The Disasters & Religion App helps disaster responders better serve America’s diverse religious communities and build partnerships with religious leaders, with easily accessible religious literacy and competency information on 27 unique religions. In 2025, approximately 400 prayers (16 categories of prayers across various unique religious traditions) for chaplains providing emotional and spiritual care during times of disaster and crisis as added to the app.
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“This app is a terrific new resource for government officials and their staff as well as religious leaders. It includes tips about religious literacy, instructions on how to partner with government, and links to trainings. This is exactly the kind of resource that disaster responders need and can readily use. It will help partners understand each other better and thus will result in better service for people in need.” |
“This app is filing an important need. People turn to and trust their faith communities in times of trouble and this app will improve the understanding between first responders and people of faith that can only be a help in disasters.” |