Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (9/09 GA Flood Response)
Faith Based Disaster Response/Ministry
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- Areas served
- Atlanta Metro Area, GA
- Eligibility
- Impacted by the 9/09 GA Floods
- Fee for service
- No
- Service
- Temporary
Notes
Douglas Disaster Recovery Community Partner
Meeting Notes Wednesday- September 30, 2009
9:00-11:00am United Way in Douglas County
Billy Graham: Emotional/Spiritual Care can call 678-202-5974
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September 29 — They are trained to listen with sensitivity and help with practical needs. Along the way, Rapid Response Team chaplains end up showing the love of Christ and, many times, lives touched by tragedy are forever changed.
This week, for example, Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) chaplains are ministering in suburbs west of Atlanta that were hard hit by recent flooding. Walking from home to home, they will stop and just listen to a homeowner in pain. Or, they will simply sit next to someone who has lost everything. Then they ask the person if they can pray.
Sometimes, a person will pray to accept Christ, but that is not a goal. The chaplains will share the Gospel if and when it is appropriate, but never in a manner or a time that would add to the person's stress. The chaplains learn that compassion must precede evangelism.
And that is the case in Georgia. Serving alongside volunteers from Samaritan's Purse they are now meeting with people and listening. Already, chaplains have prayed with 45 people.