Disaster Relief

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.

Volunteer Now

 

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
  • 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 wrold 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 respod to international need, we carry out Jesus' callig to reach the ends of the earth in His name. 

 

Explore your calling to international relief

 

 

Read more about Texans on Mission Disaster Relief teams 

Flood recovery volunteers help DFW residents begin journey of recovery after floods

DALLAS – A matter of hours set Dallas-Fort Worth region homeowners back years as more than 14 inches of rain drenched low-lying areas. TBM volunteers are clearing the way back.

A once-in-every-1,000-years-rain turned homes along creeks and rivers into swamps, ruining sheetrock, furniture, flooring and more. AccuWeather estimates the storms caused between $4.5 and $6 billion in damage, making it one of the costliest storms in Texas history.

Shortly after the storm, the Collin County flood recovery team was removing all that was damaged in a home in southeast Dallas. 

"There was about three feet of water in here," said Art Brandenburg, who is leading the team. "They've lost nearly everything."

The home is the first of a series of homes that TBM volunteers will clean out after the storms. When the teams are finished working at a location, the home will be dry and disinfected so homeowners can rebuild their property – and their lives.

"Floods like this put people in positions they can't dig out of on their own," said David Wells, TBM Disaster Relief director. "By working alongside homeowners, TBM teams accelerate the recovery process and save people thousands of dollars. Together, we help people see better days are ahead."

In many ways, the Collin County flood recovery team exemplifies the year for TBM Disaster Relief. Earlier this month, many of these same volunteers were cleaning out flooded homes in Jackson, Ky. after another once-in-1,000-year rain that killed more than 35 people. 

TBM Disaster Relief teams responded to more disasters in the first six months of 2022 than all of last year. Volunteers have responded to seven tornados, five wildfires, two floods, the school shooting in Uvalde and the refugee crisis created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

"God calls His people to minister to the hurting," Wells said. "That call has led TBM volunteers around the world and to our own backyard. No matter where we're serving, we're doing so with the same goal: to share the love of God with people living through their most difficult days."