Corners Chapel Baptist Church
Photos from October 2019 Tyronza Tornado
2021 Update: 2021 was fairly quiet but hit home, HARD at the end of the year!
May 4th, 2021, straight line winds of 110 mph, hit Walnut Ridge, AR. We had some of our chainsaw
team members and assessors to deploy there.
Things were quiet until the end of August, when Catagory 4 Hurricane Ida, hit Louisiana. Ida was the 2nd
most destructive and intense hurricane to ever make landfall in Louisiana. Out Incident Command team,
chainsaw team members and feeding team members deployed to Hammond Louisiana. There were 53
salvations from this deployment to Hammond.
December 10th was a historical day for weather. An EF4 tornado came through Arkansas. Forming just south of Amagon in Jackson County, it bounced across Jackson County into Western Poinsett County where it touched down several times, mainly in rural areas. It touched down just west of Bay, in Craighead County, as sister Tornados. No major damage done there as it lifted and set back down west of Lake City before picking up again. It came back down just west of Monette, where it destroyed the Monette nursing home with one fatality. From there, it was originally thought to have stayed on the ground for over 200 miles, into Mayfield Kentucky. However, further surveys revealed that this was one Supercell, now called "The Quad-State supercell". This supercell produced 2 EF4 tornados and a total of 11 tornados in all. Killing a total of 89 people with 667 injuries. While sending DR resources to Monette, an EF2 tornado formed and dropped down just southwest of Trumann and stayed on the ground through Trumann, destroying or damaging over 200 homes and many business. This tornado tore through the center of Trumann, destroying the nursing home, Fire Department and parts of the Old Singer building, along with several other business. There were several injuries, but God blessed us with no fatalities. Our DR teams responded immediately with a Command team, Chainsaw teams, Feeding Unit, Shower Unit and Chaplains. Several members took side by sides and delivered food and supplies to the residents that couldn't get out, over a two week period.
Some of our team members also participated in various other ministries under the Disaster Relief
ministry. Local Football teams were fed as well as food deliveries made for COVID quarantined persons
in the area.
Please remember the Dixie Jackson offering is part of what funds our DR efforts.
2020 Update: What happened in 2020? What DIDN'T happen! COVID struck the world, but that didn't stop the world! CCBCDR deployed several times. We started in our own back yard twice within a week! On March 28, 2020 a violent EF-3 Tornado struck downtown Jonesboro on live television, injuring 22 with NO deaths. D.R. again deployed our feeding unit, Incident Command and Chainsaw teams. Approximately 100 work orders were completed with many meals served and even more seeds planted for Christ! On April 8, 2020 an EF-2 Tornado struck Harrisburg injuring 6 people. Again, our D.R. Incident Command, Feeding and Chainsaw teams were deployed immediately with IC on the scene immediately! There were approximately 30 work orders completed and many meals served again with many seeds planted for Christ. Then on August 20, 2020 Cat. 4 Hurricane Laura hit Lake Charles Louisiana and remained a hurricane as a Cat.1 as it entered Arkansas. There were 11 deaths in Louisiana with many injuries. Our Incident Command team was sent in to start and set up a site to run Unified Command for the whole event. Later Shower/Laundry personnel, cooking and chainsaw personnel and teams have been deployed. Over 150 people were led to Christ by Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, just from the site we were set up. Total numbers from other sites will be gathered at a later date for national reports. COVID in itself was a natural disaster. We have helped there as well, delivering food for some who were quarantined due to COVID. Food was picked up from the Jonesboro Food Bank and delivered to several drop off points. Dixie Jackson offerings and special donations to D.R. is what makes this possible. Please remember D.R. and Dixie Jackson and pray for God's guidance as you prepare to donate to either or both
2019 Update: CCBCDR has been very busy this year. We started out by sending Incident Command teams to Omaha, Nebraska, where Arkansas DR manned the Unified Command. A Unified Command has only been utilized 2 times in Southern Baptist DR history. Both times, Arkansas set up and manned the Command (the other was in Baton Rouge, LA). Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri saw widespread flooding from the Missouri River. Our people spent a total of 5 weeks in Omaha. Shortly after returning from Nebraska, Heavy rains in Oklahoma caused severe flooding along the Arkansas River. CCBCDR sent our Laundry and shower unit to Conway, along with some Incident Commanders. We spent about 4 weeks in Conway. Pine Bluff was the next stop for the River flooding. We sent Laundry and Shower personnel along with Incident Command to assist in Pine Bluff. Our units were there for about 2 weeks. During the Pine Bluff deployment, our Shower/Laundry unit went to Corning Arkansas for World Changers mission. Our Chainsaw unit spent 3 days at our sister church, First Baptist Trumann, after a storm downed 2 very large trees behind the church. In October, an EF-1 Tornado hit Tyronza injuring 3. D.R. Incident Command, chainsaw and feeding teams were deployed within an hour of the tornado hitting. There were approximately 60 work orders completed and one salvation.
