As hurricanes Florence and Michael ravaged the southeastern United States, several IPHC congregations and families in North and South Carolina and Florida sustained damage to their homes and properties. In typical fashion, Disaster Relief USA (DRUSA), led by Rev. Bill Terry, immediately mobilized relief teams and supplies to assist first responders and storm victims. The Mobile Feeding Kitchens deployed to Lake City, South Carolina, and New Bern, North Carolina, along with the Cornerstone Conference Shower Trailer. Gospel Tabernacle Church, in Dunn, North Carolina, served as the distribution center for commodities donated by IPHC churches and ministries.<\/p>\n
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Throughout the next two weeks, teams served 26,000 meals in North and South Carolina. Bill Terry shared his gratitude for the volunteers who assisted, \u201cI want to express my personal appreciation to the teams, volunteers, pastors, churches, and contributors for the deployments and demanding work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once the waters receded and families began to return to their homes, the North Carolina Conference found 16 churches with structural damage and 33 church families who lost their homes or suffered varying degrees of damage. The Dillion P. H. Church in Dillon, South Carolina, also flooded.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Pastor Jerry and Teresa Green’s damaged home<\/p><\/div>\n
Retired IPHC pastors, Jerry and Teresa Green, were forced to evacuate their home in Castle Hayne, North Carolina, due to flash flooding. Ultimately, the floodwaters reached 5 feet, causing extensive damage to their house and vehicles, as well as the loss of most of their belongings. After visiting her parents’ home, IPHC Missionary Summer Sneed shared, \u201cIt was not easy to stand in my childhood home today. It was heartbreaking to see almost everything inside ruined, shifted, and misplaced by the floodwaters and smelling terrible.\u201d With assistance from the North Carolina Conference, Mission M:25,\u00a0insurance, FEMA, and others, the Greens are beginning to recover; although they have a long road ahead of them.<\/p>\n
When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida panhandle, relief teams were quickly called back into action and set up the Mobile Feeding Kitchen at the Bristol Pentecostal Holiness Church, in Bristol, Florida, where 10,000 meals were served. Winds and rain from Hurricane Michael damaged 13 IPHC churches in SonShine Network Ministries, most of which suffered extensive roof and water damage. The Panama City area was hit the hardest, with three churches receiving considerable damage to the church and pastor\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
Rachel King, secretary\/treasurer for SonShine Network Ministries, says, \u201cWe are currently asking other churches to \u2018adopt\u2019 a church in the damaged area. We are asking them to pray for that church, send letters to the congregation, send teams to help, and funds if possible. We are hoping that through this hardship, they will connect in a greater way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Ministries director, W. A. Mills, has organized Men in Action teams to assist conferences, churches, and families with clean up and recovery. Mission M:25 under the direction of Gary Burd and Mark Richardson is also coordinating teams to assist families and churches as they rebuild. This week, a team is working in Wilmington, North Carolina, with the Trenton P. H. Church and families who are still recovering. You can join these recovery efforts by\u00a0donating to Disaster Relief USA<\/a> or by contacting Mark Richardson<\/a> or W. A. Mills<\/a> to be a part of a recovery team.<\/p>\n UPDATE: As of November 4, 2018, Bishop Danny Nelson, superintendent of the North Carolina Conference, confirmed that “We had 19 churches which suffered significant loss and 66 church families which suffered the loss of their homes.” Please keep these families in your prayers.