typhoon Halong, Western Alaska’s recovery is far from over
6+ hour, 48+ min ago (307+ words) A year ago this month, remnants of Typhoon Halong pushed the sea into villages across Western Alaska. In Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, water lifted homes off their foundations. Within days, more than a thousand people had left the only home many…...
Sanctuary Cowboy Church continues to help ranchers after donations flood in
22+ hour, 33+ min ago (288+ words) CALDWELL, Idaho — The Sanctuary Cowboy Church in Caldwell came up with an initiative to help the ranchers affected by the Big Grass Fire and will continue doing what they can to help. WATCH: Check out the video to hear from…...
The Fires of Life
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (467+ words) Isn’t it encouraging that God can use the “fires” of life—the hardships and struggles, to shape us and prepare us? Only He can turn what is meant for evil into something beautiful and good. We are trusting and praying…...
Five things Friday roundup: Rediscovering the Mennonites in Papua, East Indonesia
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (108+ words) Teguh Karyanto | For Anabaptist World The Mennonite legacy in Papua is an ongoing history, not merely a story that concluded with the era of the missionaries. GBAI congregations strive to trace these roots while building church life in their local…...
Historic Florida church reopens eight years after Hurricane Michael, with ecumenical support
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (1392+ words) ‘This is the type of thing that gives glory to God’ LOUISVILLE — For almost eight years, there was no light at the site of First Presbyterian Church - Wewahitchka, about 28 miles west of Panama City, Florida. The church, whose history dates…...
Worldwide Church brings peace to people in distress after natural disasters
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (1487+ words) After two deadly earthquakes devastated several parts of Venezuela in June 2026, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints turned to their faith in Jesus Christ to serve neighbors and friends in need. “One of the most powerful…...
Memoir of Flood Disaster Response
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (1077+ words) Listening to her, it was hard to even imagine how horrific that moment must have been. I was deployed in the field on the fourth day after the devastating flood. Within three hours of the decision to depart, I hastily…...
Eight years after Hurricane Michael, two Panama City churches reflect on faith and recovery
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (530+ words) BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Eight years after Hurricane Michael, two Panama City churches are still carrying the memories of what they lost and the people who helped them move forward. The storm damaged their buildings, but it also brought…...
‘Nothing like it’: Disaster Relief effort sustains 70-year-old farmer after flash flood
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (662+ words) Terry Lamb opened his front door on the morning of July 11, he expected to see rain. Instead, he saw floodwater creeping toward his Tennessee house. “Lord, when I opened the door, there was water,” said Lamb, a 70-year-old farmer who…...
How the Church’s $7 million donation to the American Red Cross will expand life-saving efforts
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (211+ words) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has donated $7 million to the American Red Cross to strengthen the organization’s blood collection abilities, expand work supporting people living with sickle cell disease, and increase Red Cross disaster response capacity. The…...