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 

TBM Texans on Mission day volunteers multiply ministry of TBM Disaster Relief volunteers

Jason Burden knows the heartbreak a natural disaster can cause. When Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Nederland and his church were on the receiving end of help after facing this disaster in their community.

Almost three years later, Burden and his church members are serving those affected by Hurricane Laura.

“We were the church when Hurricane Harvey hit us a few years ago that Texas Baptist Men came to help.” Burden said. “We want to give back to those who gave so much to us and this is just a small way of doing that.”

Burden’s group is one of several who have served in the past few weeks as TBM Texans On Mission, an effort to multiply the efforts of trained TBM disaster relief volunteers by supplementing their work with volunteers who can serve for a day.

Sabrina Pinales, TBM ministry advancement coordinator who coordinates these volunteers, said the initiative is designed to help people respond to God’s call to help the hurting after disasters.

“After a tornado, hurricane or flood, God’s people naturally want to help the people who have been impacted.” Pinales said. “We want to help them do that. This gives people a glimpse of what disaster relief ministry looks like and the difference it makes in people’s lives.”

About 100 Texans on Mission from across the state have ministered in Southeast Texas recently in the Orange area.

“In Orange, TBM disaster relief has received hundreds of requests for help.” Pinales said. “Trained disaster relief volunteers are doing an amazing ministry. God is working through them. Texans on Mission come alongside them to help meet more needs.”

With the rollout of Texans on Mission volunteers, people are able to serve for a few days at a time through tasks such as cleaning debris, moving scattered objects in yards and clearing out fallen tree limbs.

Whether it’s picking up debris and limbs or praying for a family facing tragedy, volunteers are excited to serve where needed. 

 

“There's always a need or opportunity, and we need your help to fill it.” Pinales said. 

 

Nathan Mahand, director of the Houston Baptist University Baptist Student Ministry, has been a trained TBM Disaster Relief volunteer for several years and decided to bring his BSM students with him over Labor Day weekend to serve. Allowing his students to minister further instills the principles of living a missional lifestyle. 

 

“These experiences for students are super important,” Mahand said. “We need to be on the forefront of helping others, and this can overall help spread the gospel.” 

 

Mahand recalled a special moment when he and the BSM were serving an older couple, the Smiths, by cleaning their yard after Hurricane Laura. 

 

“A neighbor came over, who happened to be a veteran, and brought American flag pins, calling them hero pins, and gave them to the 14 volunteers serving.” said Mahand. Each of the HBU students pinned them to their shirts, honored by the gesture.