Fortunately, we have had a chance to work on our multi-purpose building, which is near completion. We have also been able to feed the Marked Tree and Trumann Junior High and Senior High Football teams.
DR update for 2018: Our Shower and Laundry unit has arrived and already been deployed. The trailer was deployed in October, to Panama City, Florida. Hurricane Michael was the strongest hurricane to ever hit the Florida panhandle. The trailer was in Florida until the 3rd week of November. There were over 600 showers and 300 loads of laundry done during the deployment. Our team performed outstanding during deployment. We are so proud of ALL of our team.
We also had a Flood Recovery team deploy to North Carolina, after Hurricane Florence hit in September. We had incident command to go to Sonora Texas in late September/early October as well, after severe flooding. While in Sonora, Michael struck Florida, putting our units on standby. We have since, had Incident Command, Shower/Laundry and Chainsaw units, in Panama City, in response to Hurricane Michael.
DR update for 2017: In 2017, we had several deployments. Our chainsaw unit made two trips to Walnut Ridge, after tornados or straight line winds blew through Williams Baptist College twice, one week apart. We had our feeding team as well as Incident Command team, respond to the flooding in Pocahontas, AR. We sent a Flood Recovery team to Pasadena, (Houston) TX, in response to Hurricane Harvey. An Incident Command team also went to Dallas, TX to man the initial Hurricane Harvey Command team. Incident Command also went to Pasadena for a week in response to Harvey. We also took care of our own, as a tornado damaged the roof of one of our team members. Our Flood Recovery Team responded and tarped their roof. The week before the Harvey deployment, we also tarped the house of the grandson of one of our team members, as the remnants of Harvey damaged the roof.
We had approximately 8 more people train and certify for DR, in 2017.
The Beginning: In 2011, Corners Chapel Baptist Church was the Operation Center during flooding in Payneway. Our members worked tirelessly in the community to save peoples property. People from all over this area, including Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi, along with inmates from the Arkansas Department of Corrections work release units, came to help our little community. They came with love and compassion. Many of the inmates later sent letters to the church, talking of how we touched their lives with the love we showed not only the community, but them as well.
This stirred the hearts of some of our members. In April of 2014, a tornado struck Vilonia, Arkansas. Corners Chapel began gathering needed items for the victims of Vilonia. At the same time, from a love of cooking, two of our men got the idea to cook BBQ and serve those first responders and volunteers who were in Vilonia to help with recovery. 150 pounds of BBQ was cooked and 14 members and non members drove the collected items and BBQ to Vilonia. They also took 4 Polaris Rangers and once there, BBQ sandwiches, chips, brownies and drinks were loaded into the Rangers and delivered to the volunteers in the field. They were able to pray with volunteers and victims and spread the love of Jesus. This was the beginning of our Disaster Relief Ministry.
Randy Garrett, Director of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Arkansas, was contacted. After a meeting with Randy, Corners Chapel Baptist Church Feeding Unit #13 was established. 30 Members and 4 members from 2 sister churches, attended training in Marion, AR and our volunteers force was in place. We have had more training and members added to our unit as well as adding a Chainsaw Unit (Partnered with Mississippi County Association) and Flood Recovery Unit In 2017, we had 10 members certify in Shower and Laundry. With 3 of our men trained in Incident Command, we serve in 5 capacities with Southern Baptist Disaster Relief.
Our units have been deployed in some form to disasters in Crossett, Jonesboro, Baton Rouge Louisiana, New Orleans Louisiana. Walnut Ridge, Pocahontas, Dallas Texas and Houston Texas as well as helping with Acts 1:8 ministries block party in West Helena and Feeding ASBC Connect Youth . If you are interested in joining our unit, contact Jay Paul Woods at 870-284-0390, Jimmy Stotts at 870-919-4319, Bryant Terrell at 870-375-2298 or Pastor Glen Hurst at 870-926-1945. Donations to the unit can be made by contacting any of the 4, as well.
 Tornado damage in New Orleans, LA |  More New Orleans damage |  New Orleans |
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 New Orleans damage and one of our volunteers |  New Orleans |  New Orleans tornado |
 New Orleans |  New Orleans |  New Orleans roof covering with one of our volunteers |
 |  Denham Springs, LA |  Randy Garrett, with someone watching over him! |
 Supplies being unloaded during the 2011 Payneway Flood |  Feeding volunteers during the 2011 Flood |  Filling sandbags during the flood |
 Sandbags placed in Payneway |  Flooded house in Payneway |  Flooded house in Payneway |
 Storm cellar in Vilonia that was moved off its foundation by the tornado. Several people were in the cellar and survived uninjured. |  Damage in Vilonia |  A truck damaged by the Vilonia tornado |
 It all started with these 14 people who went to Vilonia! |  Cooking for volunteers in Jonesboro flooding |  Work in Jonesboro flooding |
 Damage in Denham Springs, LA |  Livingston, LA |
