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

Missouri students work with TXM volunteers

July 19, 2024

This week, Missouri college students worked with Texans on Mission volunteers to feed Houston residents. The need for relief continues as many are still waiting to regain power, and day after day the spirit of service remains steadfast.

Texans on Mission volunteers tackle chainsaw jobs, provide other services after Hurricane Beryl

July 18, 2024

Ken Anderson “rode out Beryl” in his Jones Creek home south of Houston. “We got hit harder than anybody, I believe. Lots of damage. Thousands of trees down.” One of those trees uprooted by Hurricane Beryl landed on Anderson’s home.

People in Houston are hot; it’s not just the temperature

July 12, 2024

The city of Houston is hot, and we’re not talking about the temperature. People are angry and frustrated. Five days after Hurricane Beryl swept across southeast Texas, large parts of Houston remain dark. Traffic lights, restaurants, homes all lack power in many places. Internet service is sporadic.

Texans on Mission providing thousands of meals, chainsaw crews for Beryl victims

July 10, 2024

Texans on Mission has deployed two mass feeding units to meet needs in the shadow of the vast power outage caused by Hurricane Beryl in recent days. It also has three chainsaw teams working to remove trees from homes and cars, as well as to give people access to their houses.

Teams head to Houston; prayer at the center

July 9, 2024

The Texans on Mission State Feeding Unit rolled out to Houston Tuesday morning to serve meals after residents lost power due to Hurricane Beryl. Local TXM chainsaw teams are also in the area.

Smith County honors TXM volunteers with Community Hero Award

June 27, 2024

Smith County officials honored Texans on Mission Disaster Relief with a Community Hero Award Thursday for work the volunteers have done helping more than 100 residents clean up their properties damaged by the severe weather in late May and early June.