Eagle Watch Ministries was founded with the desire to see lives changed by the power and truth of God’s word. The primary purpose of this organization is sharing our part in the responsibility and privilege of propagating the Gospel of Jesus Christ by all available means, both at home and in foreign lands.
Eagle Watch Ministries was formed out of Hal’s desire to comfort those in need during their time of crisis. Hal’s career spanned 30 years as an EMT, Firefighter, Soldier, Fire & Explosion Investigator and Emergency Services Manager. Little did Hal know that when he was called to ministry and preached his first sermon in 1977 in Asheboro, NC, that the road to his ministry would be so adventurous, fulfilling and full of curves, bumps and even a few washouts and landslides. All of these experiences prepared him for this ministry.
Eagle Watch Ministries came about after Hal retired from public service and formed his Safety and Security Consulting business. During Hurricane Katrina, Hal and his staff were hired to provide security, consulting and catastrophe business continuity services for a large hospital in New Orleans. After working hard 12 hour shifts, his staff spent their off time providing help, food, and water, restoring property and ministering to the community. Also during the time in his business, Hal began to donate his expertise to ministries and churches that were the victims of arson and donated time to consult with churches regarding safety and security issues. It was during this time that we realized that our business was becoming a workplace ministry.
When the earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, we began to donate our resources to a ministry in Haiti that has 35 churches, several schools, orphanages and clinics. God began to work and provide for us to begin our ministry as a domestic non profit corporation; birthing Eagle Watch Ministries.
One of the activities of this organization is to follow Christ's command by going to the aid of the poor, sick, and suffering. We are an effective means of reaching hurting people with food, medicine, aid, shelter and other assistance in the Name of Jesus Christ. This, in turn, earns us a hearing for the Gospel. Our emergency relief programs provide desperately needed assistance to victims of natural disasters and catastrophes. As we offer food, water, and temporary shelter, we meet critical needs and give people a chance to rebuild their lives.
Eagle Watch Ministries is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people. This is accomplished by utilizing volunteers to respond to natural disasters, catastrophes and other emergencies to minister to the victims of these catastrophes.
Other activities of this organization is to provide consultation to worship centers and congregants so that they can respond to emergencies, security issues, fires, weather related problems and other matters of life safety. This part of our ministry teaches the worship centers how to prevent emergencies, respond and interact with local authorities and how to recover from an emergency if one does occur within the church. 
Hal Lowder, Jr., Director Eagle Watch Ministries, Inc.
Hal began his public safety career more than 30 years ago as a firefighter in Georgia. During his career he served in diverse areas of public safety; among them emergency medicine, fire services, law enforcement and emergency management. Hal was educated at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, GA, Southern Polytechnic University in Marietta, GA, Gainesville State University and Covenant Life Seminary. Hal is a combat veteran and served in the United States Army Military Police Corps during the Cold War and in combat during Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield with the 716th Military Police Battalion.
Hal is currently ordained as a Fire Service Chaplain and specializes in workplace ministry and Critical Incident Stress Counseling. He has ministered during domestic catastrophes such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires and in South America, Cuba, Haiti, St. Croix and St. Thomas.
Hal’s expertise has been called on by various media outlets and has appeared on television’s Hannity & Colmes, FOX News Live, At Large with Geraldo Rivera, Weekend with Tony Snow, Dayside, Greta Van Sustren, Inside Edition, WE TV, MSNBC and local stations in Atlanta and Birmingham. Hal has appeared on National Pakistani TV. Hal has also appeared on talk radio on The Rick and Bubba Show, The Martha Zoller Show, The Al Gainey Show, Georgia News Network and The Morning Show with Bill & Joel, as well as being interviewed by the NY Times, The Iowa City Press, Seattle, Oregon print media and locally in Atlanta and Gainesville print media.Hal and his wife Michele have been married for 15 years and live in Northeast Georgia. Hal has a son, daughter and two granddaughters.
Phil is the retired Deputy Fire Chief of the Marietta, Georgia Fire Department. Phil is currently a consultant on many projects regarding Fire Safety, Emergency Preparedness Logistics, Homeland Security, Anti-Terrorism and many more aspects of emergency management. Phil is a graduate of Clemson University, and has been an adjunct instructor as well as a full time employee of the Georgia Fire Academy. Phil is active in many projects including homeland security, Department of Defense, Georgia Tech Research Institute and the National Forest Service. Phil is probably one of the best Logistics managers in the world today and has handled incidents from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. major forest fires and others. As you can see, it is hard to get Phil away from some type of communication device as he is always planning ahead.
Eagle Watch Ministries, Inc. is a tax exempt charity as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
Contact us: mailto:eaglewatch@bellsouth.net or 770-287-7694
Our work has involved catastrophes such as Hurricane’s Hugo, Katrina, Wilma and Rita, the Georgia Blizzard of 1993 and the 1994 Georgia flood from Tropical Storm Alberto. We have also responded to tornadoes in the southeast. Hal has also ministered in Trinidad, Tobago, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Haiti and Cuba.