Crisis Situations

Rapid Response Team Ministering in the Midst of Deadly Australia Bushfires

As bushfires rage through Australia—threatening the lives of residents and first responders—Billy Graham chaplains are offering emotional and spiritual care. Here, firefighters pull a water hose after putting out a spot fire near Moruya, Australia. Since late September, Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) chaplains have been ministering to Australian communities facing one of the country’s worst …

Billy Graham Chaplains deploy to devastated Doncaster, Yorkshire after heavy flooding

The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) has deployed to offer emotional, spiritual and practical support to the suffering residents of Fishlake Village in Doncaster after being hit by severe flooding. A torrent of rainfall began just over a week ago in the northern region of England causing flash floods to spread across the counties …

Bahamians’ Response to Hurricane Dorian Encourages Billy Graham Chaplain

A week after Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas for nearly two days, distraught families were still looking for loved ones while others were leaving their communities to take refuge elsewhere. On the ground in the Bahamas, Kevin Williams has met numerous people who lost family members or are still searching for them after Dorian, the …

Billy Graham Chaplains Deploy to Devastated Bahamas, Florida Shelters

The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) has deployed to offer emotional and spiritual care to hurting residents in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, the strongest storm to ever hit the islands. The monstrous hurricane hit the Bahamas as a Category 5 on Sunday, and hovered over northwestern islands with strong winds …

Hurricane Dorian: Billy Graham Chaplains Prepared to Respond

Millions across the Southeast are keeping a watchful eye on Hurricane Dorian after the storm made landfall in the Bahamas as a Category 5 on Sunday afternoon, killing at least seven people. While Dorian pounded the northwestern Bahamas for over 36 hours, life-threatening storm surges are possible as the storm slowly moves across Florida’s east …

Lean on the Rock

When you become a Christian, it doesn’t mean that you will live on a perpetual “high.” The Psalmist David went down to the very depths, and so did the Apostle Paul. But in the midst of all circumstances God’s grace, peace, and joy are there. The tears will still come, the pressures will be felt, …