When disasters hit, communities are broken. Broken communities often look to local pastors for leadership. The two resources below are written by pastors who have been through disasters and offer what they learned – the easy way and the hard way – about leading your church and your community through a disaster and the long recovery process.
The documents provide helpful information on processes, expectations, managing, leading and some sermon suggestions. Regardless of the subject of your current sermon series, people are coming to your church in a time of great need. How you address the congregation, and visitors will impact the community’s resilience and ability to recover.
We invite you to view these documents and see how your church can be a light for people searching for hope after a disaster.
Pastoral Leadership Through Disaster Recovery by John Crowder in West, Texas.
Preaching After Disaster by Trent Henderson in Webster, Texas (South East sector of Houston)