9/5 Update:

We Need Your Help

We are passionate about building up, encouraging, and assisting the local church and that is especially true during their times of greatest need.

Meet Pastor Ikem. For the past several years, he has pastored a church just outside of New Orleans in the small city of Donaldsonville. His community never fully recovered from the effects of Hurricane Katrina 16 years ago. Then came Hurricane Ida, a category 4 storm that severely impacted his community once again.

Today, his community sits without power. They’ve been told that they shouldn't expect electricity for at least three weeks. Gas and other basic supplies are running short. Members of his community are turning towards the local church for help.

Pastor Ikem is ready to serve - and we know he's been called to do so. Pastor Ikem is ready and willing to turn his small church into a hub of recovery efforts for his town. He’s ready to provide water, meals, and other immediate needs people in his community may have. But he can’t do it alone.

Our purpose and passion at PPM is to rally around pastors like Pastor Ikem. These pastors and churches are ingrained in their communities; they know the needs of their people, and the challenges they face.

We invite you to join us in this mission by giving or volunteering to serve.

Give: We need your help to raise $25,000 to help Pastor Ikem provide meals, bottled water, and other necessities to families in need over the next several weeks.

Serve: Come and serve alongside Pastor Ikem in Donaldsonville. Whether you can come for a day or even a few days, we are prepared to begin hosting volunteer groups of 10+ to assist in immediate relief efforts. We also know recovery is a long process and we will need groups later this fall and in 2022 to support the ongoing recovery efforts.

Pastor Ikem is ready to get to work. As you donate to PPM, we will be using those resources to empower him so that he can be a light in the community - bringing food, encouragement, and hope.

Can you help us?

For ongoing updates, head to the PPM disaster response page.

===== ABOUT PRAYING PELICAN MISSIONS =======

Praying Pelican Missions exists to inspire unity within the global Church. As an interdenominational ministry, we seek to celebrate the variety of the Church while leveraging what binds us together. There is no more powerful example of God’s love to a community than when His people come together to serve and advance the Gospel, all in the name of Jesus.

Each year, we set up and lead mission trips for churches, small groups, families, and individuals, continually expanding and strengthening a network of pastors and communities both abroad and in the United States. Our trips are built around three main pillars for healthy short-term missions: genuine partnerships, long-term relationships, and sustainable ministry.

Through Praying Pelican Missions, more than 50,000 short-term missionaries have served in over 450 different communities throughout our locations. As lives are touched and hearts are transformed, there is an increasing number of pastors, churches, and communities inviting mission teams to serve alongside them through Praying Pelican Missions. We are continually amazed to witness and be part of God's movement in the world, from Chicago to Costa Rica to South Africa and everywhere in between.

Hurricane Ida Relief

Your donations help PPM empower local churches to respond to Hurricane Ida in their community.