Franklin Graham’s border tour draws 20,000 signers demanding its cancellation
United States RNS A liberal Christian organisation has launched a petition against Rev Franklin Graham’s southern border tour, calling on venue organisers to withdraw their invitations. The petition, drafted by Faithful America, has so far garnered nearly 21,000 signatures. Franklin Graham speaks in Israel on 23rd January, 2024. PICTURE: Courtesy of Samaritan’s Purse. The social justice […]
Faith-based disaster relief teams fan out across six US states to help tornado recovery
RNS Faith-based disaster relief teams are already working in several of the areas hardest hit by devastating tornadoes that tore through six states on Friday. On Monday, 74 people were confirmed dead across eight counties in Kentucky, and another 13 died in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois. Dozens more are unaccounted for. President Biden […]
British borough apologises for removing bus ads promoting Franklin Graham festival
RNS A British borough council and its transportation provider publicly apologised on their websites for removing bus ads promoting a 2018 event with evangelist Franklin Graham in the English seaside town of Blackpool. The apology follows a court finding that the actions of the borough council and its transportation provider “discriminated on the ground of […]
Trump taxes report highlights nearly $US400,000 payment from Billy Graham group
RNS A new report from The New York Times citing Trump’s tax information alleges the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association paid nearly $US400,000 to the President’s Washington hotel in 2017, raising questions about the potential conflicts of interest in making money off his religious allies while in office. The Times reported that the BGEA paid the Trump International […]
Billy Graham archives to move from Wheaton College to his North Carolina library
RNS The archives of the late evangelist Billy Graham will be moved from their location in Illinois to the library named after him in North Carolina. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association announced the decision about the transfer of the evangelist’s papers and the association’s archives on Thursday. Billy Graham speaks during the Billy Graham Crusade […]
EVANGELISM: SIXTY YEARS AFTER BILLY GRAHAM’S HISTORIC AUSTRALIAN TOUR, FRANKLIN GRAHAM CARRIES ON WITH THE FAMILY TRADITION
DAVID ADAMS speaks to US preacher Franklin Graham, currently holding a series of evangelistic events in Australia 60 years after his father’s historic visit…
Death toll rising in eastern US state in wake of Florence; call for prayer
The death toll after Hurricane Florence struck eastern US states late last week has risen to at least 25 as flooding continues amid warnings it will do for some days yet to come. The BBC reports that 19 of the deaths to date have occurred in North Carolina with Governor Roy Cooper saying at a […]
BILLY GRAHAM: HOW HE MADE SURE HIS INTEGRITY WAS NEVER IN QUESTION
Following the death of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham last week, YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on how he made sure his financial integrity was never in doubt…
ESSAY: BILLY GRAHAM’S NEW HOME
FRANKLIN GRAHAM, son of the late evangelist Billy Graham, reflects on the life and legacy of the man he knew as ‘Daddy’…
BILLY GRAHAM: ‘AMERICA’S PASTOR’ DIES AT 99
ADELLE M BANKS and ALICIA C SHEPARD, of Religion News Service, report on the passing of Billy Graham…