(OPINION) ETH – Evangelical leader Franklin Graham has come out warning that the Democratic Party is “opposed to faith” and is sounding the alarm that the left will “close the Church down in many places” should the United States fall into the embrace of socialism.

Graham made this statement during a recent interview with CBN News correspondent David Brody to discuss the Democratic and Republican conventions that took place over the past two weeks. Graham also discussed the upcoming Washington Prayer March that scheduled to take place at the end of September in Washington, D.C. In the interview, Graham stated:

“The Democrats, if anything, they are opposed to faith,” this came after being asked to compare and contrast the major parties’ positions on faith. “The Democrats have taken God pretty much … out of government,” he added, later stating that the changes that “the left wants to make and take us into socialism is going to affect the Church.”


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“The government will … begin to tell the Church how [it] can be the Church and they’ll close the Church down in many places,” Graham warned. “We see right now because of COVID, the government trying to tell the Church that they can not meet and the Constitution gives us that freedom to do that. But because of COVID, they said we can’t meet.”

Graham then praised President Donald Trump as being someone who “wants to see more of God here in Washington.”  Graham then assured that there are millions of Democrats who are “wonderful people” and that even his father Billy Graham was a lifelong Democrat who “never switched parties.” He stressed that his dad “saw the party that he grew up in changing and moving to the left.”

“That’s what it’s done,” Graham contended. “The Democratic Party today is a party of the left. It’s a socialist party, they want socialism for this country.” The Christian Post stated that some believe Trump was anointed to the presidency by God, therefore Graham was asked what it would mean if the Democrats win on Nov. 3rd.

“I think God brought him here for this season — for these for years,” Graham explained. “I am just asking that God would spare this country, for another four years, to give us a little bit more time to do the work before the storm hits. I believe the storm is coming.”

“You are going to see Christians attacked, you are going to see churches close and you are going to see a real hatred expressed toward people of faith. That is coming,” Graham continued. “Jesus told us. He said, ‘You will be hated by all people because of me.’ And if we are going to stand for the name of Christ, the world will hate us.”