News & Stories
Together, Texans on Mission goes where God calls.
God calls His people to serve locally, across the nation and to the ends of the earth. Featured below are stories of how Texans on Mission volunteers answered God's call to deliver help, hope and healing to thousands of people all over the globe.
Texans on Mission gears up for Milton effort while still responding to Helene
Texans on Mission sent key disaster relief equipment to Florida this week in advance of Hurricane Milton’s landfall. The Dallas-based ministry is now seeking more volunteers to respond to what has become a two-hurricane disaster. TXM sent a mobile mass feeding kitchen, large generator, shower/laundry unit and flood recovery unit to Florida Wednesday, while many Texas volunteers are still in North Carolina and Tennessee responding to Hurricane Helena devastation.
read moreElectrical power out in Tennessee, but TXM volunteers bring own power — electrical & spiritual
As power crews work to restore power in flood-ravaged northeast Tennessee, Texans on Mission volunteers are ministering and clearing out homes in Tennessee flooded by Hurricane Helene. TXM volunteers bring their own generators to run power tools when electrical service is unavailable.
read moreHurricane Helene relief: Hope after the deadliest storm in U.S. history
People are reeling in the aftermath of the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history. Hurricane Helene washed away entire cities. What’s left in many places has been thrown back in history before electricity, tapwater and the Internet with no clear signs of when either will return.
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Feeding, flood recovery, chainsaw teams serve after Hurricane Helene
Texans on Mission deployed mass feeding, chainsaw and flood recovery teams — among others — to meet needs after the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.
read moreTexans on Mission volunteers rebuild home for tornado victim
“All I did was scream and pray,” she recalls. “I had three cats and was screaming for the cats, and there was a dog out in the storage room. So all I could think of was the animals, you know?”
read more‘A good bunch’ — Deep East Texas team responds to Hurricane Francine flooding
“Stop,” urged Chaplain Leslie Burch of the Texans on Mission Deep East Texas flood recovery team. “Can everybody stop and pray with me?” She asked her fellow team members to halt their work as they tore out flooring in the home of Troy and Angel in Morgan City, La. The couple’s home had been flooded during heavy rains that hit the Mississippi Delta town the week before as Hurricane Francine landed in southern Louisiana.
read moreTXM helps Buckner mark shoe ministry anniversary
Our food truck was back in action this weekend at the Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls 25th anniversary celebration.
read moreA broken lawn mower and life-altering decision give Camp Builders couple freedom during retirement
One sunny day after returning home from a relaxing vacation, Larry Quinn begrudgingly headed out to his yard to tackle the knee-high grass that was quickly morphing into a suburban jungle. He started the engine on the lawn mower, made one-and-a-half passes, then “ker-plunk!” The equipment gave out. Larry’s frustration quickly shifted to an epiphany.
read moreCamp Builders renovating Highland Lakes bunkhouse
Texans on Mission Camp Builders are renovating the first bunkhouse of many at Highland Lakes Camp & Conference Center, a faith-focused camp in Spicewood, west of Austin.
read moreFirst Texans on Mission teams head to Louisiana
Texans on Mission deployed an initial set of generator, electrical and fuel units to Kenner, Louisiana, near New Orleans, and is readying flood recovery teams to serve as soon as needs are further assessed.
read moreTexans of Mission funds get to scene of flooding in Bangladesh
Flood waters have inundated southeast Bangladesh in recent days. Texans on Mission has a partnership with Baptists in the region and rushed funds to the field. This week, Baptists from the flooded villages sent photos of the difference our TXM donors are making.
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