Franklin Graham preached about the love of God to nearly 7,000 people

2023-10-08 10:13:21

Festival of Hope had more visitors than there was space in the arena (PHOTO)

food (ots) – 6,900 people came to the Grugahalle in Essen this evening, where Franklin Graham proclaimed the biblical message of hope and God’s love.

Almost 260 churches from seven major denominations supported the Festival of Hope and congregations from Bremen and Hamburg even came to Essen on numerous buses. The rush was so great that many people had to be turned away at the door because there were no more seats.

“Your soul is worth more than the value of the entire earth. God loves you and created you. He gave you a soul and a spirit, and He created a vacuum that only He alone can fill,” Franklin said Graham, President and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, to the people in Essen. “There are not many ways to God, there is only one, and that is through his Son Jesus Christ. The Bible says that God so loved the world that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life has.”

With nearly 7,000 attendees, the Festival of Hope was the largest event of its kind in the region since Franklin Graham’s father preached at Grugahalle three decades ago. At that time, more than 8 million people in 59 countries had been reached with the message of Jesus Christ.

Franklin Graham was pleased to be able to welcome the many thousands of people on this historic return to the Grugahalle and invite them to a celebration of hope. Live music from the Grammy-nominated and platinum-selling Newsboys, who had 33 No. 1 radio hits, and the German Christian music group Veronika Lohmer & Band, also made the event a musical worship evening.

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About the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Founded by Billy Graham in 1950, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association spreads the Good News of Jesus Christ throughout the world. Franklin Graham’s first evangelistic event took place in 1989. Since then he has held more than 325 missions in 55 countries. This year, Franklin Graham preached in Mexico City, Mexico, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, London, England, and Seoul, Korea, and hundreds of thousands of people attended these events. He looks forward to sharing a message of God’s love in Essen and Rome, Italy this fall. In addition to serving as President and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Franklin Graham leads Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization that has helped more than 10 million people in Ukraine since the start of the conflict by donating over 200 million pounds distributed food and brought more than 1,500 tons of relief supplies to the war-torn country.