Kate Shellnutt | Christianity Today
Chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) arrived in Parkland, Florida, within hours of Wednesday’s school shooting that killed at least 17 teens and faculty members.
This is the fifth deployment this year for the ministry’s rapid response team, trained to provide emotional and spiritual support amid crises. Each 2018 deployment has been gun-related . . . At times of tragedy, Christian churches and ministries rally to remind survivors of a God who the Psalms tell us “heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” For decades, they have been among the first on the scene . . .
