The evangelist, who calls homosexuality a “sin,” was set to speak in Liverpool, England. But the booking has been canceled.
Graham addresses an evangelical event at a sports stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Dec. 9, 2017.published a “letter to the LGBTQ community in the UK”
“I’m not coming to the UK to speak against anybody, I’m coming to speak for everybody,” he wrote. “I’m not coming out of hate, I’m coming out of love.”, California, called Graham’s claim of inclusivity deceptive. He said he believes that Christians who aren’t fully inclusive toward the LBGTQ community have adopted welcoming language as a way to lure diverse individuals into their ministries and events.
“I believe, and our church believes, that it is not good enough to say that you ‘tolerate’ LGBTQIA+ people whilst telling them they should change,” she wrote in an email. “We believe in an affirming theology of creation, that celebrates LGBTQIA+ people as beautifully and wonderfully made in the image of God.”Threlfall-Holmes said Graham and other non-affirming Christians aren’t connecting the dots between their religious beliefs and the impact that this theology has on LGBTQ people.
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