Churches transformed by Katrina help rebuild New Orleans — house by house
NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — Hurricane Katrina is changing New Orleans’ churches as surely as it changed the face of the flooded city itself — and some of those very churches are serving as rallying points in the city’s recovery.
Baptist minister from Carolinas devotes free time to helping Mississippi town
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (ABP) — When Amy Hardee came from North Carolina to “the Pass” (as the locals call it) immediately after Hurricane Katrina, the place was a mess.
Alabama area, one year after storm, still relying on hope, volunteers
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. (ABP) — Hurricane Katrina was the first in an interconnected series of tragedies that Amy Walker says left her feeling helpless and lost.
Signs of life rare in New Orleans, but some hardy souls staying put
NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — New Orleans has always been a place of vibrant life. But nowadays the liveliest things in vast swaths of the city seem to be the weeds exploding from once-manicured medians, lawns and parks.
Baptist volunteers make inroads in largely Catholic New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — After serving the homeless for decades in New Orleans, Tobey Pitman is finally paving significant inroads with leaders and homeowners in the predominantly Catholic region.
First Baptist values ‘real church’ as it rebuilds away from water
GULFPORT, Miss. (ABP) — Members of First Baptist Church of Gulfport have learned a lot in the year since Hurricane Katrina destroyed their waterfront church buildings. Mostly they’ve learned that a church is much more than an edifice.
Record Habitat project grows in 9th Ward with Baptist help
NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — Last year, New Orleans’ Upper Ninth Ward was one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina, with more than 90,000 homes ruined. This year, it’s the site of the largest Habitat for Humanity project ever undertaken by a single denomination anywhere in the world.
North Carolina couple does ‘God’s work’ from camper, armory in Katrina territory
GULFPORT, Miss. (ABP) — It would take an act of God for most people to quit their jobs, move away from friends and family and commit to living for two years in a camper in Katrina-ravaged Gulfport, Miss.