Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Volunteers Begin to Serve Amid California Wildfires
Note: At this time, Oklahoma Baptists volunteers were not further activated in the response in California after all. For the latest information and future DR information, visit the okdisasterhelp.org website. SAN ANDREAS, Calif.—Today a team of Oklahoma Baptist...
Partnership missions: DR spring storm cleanup effort crosses 70-day, 620-job mark
After almost 70 days of directing the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma’s (BGCO) response to spring storms and heavy rains, (BGCO) Disaster Relief Director Sam Porter said he has hopes of closing the books on the effort by the third week of this month and giving...
Special request for BGCO flood relief from Anthony Jordan
https://vimeo.com/131728091 Dear Pastor, After a tornado hits, there is an immediate media frenzy. Pictures of devastated areas and misplaced families are everywhere. Tornadoes cause damage in concentrated areas, and it is easy to see the powerful destruction they...
Porter presents opportunity for youth, students to minister to flood victims
Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma Disaster Relief Director Sam Porter has issued a call to Oklahoma Baptist youth pastors, offering them an opportunity for their youth to minister to victims of flooding that hit the Sooner State in recent weeks. “Because of the...
FREE STEP-BY-STEP TRAINING VIDEO: How to care for a flood-damaged house
NEW VIDEO Home owners and disaster relief volunteers can learn how to care for a flooded home in this tutorial video featuring Richard Brown, the BGCO’s Disaster Relief volunteer flood recovery state team leader.
Porter: Volunteers needed
A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM SAM PORTER, BGCO DISASTER RELIEF DIRECTOR Dear Oklahoma Baptists, As you know we have experienced record flooding across the state. 38-40 of the 77 counties have homes that have been flooded. The Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief is willing to...
Oklahoma Baptists Enhance Training to Enlarge Response to Widespread Flooding
NORMAN--The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma’s (BGCO) Disaster Relief Office is offering special training Wed., May 27-Fri., May 29 in several locations across the state “to teach Oklahomans who have had homes or businesses flooded how to care for their...
Oklahoma Baptists to Take Leading Role in Flood Response
After massive flooding, which affected dozens of counties across Oklahoma with home damage and roads and bridges damage, Sam Porter, director of disaster relief for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) announced that the relief organization is enacting...
Baptists Responding to Extreme Weather, Flooding
Saturday, May 23 (ELK CITY)--Oklahoma Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers are now on standby to help after flash flooding and other weather-related emergency needs, if activated, said Sam Porter, director of disaster relief for the Baptist General Convention...
Baptist Disaster Relief Monitoring Storm Damage, Continuing Relief Efforts
ELK CITY--The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma's (BGCO) Disaster Relief damage assessment volunteers are closely following up storm-hit areas of Oklahoma on May 16. According to Sam Porter, BGCO disaster relief director, the trained volunteer groups are able to...