Crisis Situations

During Ukraine Visit, Franklin Graham Asks for Prayer Over Chaplains

On a deployment unlike any other, Franklin Graham visited the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains deployed to the war-torn country of Ukraine. “Probably the most important part of our work is the spiritual work,” said the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s president and CEO from an emergency field hospital in the western city of Lviv. Watch him share …

Man Waiting at Altar for Hours Finds Help Through BGEA’s Internet Ministry

He didn’t know what else to do. Forced to take off work due to a family emergency, Oliver* decided to go inside a large, stunning church. Walking down the aisle, he passed the rows of pews and stood at the altar, thinking a minister would eventually find him there. But no one came. After waiting …

Chaplains Comfort War-Torn Hearts in Ukraine

Photo: A Billy Graham chaplain ministers to a patient in the Samaritan’s Purse emergency field hospital in Lviv, Ukraine. As millions flee conflict, Ukrainians need emotional and spiritual care as well as physical care. Carrying luggage. Helping a mother and crying child get on the next bus or train out of the battle-weary country. Praying …

Billy Graham Chaplains Reach Out to Hurting Ukrainians

Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) chaplains are in Ukraine to offer comfort, prayer and meet people in their pain in the middle of a dire situation. >>Help deploy chaplains to offer emotional and spiritual care to people in Ukraine. BG-RRT chaplain Wil Rosado—who’s been ministering at a Samaritan’s Purse emergency field hospital, as well as …

BGEA Deploying to Ukraine

Ukrainians are desperate for hope as more than 2 million have left the country. Countless others have fled to the Lviv area, where the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) is deploying chaplains to provide emotional and spiritual care. “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” —Psalm 46:1 In response to …

Franklin Graham Urges Prayer Over ‘Dangerous’ Conditions for Ukrainians

READ: Billy Graham Rapid Response Team Deploys to Lviv, Ukraine In recent interviews, Franklin Graham has asked anyone watching to be in prayer for Ukraine. “I cannot imagine what these families are going through—having bombs drop on them, having to flee for their lives,” Franklin Graham said in an interview this week. “All the things that …

Billy Graham Chaplains: Hope-Filled Moments Following Deadly Tornado

After 2021 ended in heartbreak for many families due to a series of deadly tornadoes in parts of the United States, crisis-trained chaplains from the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) spent the holidays ministering in the hard-hit small town of Mayfield, Kentucky, United States. They’re spending the new year helping the devastated community pick …

BGEA’s UK Internet Evangelism Ministry Reaches Over 100,000 People in the Past Year

The past year has seen tremendous growth in the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s (BGEA) internet evangelism ministry with more and more people searching for answers about God online. Thousands of people across the globe are desperate for to find hope. Every day, people are finding the hope of Christ through the BGEA’s Search for Jesus …

Billy Graham Rapid Response Team Ministering to Haitians Rocked by Earthquake

A small team of Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) chaplains arrived in Haiti Thursday to serve at an emergency field hospital set up by Samaritan’s Purse. Local hospitals have been inundated with patients and short on medical supplies since August 14, when a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the country. The quake injured more than 9,900 people, killed …

Billy Graham Chaplains Deploy to Plymouth After Tragic Shootings

Chaplains from the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team have deployed to Plymouth, Devon following the tragic suicide-shooting that killed five people, one being a child.  On the evening of August 12, a gunman killed two women, two men, and a three-year-old girl. Two other people were also shot and are currently being treated hospital. The gunman also …

Wrestling With Faith in the Aftermath of Condo Collapse

A chaplain shares about the peace of Jesus in Surfside, Florida, in the aftermath of a sudden condominium collapse that killed dozens of people. It’s difficult to process. A heaping pile of rubble now sits where a 12-story building used to be filled with family dinners and laughter against the backdrop of the ocean in …