Not everyone is excited about Franklin Graham’s soon arrival to Vancouver. In fact a report is indicating that Metro Vancouver Christians are colliding over the coming crusade of televangelist Franklin Graham, who is known for criticizing homosexuals, Muslims and U.S. President Barack Obama. Saying that Graham is often “incendiary and intolerant,” some evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics are opposing his participation in the three-day Festival of Hope event at Rogers Arena in early March, 2017, that many of the city’s mega-churches are supporting .
“Rev. Graham is a polarizing figure … His ungracious and bigoted remarks have the potential to generate serious negative impact on the Christian witness in Vancouver,” says a statement from five prominent evangelical and Catholic leaders (see full letter at bottom). “We … denounce the frequent incendiary and intolerant statements made by Rev. Graham, which he unapologetically reiterates,” said the letter, signed by Marjeta Bobnar of the Catholic archdiocese, City in Focus president Tom Cooper, Tenth Church pastor Ken Shigematsu, Calvary Baptist pastor Tim Dickau and First Baptist pastor Tim Kuepfer. CONTINUE
Gods word is paramount. No turning to the left or right.
These leaders are false prophet’s. You shall be Holy unto me for I the Lord am Holy. Nothing more nothing less.
Franklin Graham is God’s minister. Listen to him.
I just sent an email. Where is it
Judge for yourself if it is Franklin that needs to take to heart this warning from Jesus in Matthew 7 or those opposing his participation. Lets just say I have a suspicion those opposing Franklin would also find these words “incendiary and intolerant”:
21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness.’…
If they are talking about Franklin’s words about barring refugees from America, then I agree with Vancouver. There is a huge movement of the Great Commission to the nations happening with the refugees in Canada. Franklin seems to care more about the Kingdom of America rather than the Kingdom of God recently. I know that he is a strong man of faith, but it is obvious that he has been distracted by the “conservative movement” here in America. We need to stop worrying so much about our own safety and security and start laying down our lives so that others may come to know Jesus!