TXM assessors connecting with flooded homeowners
We are in the first phase of responding to severe flooding in Kerrville. Texans on Mission assessors are on the ground evaluating the need to better understand how volunteers can best help.
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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.
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
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Kerrville flooding immerses local brothers in disaster response
The Wheat brothers are well-known as ministers in the Texas Hill Country. Robert is director of missions for Hill Country Baptist Association, while his brother, John, pastors Trinity Baptist Church in Kerrville. When a tragic July 4 flash flood tore through the area, killing more than 100 people and displacing hundreds more, they found themselves at the center of ministering to others.
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TXM chaplains minister to hurting survivors in Hill Country
Seven Texans on Mission chaplains are ministering to people dealing with the aftermath of the deadly Hill Country flash flood on July 4, and TXM assessors are gathering specific information from homeowners who need help.
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TXM chaplains working in Kerr County
Texans on Mission chaplains are in Kerrville ministering to families in the aftermath of the tragic Guadalupe River flooding, and TXM Disaster Relief units will deploy beginning Monday.
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TXM wraps up ministry to mudslide victims in Uganda
A deadly mudslide swept a Ugandan village off the map in December. Six months later, Texans on Mission completed its response to the disaster after feeding the relocated residents, providing protein supplements for undernourished children and constructing a system for clean water access.
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Mile-wide tornado brings TXM response to St. Louis
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 uninhabitable, but many people are staying put as they have nowhere to go.
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