CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 27, 2023 – Chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) are headed to Nashville, Tennessee, after a shooting at a private Christian school. The shooting happened just after 10 a.m. Monday at The Covenant School. Police say a 28-year-old female entered the school through a side door, before she climbed the stairs to the second floor and opened fire. Three children and three adults died and police shot and killed the suspect. A police officer was also injured.
“As a father of four, my heart breaks to hear of another shooting at an elementary school,” said Josh Holland, international director of the BG-RRT. “We are sending our crisis-trained chaplains to comfort people, listen and cry with them, pray with them and share God’s love with those who have been impacted by this horrific tragedy.”
The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team Mobile Ministry Center (MMC) is also en route to provide a safe space for chaplains to comfort and pray with people.
BG-RRT chaplains are now providing emotional and spiritual support in four locations. Besides Nashville, chaplains are ministering to people devastated by tornadoes in Rolling Fork and Amory, Mississippi. In addition, they are also offering hope to families who have been forced to flee their homes in Ukraine.
For more information on the ministry, including videos, photos, news articles and an interactive map of former and current deployments, visit the BG-RRT press kit or BillyGraham.org/RRT. Updates can also be found at Facebook.com/RRTChaplains.
For more information on the ministry, including videos, photos, news articles and an interactive map of former and current deployments, visit the BG-RRT press kit or BillyGraham.org/RRT. Updates can also be found at Facebook.com/RRTChaplains.
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The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team was developed by Franklin Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It has since grown into an international network of chaplains in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia who are specifically trained to deal with crisis situations. They have deployed to more than 700 disaster sites across the globe, including shootings, floods, hurricanes, wildfires and tornadoes.
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