Disaster Relief
Stay informed with stories, news, and updates from churches across our association and throughout the state. Here you’ll find stories, events, and resources that celebrate ministry work and keep our church community connected.
FBDR stages as Hurricane Matthew slams state
With Governor Rick Scott telling Floridians “This storm will kill you. Time is running out,” an estimated 1.5 million people evacuated Florida’s Atlantic coast communities as Hurricane Matthew began pummeling […]
October 7, 2016
Disaster Relief Donations
You can help bring help, healing and hope to those in need following Hurricane Matthew with your donation. Donation checks can be mailed to the following: Florida Baptist Convention 6850 Belfort […]
October 6, 2016
FBDR volunteers, mass feeding units on standby for Matthew
Florida Baptist disaster relief volunteers are making preparations to respond to the potential impact and damage caused by Hurricane Matthew’s march along Florida’s Atlantic Coast. Forecasters expect the Category 3 […]
October 5, 2016
Volunteers deployed to Big Bend area after Hermine strikes state
When weather forecasters predicted Hurricane Hermine would bring a tidal surge of about three feet from the Gulf of Mexico’s churning waters, Pastor Alan Ritter thought First Baptist Church of […]
September 8, 2016
Panhandle Baptists give hope after F-3 tornadoes
When back-to-back F-3 tornadoes hit Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in eight days, teams of volunteers from the Pensacola Bay Baptist Association and the Florida Baptist Disaster Relief sprang into […]
March 4, 2016
‘All the way from Florida,’ FBDR volunteers bring hope
By Barbara Denman Florida Baptist Convention October 30, 2015 Sitting beside the swiftly flowing, blackwater Edisto River, Joyce Grooms watched as Florida Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers dumped all of […]
November 1, 2015
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