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

‘A good bunch’ — Deep East Texas team responds to Hurricane Francine flooding

September 27, 2024

“Stop,” urged Chaplain Leslie Burch of the Texans on Mission Deep East Texas flood recovery team. “Can everybody stop and pray with me?” She asked her fellow team members to halt their work as they tore out flooring in the home of Troy and Angel in Morgan City, La. The couple’s home had been flooded during heavy rains that hit the Mississippi Delta town the week before as Hurricane Francine landed in southern Louisiana.

First Texans on Mission teams head to Louisiana

September 12, 2024

Texans on Mission deployed an initial set of generator, electrical and fuel units to Kenner, Louisiana, near New Orleans, and is readying flood recovery teams to serve as soon as needs are further assessed.

Texans of Mission funds get to scene of flooding in Bangladesh

September 10, 2024

Flood waters have inundated southeast Bangladesh in recent days. Texans on Mission has a partnership with Baptists in the region and rushed funds to the field. This week, Baptists from the flooded villages sent photos of the difference our TXM donors are making.

Deep East Texas team takes care of massive tree

August 30, 2024

The Deep East Texas Texans on Mission Chainsaw Team helped a woman after a massive tree fell through her roof last week in Mauriceville.

Texans on Mission helps DBU kick off new school year

August 22, 2024

Classes are now in session, and Texans on Mission helped kick off the school year with a hot meal for students at Dallas Baptist University.

Texans on Mission wraps up response to Hurricane Beryl

August 20, 2024

Texans on Mission Disaster Relief volunteers this weekend completed their six-week deployment in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, which struck the Houston area July 8.