{"id":131562,"date":"2024-09-30T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131562"},"modified":"2024-09-30T18:37:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T22:37:48","slug":"ct-widespread-helene-misery-stretches-christian-relief-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131562","title":{"rendered":"(CT) Widespread Helene Misery Stretches Christian Relief Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>D<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>evastating hundreds of miles from the Florida Gulf Coast to Georgia to the mountains of North Carolina, Hurricane Helene has created a complicated equation for Christian organizations that are on the frontline of disaster response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn my more than 20 years of disaster experience, I can\u2019t think of a time when such a large area was at risk,\u201d Jeff Jellets, the disaster coordinator for The Salvation Army\u2019s work in the South, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse chief operating officer Edward Graham told CT that the organization had to call in equipment and volunteers from its Canadian arm for its hurricane response and even had to adjust some of its overseas work. Just for this disaster, Samaritan\u2019s Purse is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/media\/helene-response-press-kit\/\">operating in<\/a>&nbsp;Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2024\/09\/hurricane-helene-christian-relief-organizations-donation\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Christian relief organizations, partnered with local churches, are working on bringing help to the most difficult-to-reach places in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emlybelz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@emlybelz<\/a> reports: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mEcdbaJecl\">https:\/\/t.co\/mEcdbaJecl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Christianity Today (@CTmagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTmagazine\/status\/1840868429877706800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D evastating hundreds of miles from the Florida Gulf Coast to Georgia to the mountains of North Carolina, Hurricane Helene has created a complicated equation for Christian organizations that are on the frontline of disaster response. \u201cIn my more than<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131562\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,190,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charitiesnon-profit-organizations","category-natural-disasters-earthquakes-tornadoes-hurricanes-etc","category-stewardship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131562"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131566,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131562\/revisions\/131566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}