Two Nashville churches, wrecked by tornadoes years apart, lean on each other in storms’ wake
Nashville, Tennessee, USAP After a March, 2020, tornado destroyed Rev Jacques Boyd’s Nashville church, his friend, Rev Vincent Johnson, lent him space to worship in. Nearly four years later, Boyd has offered to return the favour for the exact same reason. “Whatever we have is available to them,” said Boyd, who leads Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, […]
Postcards: Faith-based volunteers show up to help after Mississippi tornadoes
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports how Christian groups have responded after the devastating tornadoes in Mississippi…
Churches provide solace in tornado-ravaged Mississippi Delta
Rolling Fork, Mississippi, USAP As a deadly tornado tore through the lower Mississippi Delta, Rev Mary Stewart clung to a door in the hallway of her Rolling Fork home, shielding herself from the branches and chunks of debris that came flying through her shattered windows. Friday’s storm flattened entire town blocks, but the Rolling Fork Methodist […]
More than two dozen dead after tornado tears across Mississippi
Updated: 8am (AEDT)United StatesReuters Rescuers combed through rubble on Saturday after a powerful storm tore across Mississippi overnight, killing at least 25 people there and another in Alabama, leveling dozens of buildings and spawning at least one devastating tornado. The tornado stayed on the ground for about an hour and cut a path of destruction […]
Tornado aftermath: Prayers of thanks after historic US city of Selma ravaged
KIM CHANDLER, of Associated Press, reports on how churches have stepped up in the aftermath of devastation…
In Kentucky tornado’s wake, a church and pastor turn to God, service
Mayfield, Kentucky, US AP After riding out the violent tornado that devastated their town in a tunnel under their church, Rev Wes Fowler and his family emerged to devastation stretching for blocks: Crackling power lines, piles of rubble and calls for help they couldn’t pinpoint in the darkness. Later, safe back at home, his daughter […]
Faith-based disaster relief teams fan out across six US states to help tornado recovery
RNS Faith-based disaster relief teams are already working in several of the areas hardest hit by devastating tornadoes that tore through six states on Friday. On Monday, 74 people were confirmed dead across eight counties in Kentucky, and another 13 died in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois. Dozens more are unaccounted for. President Biden […]
Thousands in US without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens
Mayfield, Kentucky, USAP Residents of Kentucky counties where tornadoes killed dozens of people could be without heat, water or electricity in frigid temperatures for weeks or longer, state officials warned Monday, as the toll of damage and deaths came into clearer focus in five states slammed by the swarm of twisters. Kentucky authorities said the sheer […]
THIS LIFE: HELPING IN TIMES OF TROUBLE
CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects how her own fear in the face of a storm lessoned when she focused on others…