When disasters hit, communities are broken. Broken communities often look to the local church for leadership. 

Below are two resources written by pastors who have walked through disasters. They offer what they learned – the easy way and the hard way – about leading your church and your community through a disaster and the long recovery process.

The documents provide helpful information on processes, expectations, managing, leading as well as some sermon suggestions. Whatever the subject of your latest sermon may be, people are coming to the church in a time of great need. How you address the congregation and visitors will impact the community's resilience and ability to recover.

We invite you to view these documents and be encouraged on how your church can be a light people searching for hope after a disaster.

Pastoral Leadership Through Disaster Recovery by John Crowder in West, Texas.

Preaching After Disaster by Trent Henderson in Webster, Texas (southeast sector of Houston).