How to Use This Book

Tell a friend about the book Nehemiah Response.

Nehemiah Response is more than a memoir of Hurricane Katrina experiences, it is a book designed to help someone through a crisis. If you are facing a difficult time in your life, the principles in this book may be exactly what you need to help you through and to give you a sense of direction and hope.

Nehemiah Response has been laid out so that a church could develop a disaster response ministry. You may also use the book as a Bible study with a small group, in an adult Bible class, or as a personal study.

In Appendix I of Nehemiah Response, you will find a section specifically designed to help churches and ministries with a disaster preparedness plan and how to develop a disaster response ministry. In this section you will find some great resources and suggestions as you develop a team to put together your contingency plan. If a disaster came your way, would you be prepared? Learn how to sustain yourself during an emergency and to be ready to seize ministry opportunities that follow.

In Appendix II, the personal study guide, you will find questions to stimulate your thinking for each chapter in the book and Website links to corresponding audio messages. If you choose to follow the layout of the book, you can plan to take at least twelve weeks to study the book, Nehemiah Response.

Chapter Titles

Chapter 1

What Do You Do When Something Bad Strikes?

Chapter 2

So, Is There a Plan for Me in All of This?

Chapter 3

How Do You Put a Plan Together?

Chapter 4

What’s This about Fear?

Chapter 5

How Do You Put Your Plan into Action?

Chapter 6

Facing the Daily Challenges

Chapter 7

Beginning to Stand Strong Again

Chapter 8

How Do You Keep On Track and Finish?

Chapter 9

What ’s so Important about a Time
to Celebrate?

Chapter 10

What Kind of People Should We Be Now?

Chapter 11

Where Do We Go from Here?

Endorsements

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This is an excellent guide in "how to make it through a crisis."
-Marcus G. Smucker, Ph.D.

Nelson's story provides a heartfelt, personal illustration
of how hope carries us through suffering and tragedy.
- Josh Mathew, MD

Nelson Roth helps individuals and churches learn how to faithfully prepare for, make it through,
and recover from crises.
-Jamie D. Aten, Ph.D.

Pastor Nelson’s experience with Hurricane Katrina is instructive to us in our storms of life and response to crisis.
- Kevin King (Christian Leader)

Nehemiah Response is a must-read for people of all faiths who are going through or wanting to prepare for the storms of life.
-John M. Hosey, M.Div.

Nehemiah Response addresses how to recover from a crisis with clarity, heart-felt compassion, and knowledge from one who has been through the storm.
- Candi Hallam (Christian Counselor)

This story of recovery and revival, mixed with wisdom from Nehemiah’s own rebuilding project, will inspire you with fresh hope for the future.
- Tom Harper (Church Consultant)