Mountain Relief Operations

In this blog, I provide a directory of Christian grassroots relief ministries to the people of Western North Carolina, who were impacted by the Hurricane Helene flooding on September 27, 2024 (see link for more). It is my hope that by posting these, that those who want to support the Lord's work either financially or by getting involved could find opportunities to do so here and connect wherever they are led by the Lord to do so. I would also like this to be a repository of information to help network together the folks that are laboring on the front lines of this disaster. Operation Mountain Relief This is a group of several churches, including Wesleyan, Methodist, Baptist, and Church of God, which have joined together to provide relief. They have already sent food, water, warm clothing, sleeping bags, heaters, and Bibles that they have collected, and they continue to send financial support that they receive to fund the massive effort. All of it has been funneled through one par...

As most of you know by now, Western North Carolina (WNC) was severely impacted by Hurricane Helene during late September 2024, primarily in its western Appalachian Mountain region, causing an unknown number of deaths and significant destruction of infrastructure and residential areas across a vast swath of the state. Around 31 inches (78 cm) of rain were dumped in about a 24-hour period, which funneled into streams and rivers in the mountains, carrying away homes, vehicles, people, animals, roads, bridges, land, and trees. Hundreds of bridges and roads are still impassable. Part of Interstate highway 40 was destroyed, as well as many secondary roads. Some creeks went from six feet wide to 90 feet wide, and some rivers went from 40 feet wide to 450 feet wide. In some places the water became as much as 40 feet deep. The area affected by flooding and mudslides in WNC extends across hundreds of square miles. While official reports are citing a death toll of 100-200 people, rescue workers o...