While in-person church and worship services have been suspended in the wake of the novel coronavirus, the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention is making chaplains available to people through phone calls.
The toll-free number will allow people to visit with a chaplain from the Grapevine-based organization and to receive prayer and encouragement, a news release from the SBTC said.
“We just feel like this is the best way we can serve,” SBTC spokesperson Bill Bumpas said. “We want to help people and we know this is a very stressful time. And we feel like this is kind of in our wheelhouse.”
By calling the number, people will be placed in contact with a trained chaplain who can pray with them and provide spiritual comfort, the release said.
