In Appalachia, Helene’s Water Crisis Taps a Global Christian Response
International Christian engineering nonprofit Water Mission usually responds to clean water crises overseas, like flooding in East Africa this year or the earthquake in Turkey last year. But when the South Carolina–based organization saw the extensive damage to Western North Carolina’s water infrastructure after the historic storm Helene, it decided to activate a rare disaster Read more…
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Heaven Is A Homeplace
On the morning of Friday, September 27, I sent a frantic text message to my cousin Paul: “Been thinking of Granny’s house and hoping it survives this storm! Let us know!” It wasn’t long after I sent the text that the lights went out, along with the internet. And cell signal, already spotty in the Read more…
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Widespread Helene Misery Stretches Christian Relief Groups
Devastating hundreds of miles from the Florida Gulf Coast to Georgia to the mountains of North Carolina, Hurricane Helene has created a complicated equation for Christian organizations that are on the frontline of disaster response. “In my more than 20 years of disaster experience, I can’t think of a time when such a large area Read more…
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