announced<\/a> on Thursday that they were adding two stops to the group\u2019s \u201cGod Loves You\u201d tour. These new stops include Aug. 26 at the ExCeL London convention center and June 22, 2024, at the OVO Hydro arena in Glasgow, Scotland.<\/p>\nThe London event will feature musical guests, including 15-time Grammy winner CeCe Winans, three-time Grammy winner Michael W. Smith and Grammy-nominated, bestselling band the Newsboys.<\/p>\n
According to the BGEA, they are coordinating their evangelism efforts for their August gathering with nearly 1,000 churches located in the London metropolitan area.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are excited to return to London again this year and to have an opportunity to preach the Gospel in Glasgow,\u201d said Graham in a statement shared with The Christian Post.\u00a0\u201cWe are grateful for the thousands of Christians and hundreds of churches that have stood alongside us in recent years and continued praying for this tour to come to their cities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graham also referenced the BGEA events held in the U.K. last year, as the \u201cGod Loves You\u201d tour came to the British cities of Liverpool, South Wales, Sheffield and London in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw hundreds of people turn to Jesus Christ in faith last year, and we believe this is God\u2019s timing for many more people in London and Glasgow to hear the message of God\u2019s great love for them,\u201d Graham added.<\/p>\n
London Baptists Regional Minister, the Rev. Hany Abdelmasih, said the 2022 tour was \u201ca blessing to many people in London.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLondon is the place where you find the world, and it is also a place that needs the Good News of Christ proclaimed again and again. I look forward to what God will do through Rev. Franklin Graham and the ‘God Loves You’ tour this year,\u201d Abdelmasih said in the statement shared with CP.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In past years, Graham has occasionally encountered resistance from LGBT activist groups and venue hosts in the U.K., who have tried to shut down his events due to his views on homosexuality and Islam.<\/p>\n
In early 2020, for example, before the COVID-19 lockdowns began, a couple of U.K. venues canceled their “God Loves You” tour events because of Graham\u2019s moral views.<\/p>\n
Last October, a Scottish court ruled that<\/a> Scottish Event Campus Limited had violated the U.K. Equality Act when it canceled the BGEA events and ordered them to pay more than $111,000 (\u00a397,000) in damages.<\/p>\n\u201cI heard no evidence to suggest that Franklin Graham had intended to pursue a toxic or dangerous agenda at the event. On the contrary, it is not disputed that the event would have been an evangelical outreach event for up to twelve thousand people,\u201d read the ruling, in part.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not to say that his opinions are not offensive to some whether in Glasgow or elsewhere. However, the pursuer’s right to engage a speaker at the evangelical event \u2014 in furtherance of a religious or philosophical belief \u2014 is protected by law.\u201d<\/p>\n
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