Disaster Relief

Deliver help, hope and healing in the name of Christ to those suffering after a disaster.

Texans on Mission has responded to every natural disaster in Texas since 1967 and many beyond it, including the Southeast Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Through a diverse array of ministries, Texans on Mission has provided the calm after the storm for millions.

Go on Mission

You can deliver help, hope and healing after a disaster by becoming a member of a Texans on Mission Disaster Relief team. Through Texans on Mission Disaster Relief teams, you can:

Provide practical help during tragedies by serving hot, nutritious meals and providing access to shower and laundry services.
Be part of a chainsaw team that moves debris and fallen and damaged trees.
Clean out and repair homes damaged by floods and fire.
Pray with and encourage survivors, offering hope for better days after the storm.

Volunteer Now

Be the calm in the storm

As a disaster relief volunteer, you can:

Assess damage
Distribute boxes and packing supplies
Chainsaw fallen trees
Install temporary roofs
Manage large-scale relief efforts
Minister as a chaplain
Mud out damaged homes
Offer free shower and laundry services
Protect volunteers and equipment that is deployed
Provide child care
Serve warm, nutritious meals

Share your faith and meet human need through international relief with Texans on Mission

Texans on Mission is uniquely experienced and equipped to respond to physical and spiritual needs around the world because of our decades of work closer to home.

We stepped up when:

An earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria.
War came to Uikraine.
A train derailed in India.
War came to Israel.

Texans on Mission experience and expertise providing disaster relief in the United States translates well into helping others in may countries. When we respond to international need, we carry out Jesus' calling to reach the ends of the earth in His name.

Explore your calling to international relief

Read more about Texans on Mission Disaster Relief teams

Mile-wide tornado brings TXM response to St. Louis

June 2, 2025

A tornado described to be a mile wide hit St. Louis, Missouri, May 16 leaving residents vulnerable and not sure what to do next in terms of recovery. Most homes are inhabitable, but many people are staying put as they have nowhere to go.

‘We show up’ — TXM volunteers offer ‘unbelievable’ response to Gordon tornado

May 21, 2025

The day after an EF-1 tornado hit Gordon, a small town west of Fort Worth, Texans on Mission assessors were on site, and chainsaw and temporary roof teams followed the next day.The storm damaged the community’s only school, canceling classes for the week and affected dozens of homes in the area.

New volunteer makes impact through giving boxes, sharing faith

May 6, 2025

Javier Jacobo is new to Texans on Mission Disaster Relief. Now, six people living in the Rio Grande Valley are new followers of Christ thanks to Jacobo and other’s efforts after spring flooding. The Midlothian resident trained in Weatherford one weekend, then headed to the Valley early the next week where he was assigned to the Waco Box Unit.

Rolling Timbers helps Weatherford resident

May 2, 2025

The Texans on Mission Rolling Timbers Chainsaw Team cleared 31 fallen trees for a Weatherford resident earlier this week.

East Texas volunteers look beyond their own time of serving

April 21, 2025

Age caught up with an East Texas disaster relief unit, but their desire to serve kept the future in mind. They donated their three trailers, a truck, a large generator and money to Texans on Mission.

‘Help is coming’: TXM flood recovery teams help Valley families recover after flooding

April 16, 2025

Consuelo Oliva woke up suddenly at 3 a.m. The rain was pounding on the roof and windows of her home. The rain kept falling and falling — fast and hard. She had never experienced so much rain at one time.