Responding to Joplin Tornado Disaster | Christian Standard

News this week focuses on the many churches, parachurch ministries, and families affected by the  tornado that struck Joplin, MO, on Sunday . Victor Knowles, president of Joplin-based  Peace on Earth Ministries , shares the good news that all 37 Christian church/church of Christ parachurch organizations in Joplin came through the storm without significant damage to their buildings. However, a number of staff from these ministries did lose their homes.

And one of the many people killed in the storms was  Natalia Puebla , a freshman at Ozark Christian College from Carthage, MO.

Doug Welch, a professor at OCC, shared yesterday, “I still had a stack of papers to grade when the tornado hit. Today I looked on the top of the stack and there was Natalia’s paper about the resurrection of Jesus. It’s a good paper, deserving of an A, but she knows this truth far better now. Please keep her family in your prayers.”

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Here is the latest information about the relief and recovery efforts currently being organized by various ministries; please visit their websites to learn more.

· International Disaster Emergency Service (IDES)

As always,  IDES is serving as a hub for financial assistance and the latest news. Its website includes a list of Joplin-area churches and ministries with property damage plus information on volunteer coordination and food distribution ( click here ).

IDES writes, “ The Christian Church of Carl Junction is working with AIM (American International Ministries) to set up a distribution point for relief supplies a few blocks away from the  Blendville Christian Church . IDES is helping to cover the transportation costs for a donated shipment of bottled water, juices, and ready-to-eat foods that will be distributed to people in need. IDES is coordinating teams of volunteers who are able to assist with emergency repairs to damaged homes. At this point we do not have a definite location to house relief teams from outside the area, but are exploring the possibility with two area churches.”

One hundred percent of donations to IDES will be used for storm victims;  click here to give online or send your check (designated “U.S. Disasters”) to IDES (U.S. Disasters), P.O. Box 60, Kempton, IN 46049.

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