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
Protect volunteers and equipment that is deployed
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 world 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 respond to international need, we carry out Jesus' calling 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

Texans on Mission volunteers come to aid of former volunteer

May 28, 2024

D.L and Virginia Baxley were among those who had to deal with the aftermath of damaged trees after a tornado-spawning storm in Temple. D.L. is a former Texans on Mission (then Texas Baptist Men) volunteer, and a new generation of volunteers came to his rescue.

TXM volunteers help, even on holidays

May 27, 2024

After storms caused power outages and extensive property damage on May 25 in Pilot Point, north of Dallas, Texans on Mission volunteers are doing what they do best throughout the community. A TXM chainsaw team was out on Memorial Day cutting down tree limbs and clearing other debris from homes.

Temple Daily Telegraph shows Texans on Mission in action

May 27, 2024

The Temple Daily Telegraph, on its TDTnews.com website, showed Texans on Mission volunteer Blaine McCormick helping respond to Temple tornadoes. In the photo, McCormich operates a chainsaw under guidance from Dave Roby (right).

Small West Texas church leads financial giving to Texans on Mission

May 26, 2024

History can hang in the balance at unsuspecting times. A congregation of four or five gathered 20 years ago in Vincent, Texas, to vote on whether or not to disband as a church. One woman cited Scripture: “Where two or more are gathered, God is with us.”

Chainsaw teams helping Houston find hope

May 21, 2024

Volunteers are sparking hope in Houston storm survivors this week.

TXM turning out hot meals for storm victims

May 20, 2024

Texans on Mission is feeding more than 2,900 meals per day in Houston after a tornado caused massive damage in the area on May 16. The meals are being distributed through the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and local congregations like LifeBrook Church of Houston.