Greater than 8,000 folks traveled from throughout the UK to listen to Franklin Graham preach in Birmingham on Saturday evening.
It was the primary time an American evangelist had been within the Midlands, his go to coming forty years since his late father Billy Graham preached the gospel at close by Villa Park.
“Jesus Christ is just not useless. He’s alive and right here tonight,” Graham stated to cheers and applause on the Birmingham Resorts World Enviornment.
Graham is again within the UK to proceed his God Loves You Tour, with one other evening in Glasgow on June 22.
His ideas turned for a second to his father, who has preached many occasions within the UK, Graham stated: “I miss him and each time I come to this nation I consider him as a result of he cherished this nation, he cherished the folks of this nation.”
Birmingham was one in every of eight cities that Graham had initially deliberate to go to in 2020, nevertheless it was postponed as a result of authorized motion towards the seven venues that canceled their legally binding contracts. The tour was finally in a position to go forward after the Billy Graham Evangelistic Affiliation took profitable authorized motion towards the venues.
Final evening, Graham preached from Luke 19, which tells the story of the rescue of Zacchaeus, a wealthy chief tax collector who put his religion in Christ and vowed to pay again fourfold to everybody he robbed.
The occasion was prayerfully supported by 500 church buildings throughout the UK, with companies led by Michael W Smith and former Hillsong worship chief Taya.
Graham heads to Glasgow subsequent weekend and will likely be in London in 2025 for the following leg of his God Loves You Tour. For extra particulars go to https://godlovesyoutour.org.uk/