Thursday through Saturday, the forecast in Cúcuta, Colombia, called for rain. But each day, for a handful of hours during the Festival of Hope with Franklin Graham—and the kids’ event leading up to it—the clouds held back. As soon as the Festival ended Saturday night, the rain began, along with thunder and lightning. God’s hand has been…
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Dear Friend, You prayed for the Graham Tour, and it is exciting to report to you that God did a great work across Australia. To Him be the glory! The thing that impressed me about Australia is how beautiful and clean the cities are. It struck me as soon as we arrived. Yet the need…
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On March 15, a shooter walked into two Islamic mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, and took 50 lives in an act of hatred. Within 24 hours, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) was on the ground to comfort the hurting. “Our hearts broke for people because we saw how shattered, distraught and fearful they are,” said Stewart…
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‘God Sees Them in Their Brokenness’ Dear Friend, Thank you for touching lives through the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) ministry. You are helping bring comfort, hope and spiritual guidance to people in the midst of devastation. During the past year, we deployed 739 chaplains to 49 different areas around the world affected by natural…
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For residents in Queensland and northern New South Wales, bushfire season has started early with more than 68 homes and outbuildings destroyed or damaged by fires over the last few weeks. Stretching from Yamba to Cairns, the destruction is widespread and severe. Many people are struggling with despair as their homes and property now smoulder…
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Dear Friend The Bible says, “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near” (Isaiah 55:6, ESV). In partnership with you, my father and I have had the blessed opportunity to carry the Gospel message around the world. In doing so, we’ve noticed a very clear reality: nearly everyone…
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Dear Friend, Australia, just like America, desperately needs God. The forces of godless secularism are spreading rapidly across many countries. Recently in the U.S., the New York Times reported that politicians have been making changes to congressional traditions, including some chairmen intentionally omitting the words “so help me God” from the swearing-in oath. Is there no longer room for…
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This sermon was originally preached in 1956. “Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to…
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Dear Friend, God uses you as an active partner in the Search for Jesus internet evangelism outreach. You are sharing Christ’s “love and steadfastness of hope” (1 Thessalonians 1:3, ESV) with searching hearts every day—around the world. You do this through your prayers and gifts and we are grateful. A unique aspect of internet ministry…
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On 1 March, lightning strikes ignited a fire in Victoria that destroyed 29 homes, damaged 447 properties and burned over 100,000 hectares of land. The Insurance Council of Victoria declared the fires a catastrophe on 9 March. The Bunyip region was most affected with many homeowners not having insurance on all their properties. Locals are…
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Media Release 6 June 2019 Billy Graham Rapid Response Team Deploys Crisis-trained Chaplains to Darwin NT, After Four People Killed in Shooting The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team has deployed crisis-trained chaplain to Darwin in the Northern Territory following a shooting on Tuesday on the outskirts of the central business district. In an ABC…
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Molly* lost everything – her furniture and personal items tied to many precious memories – after her home was flooded. Molly’s house was destroyed when 12 months’ worth of rain fell across Townsville in just over a week, flooding and damaging almost 3,300 homes. Crisis-trained chaplains from the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) were…
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Dear Friend, How do you tell a child that there’s no water?’ Those are the words of a distressed Venezuelan mother during one of the recent massive, nationwide blackouts that cut off power to homes, hospitals and everything else for many days, even shutting down water systems for entire cities. With most basic necessities in…
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