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 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

CBS 11: North Texans helping homeowners impacted by Panhandle wildfires

March 8, 2024

Volunteers from North Texas are continuing to help clean up the ash and debris the Panhandle wildfires have left behind. At least two people have died and as many as 500 structures have been destroyed. Texans on Mission, commonly known as the Texas Baptist Men, respond to disasters around the world.

Volunteers come alongside Panhandle family

March 7, 2024

Texans on Mission volunteers brought comfort, hugs, shovels, a skid steer and Scripture to the Probst family Wednesday in Fritch in the Texas Panhandle. That response came after harrowing days of destruction.

Black Texas Baptist churches aid Arkansas church

March 6, 2024

In April 2023, a tornado tore apart the building of New Commandment Church of God In Christ in Jacksonville, Ark. About the only thing left standing were the crosses above the baptismal pool. Today, with help from African American Texas Baptist churches, a new building is quickly taking shape.

Wildfires lead to hard times, great loss

March 5, 2024

As you can imagine, it's been a busy day for Texans on Mission volunteers in the Panhandle. There have been some tough emotional times, as our team prayed with residents in Fritch after news came in that their local fire chief had died while going back into a burning house to look for people. Things are hard more generally, as well, especially among cattle ranches.

Getting the beef from a freezer to tables

March 4, 2024

People do what they can when disaster strikes. Lori and Sam Webb of Quinlan donated a whole Angus steer, 600 pounds, to help in the Panhandle. That brings some needed nourishment to many dinner tables.

Texans on Mission volunteers in Panhandle

March 3, 2024

Texans on Mission volunteers are doing preliminary work in and around Fritch in the Panhandle. Our box unit is distributing boxes so people can pack up what is left of their belongings as many will need to move.