Crisis Situations
Online Ministry Guides People Worldwide Through Coronavirus Crisis
In the days since COVID-19 began infiltrating the globe, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) created special web pages through its internet evangelism ministry, Search for Jesus, to address the fears quickly spreading among people of all languages. These pages were created in English, Spanish, Korean, Arabic, Mandarin and Portuguese. Each gives the online visitor a chance to respond to the never-changing Gospel …
‘Powerful Moment’ of Healing with COVID-19 Patient in Italy
(Photo above): Billy Graham chaplain Damaris Scalzi prays for COVID-19 patients and Samaritan’s Purse medical staff while on deployment with her husband, Jason, in Cremona, Italy. (Photo: Kim Rowland) He had been a healthy athlete, a runner. All that changed when Luca* was diagnosed with COVID-19, which has put the entire globe in a tailspin …
WATCH: “With crisis comes opportunity for Jesus Christ”
Watch Franklin Graham’s interview with UK’s Premier Christian Radio, where he shares a message of hope to the United Kingdom in the midst of the coronavirus. Franklin Graham’s message to the people of the United Kingdom: “God loves you. He hasn’t forgotten about you. He cares very much about you.”
Rapid Response Team Ministering in NYC, Global Hub of COVID-19
The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team is in New York City in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak to serve alongside Samaritan’s Purse at their Emergency Field Hospital. Monday morning, Franklin Graham and Will Graham prayed with several of the commissioned chaplains before they departed from Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, along with their Mobile Ministry …
Anne Graham Lotz: Is COVID-19 a Sign of the End?
“There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven … When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”—Luke 21:11, 28 COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus, has created national fear in a way …
Confronting Fear in the Face of Coronavirus
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. —Isaiah 26:3 (ESV) “As our nation prepares for the worst, our prayers are with those who are suffering as a result of the coronavirus,” Franklin Graham posted on Facebook Thursday. “There are those who are sick, those who have lost family …
Help Others Find Peace: 10 Bible Verses to Share
Are fear and anxiety about the coronavirus paralysing your friends and family? Are you wondering how this global pandemic will end? The people who lived in Bible times were no strangers to trials. But many were also well-acquainted with the character of God—a loving, protecting Father quick to console His people. He comforted them then and comforts us …
Franklin Graham’s Message for Such a Time as This
For millions around the world, the coronavirus is bringing day-to-day routines to a halt. As we face an unpredictable future, what’s something tangible you can do in response? Franklin Graham shared the following thoughts Monday on Facebook. Many years ago, the great writer and theologian A.W. Tozer made this profound statement, “A scared world needs a …
3 Billy Graham Quotes to Help Fight Coronavirus Fears
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” —Lamentations 3:22-23 Sometimes the world seems hopeless. With the frightening onslaught of the coronavirus affecting multiple facets of people’s lives, one can easily fall into a tailspin of anxious thoughts. Where’s all the good news? “My hope does …
Chinese People Worldwide Seek God as Coronavirus Spreads
Two months after the first coronavirus death was reported in Wuhan, China, more than 80 countries have confirmed cases of the disease. So far, over 100,000 people have been infected; 3,400 have died and just over half have recovered. Fears of the disease have steadily risen in the past several weeks, affecting travel, education, manufacturing …
Where Is God in the Midst of Disaster & Disease?
Unexpected events—whether they’re personal catastrophes, regional storms like the deadly tornadoes in Nashville or the rapid, global spread of the coronavirus—can prompt us to pause and wonder what God is doing. Is He trying to tell us something? Billy Graham encountered questions like these during his six-plus decades of ministry, and his Bible-based answers still ring true today. …