Charlotte ministry sends chaplains to help after California shootings

A victim is wheeled away on a stretcher following a shooting that killed 14 people at a social services facility Wednesday in San Bernardino, Calif. David Bauman AP

Chaplains from the Charlotte-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association were in San Bernardino, Calif., on Thursday (Dec. 3) to offer spiritual and emotional care for those affected by Wednesday's mass shooting there.

This is the third shooting-related deployment of the BGEA's Rapid Response Team since October. Previously, chaplains were sent to Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., and were in Paris after the Nov. 13 shootings in the French capital. Tim Funk

This story was originally published December 3, 2015 at 4:43 PM with the headline "Charlotte ministry sends chaplains to help after California shootings."

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