FORT HOOD, Texas (BP)--About a dozen Southern Baptist chaplains stationed at Fort Hood in central Texas began ministering in the aftermath of a shooting on post Nov. 5 that has left 13 people dead and 30 wounded.
Also in the area, Southern Baptist churches rallied to pray for the victims and offer assistance.
"I was told that the chaplains at Fort Hood -- about a dozen of whom are Southern Baptist -- were involved on the ground yesterday, and started ministering during and right after the incident," Keith Travis, team leader of the chaplaincy evangelism team at the North American Mission Board, told Baptist Press Nov. 6.
"The Army is a big family, and the chaplains are a very prominent part of that family. And they are there right now providing pastoral care to the Fort Hood community," Travis said. "We ask Southern Baptists to pray for our chaplains as they continue to minister."
Gen. Douglas Carver, a Southern Baptist who serves as chief of chaplains for the U.S. Army, was at Fort Hood on Nov. 6 accompanying Secretary of the Army John McHugh, Carver's office told Baptist Press. About 30 grief counselors were available to soldiers at Fort Hood's Spiritual Fitness Center (the chapel), according to the post's public affairs office.
Gunfire broke out early in the afternoon Thursday on the world's largest military base as about 300 soldiers were lined up to receive shots and have their eyes checked in preparation for deployment.
The alleged gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a 39-year-old Army psychiatrist, was shot four times by a civilian police officer and remained hospitalized on a ventilator, the Associated Press reported.
Soldiers who witnessed the shooting said Hasan, a Muslim, shouted "Allahu Akbar," an Arabic phrase for "God is great," before opening fire, Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the base commander, said, adding that the comment had not been confirmed. Read More
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