<\/p>\n photos courtesy of: IPHC Ministries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":3009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[501,500,499,29,594,597,601,595,599,152,600,467,596,598],"class_list":{"0":"post-3008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"tag-bill-terry","9":"tag-disaster-relief","10":"tag-drusa","11":"tag-gary-burd","12":"tag-m25","13":"tag-mark-richardson","14":"tag-mens-ministries","15":"tag-mission","16":"tag-nc","17":"tag-north-carolina-conference","18":"tag-sc","19":"tag-sonshine-network-ministries","20":"tag-usa","21":"tag-w-a-mills","22":"entry"},"title_es":"Iglesias IPHC da\u00f1adas por los huracanes Florence y Michael","content_es":"Mientras los huracanes Florence y Michael devastaron el sureste de los Estados Unidos, varias congregaciones y familias de la IPHC en Carolina del Norte y del Sur y Florida sufrieron da\u00f1os en sus hogares y propiedades. De manera t\u00edpica, Disaster Relief USA (DRUSA), dirigido por el Reverendo Bill Terry, moviliz\u00f3 de inmediato los equipos de ayuda y los suministros para ayudar a los primeros en responder y las v\u00edctimas de las tormentas. Las cocinas de alimentaci\u00f3n m\u00f3vil se desplegaron en Lake City, Carolina del Sur y New Bern, Carolina del Norte, junto con el Remolque de ducha de la Conferencia Cornerstone. La iglesia Gospel Tabernacle, en Dunn, Carolina del Norte, sirvi\u00f3 como centro de distribuci\u00f3n de productos donados por las iglesias y ministerios de la IPHC. A lo largo de las pr\u00f3ximas dos semanas, los equipos sirvieron 26,000 comidas en Carolina del Norte y del Sur. Bill Terry comparti\u00f3 su gratitud por los voluntarios que ayudaron: \"Quiero expresar mi agradecimiento personal a los equipos, voluntarios, pastores, iglesias y colaboradores por los despliegues y el trabajo exigente\". Una vez que las aguas se retiraron y las familias comenzaron a regresar a sus hogares. hogares, la Conferencia de Carolina del Norte encontr\u00f3 16 iglesias con da\u00f1os estructurales y 33 familias de iglesias que perdieron sus hogares o sufrieron diversos grados de da\u00f1o. La iglesia Dillion PH en Dillon, Carolina del Sur, tambi\u00e9n se inund\u00f3. Los pastores retirados de la IPHC, Jerry y Teresa Green, se vieron obligados a evacuar su casa en Castle Hayne, Carolina del Norte, debido a las inundaciones repentinas. En \u00faltima instancia, las aguas de la inundaci\u00f3n alcanzaron 5 pies, causando da\u00f1os extensos en su casa y veh\u00edculos, as\u00ed como la p\u00e9rdida de la mayor\u00eda de sus pertenencias. Despu\u00e9s de visitar la casa de sus padres, la misionera de verano de IPHC Sneed comparti\u00f3: \u201cNo fue f\u00e1cil estar en la casa de mi infancia hoy. Fue desgarrador ver que casi todo el interior est\u00e1 arruinado, desplazado y fuera de lugar por las inundaciones y que huele terrible \u201d. Con la asistencia de la Conferencia de Carolina del Norte, la Misi\u00f3n M: 25, los seguros, FEMA y otros, los Verdes comienzan a recuperarse; Aunque tienen un largo camino por delante. Cuando el hurac\u00e1n Michael golpe\u00f3 el centro de la Florida, los equipos de socorro fueron llamados nuevamente a la acci\u00f3n y establecieron la Cocina de Alimentaci\u00f3n M\u00f3vil en la Iglesia de Santidad Pentecostal de Bristol, en Bristol, Florida, donde se sirvieron 10,000 comidas. Los vientos y la lluvia del hurac\u00e1n Michael da\u00f1aron 13 iglesias de la IPHC en los Ministerios de la Red Sonshine, la mayor\u00eda de los cuales sufrieron da\u00f1os extensos en el techo y el agua. El \u00e1rea de la Ciudad de Panam\u00e1 fue la m\u00e1s afectada, con tres iglesias que recibieron da\u00f1os considerables en la iglesia y en la casa del pastor. Rachel King, secretaria \/ tesorera de Sonshine Network Ministries, dice: \u201cActualmente estamos pidiendo a otras iglesias que\" adopten \"una iglesia en el \u00e1rea da\u00f1ada. Les pedimos que oren por esa iglesia, env\u00eden cartas a la congregaci\u00f3n, env\u00eden equipos para ayudar y, si es posible, fondos. Esperamos que a trav\u00e9s de estas dificultades, se conecten de una manera mayor \u201d. El director del Ministerio de Hombres, WA Mills, ha organizado equipos de Hombres en Acci\u00f3n para ayudar a las conferencias, iglesias y familias con la limpieza y la recuperaci\u00f3n. Misi\u00f3n M: 25 bajo la direcci\u00f3n de Gary Burd y Mark Richardson tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 coordinando equipos para ayudar a las familias e iglesias a medida que se reconstruyen. Esta semana, un equipo est\u00e1 trabajando en Wilmington, Carolina del Norte, con la iglesia PH de Trenton y las familias que a\u00fan se est\u00e1n recuperando. Puede unirse a estos esfuerzos de recuperaci\u00f3n donando a Disaster Relief USA<\/a> o contactando a Mark Richardson<\/a> o WA Mills<\/a> para que formen<\/a> parte de un equipo de recuperaci\u00f3n. Escrito por: Janese Bennett. 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