BG-RRT Press Kit CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 24, 2021 – Unprecedented winter storms swept through Texas last week, causing significant damage across the state. The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) has deployed chaplains to provide emotional and spiritual care alongside Samaritan’s Purse in Austin and Houston. Accumulated ice downed trees and power lines, leaving many …
RRT Press Kit CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 22, 2021 – Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) chaplains have deployed alongside Samaritan’s Purse to Marion County, Oregon, after an ice storm caused significant damage to the area. Widely considered one of the worst ice storms in Oregon history, the severe weather resulted in five deaths and left …
Updates about Franklin Graham, Will Graham, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team, and Cissie Graham Lynch.
RRT Press Kit CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 26, 2021 – After a tornado ripped through central Alabama, late Monday night, Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) chaplains have deployed to the city of Center Point to provide emotional and spiritual care to those impacted by the storm. At least one person was killed and many others …
Updates about the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team, Franklin Graham and Will Graham.
RRT Press Kit CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 11, 2021 – For the second straight week, Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) chaplains have deployed to provide emotional and spiritual support at a Samaritan’s Purse Emergency Field Hospital that is being set up to treat coronavirus patients. The latest deployment is to Lancaster, California, where a person …
RRT Press Kit CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 4, 2021 – Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) chaplains have deployed to Lenoir to provide emotional and spiritual support at a Samaritan’s Purse Emergency Field Hospital that has been set up as regional medical centers reach capacity. “In 2020, we deployed crisis-trained chaplains to serve alongside Samaritan’s Purse …
RRT Press Kit CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 18, 2020 – A team of crisis-trained chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) are responding locally after Concord Police Officer Jason Shuping was shot and killed in the line of duty. “My deepest condolences to the Concord Police as they mourn the loss of one of …
RRT Press Kit CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 11, 2020 – A team of chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) are in Mount Holly providing emotional and spiritual support after Mount Holly Police Officer Tyler Herndon was shot and killed Friday morning. “Our hearts are heavy to hear of the tragic, fatal shooting of …
Updates about the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team, Will Graham, and the Billy Graham Library.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 18, 2020 – Having recently held its ninth National Law Enforcement Retreat at The Cove in Asheville in late October, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) has announced that it will be expanding its law enforcement ministry with Law Enforcement Appreciation events in multiple cities across the United States. The first …
RRT Press Kit CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 16, 2020 – The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) has a team of crisis-trained chaplains in Alexander County, North Carolina, to provide emotional and spiritual support to the community after torrential rain and flooding resulted in at least six deaths. The storm washed out bridges and closed multiple …