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If you would like to be a part of the disaster relief response, you should make your availability known to the SHBC mission team. You must complete the required training to participate with a specialty unit. Be ready when called to serve.

Individual volunteers can provide manpower, equipment, or specialized services, such as clean-up or feeding. They provide their own equipment at their own expense and serve in cooperation with the organized disaster relief effort. They may work with or support other groups to provide services to victims

Mission work in California

Disaster Relief Disaster relief volunteers feel the call of God to minister in disaster situations. Disasters require a rapid response to spiritual and physical needs. Disaster relief volunteers stand ready at a moment’s notice to help the hurting and bring hope during a crisis. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief has gained national and international recognition for its work. Our volunteers have served in high profile disasters in the United States, such as Hurricanes Hugo, Andrew, and Isabel; the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and western Pennsylvania, and the crash of the shuttle Columbia. Volunteers have provided food and water purification after wars and earthquakes internationally. Being a Disaster Relief Volunteer

The Southern Baptist Disaster Relief organization is multistate, multiracial, and multitalented. Yet there are many elements in common.
• Disaster relief volunteers should be people with a number of Christian qualities: patient, caring, possessing a spirit of love and concern with a desire to share Christ with others.
• Disaster relief volunteers are expected to participate in training events and learn about disaster conditions and how to deal with the situations they will face.
• Disaster relief volunteers must follow the directions of those in charge.
• Disaster relief volunteers must be willing to provide leadership as the need arises and assignments are made.
• Disaster relief volunteers must be versatile and flexible in their work. Team members are called on the basis of skills that are needed and placed according to needs, talents, and availability.
• Disaster relief volunteers need to arrange time to be available.
• Disaster relief volunteers should be prepared to use every opportunity to share their faith in Christ.
• Disaster relief volunteers must possess both Spiritual strength and physical strength.