Crisis-trained chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, have been offering a ministry of presence during an ongoing deployment.
Seeking God's healing hand together for Charlotte and the United States.
Talking with members of the Charlotte community.
Billy Graham Rapid Response Team manager Kevin Williams hugs Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts after a time of prayer with the chaplains on Thursday night.
Charlotte Pastor Leon Threatt, who once deployed with the Rapid Response Team to Baltimore, also was in the Queen City on Thursday night calling for peace.
Some folks were so overcome by the invitation to prayer that they dropped to their knees.
Crisis-trained chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team first deployed to Billy Graham's hometown of Charlotte on Wednesday to offer emotional and spiritual care in the aftermath of civil unrest.
Hundreds filled Charlotte's Marshall Park on Wednesday for a peaceful rally.
"There's a lot of hurting people," Rapid Response Team manager Kelly Burke said. "People have questions. People are fearful. And a lot of people were very into prayer."
Going before the Lord in prayer before ministering in the Charlotte community.
Seeking the one true God.
Tensions boiled over on Wednesday night in Charlotte as some protesters turned to rioting, while the police began to deploy tear gas.
Chaplains struck up conversations with those who attended Wednesday's peaceful rally.
Sharing the love of Christ with a hurting community.
This photo was taken Tuesday night, hours after the demonstration turned violent in Charlotte.
Praying as protesters demonstrated peacefully through Charlotte on Thursday night.
The Bible instructs in 1 Thessalonians 5:11, "Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing."
Sharing a laugh prior to Wednesday's rally.
A candlelight vigil was held in Marshall Park, where people gathered for a peaceful rally.
Chaplains were blessed by many opportunities to just sit down and talk with Charlotteans.
Many walked right up to the Rapid Response Team's Mobile Ministry Center when it was parked at First Baptist Church on Wednesday, seeking spiritual guidance.
Chaplains had the chance to talk with many just walking down the street in Charlotte.
1 Corinthians 13:7 declares, "Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Joining together in prayer.
Will you pray for the Rapid Response Team as they continue their ministry in Charlotte? You also can help send crisis-trained chaplains to natural and man-made disasters.
