Posted on 01/19/2021 9:18:01 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Thousands of people are calling for the evangelist Franklin Graham to be fired for supporting Donald Trump after armed rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol in the president’s name.
As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 17,000 people have signed a petition by the Christian community Faithful America that pushes for Graham’s removal from Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. The petition, created Jan. 15, is addressed to the board of directors at both organizations.
Graham is the son of the late evangelist Billy Graham and is the chairman, president and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse and BGEA.
“Graham gets away with his hatred and conspiracy-theories by hiding behind the humanitarian work of Samaritan’s Purse and his late father’s name,” Faithful America said in the petition. “It’s time for Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) to realize that by propping up Franklin’s unchristian extremism, they are abandoning their Gospel missions, undermining democracy, and helping incite white-nationalist sedition.”
The petition encourages board members to fire Graham or resign in protest.
Paul Saber, who serves on the board of directors for both organizations, told McClatchy News in a statement Tuesday that Faithful America “fabricated this lie that (Graham) incited violence at the Capitol.”
“The Boards of Directors for Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association have expressed that they fully support Franklin Graham and are more than satisfied with the job he has done and is doing in leading these ministries,” Saber said. “Franklin Graham was not in Washington, D.C., and he did not encourage people to go to the Capitol on January 6.”
Armed Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 as lawmakers met to certify the election results, with the violence resulting in the deaths of at least five people. Many have blamed the violence on the president, who urged his supporters to march to the Capitol during a rally Wednesday morning.
Graham subsequently called for unity on Twitter and urged Christians to pray for the incoming Administration. But Faithful America said Graham’s “idolatry” of Trump remained unshaken.
In a Facebook post Thursday, Graham compared the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach the president to the apostle Judas betraying Jesus.
“The House Democrats impeached him because they hate him and want to do as much damage as they can,” Graham said in the post. “And these ten, from his own party, joined in the feeding frenzy. It makes you wonder what the thirty pieces of silver were that Speaker Pelosi promised for this betrayal.”
Judas turned on Jesus in exchange for 30 pieces of silver, according to the Bible.
The petition accuses Graham of echoing the president’s baseless claims of widespread election fraud in further support of “Trump’s deadly presidency.”
“(Trump) told us his campaign was spied on. He was right. He told us there was no collusion. He was proven right,” Graham wrote on Twitter just before Christmas. “When he says this election was rigged or stolen, I tend to believe him.”
Why do these people get to decide what is Christian and what is not
We’ve been warned well about these counterfeit groups that will grow increasingly active.....also how to identify them. However those who aren’t Christians and the general public are easily mislead.
......took me a minute to clear my head after reading the Title! lol.. then I realized this is from the pit of hell itself!
It’s a Spiritual War of Biblical proportions unfolding at the speed of light. Talk about ‘Shock and Awe’!!!
The reporter is complete imbecile. The group in question is a typical leftist front that highjacks anything on our side and hides behind it where only fools believe it.
There you have it! I absolutely cannot believe how fast this is moving!
If true there are thousands of stupid and ignorant people.
I think it’s meant to throw us all off balance so we surrender. We will not. We are growing stronger with each blow. We are United! Thank you Lord!
Yup- we identify them by looking at whether they tell the truth or not- this group is foisting a pack of lies- and doing so to ruin a good man’s reputation-
Being doctrinally different is one thing- but this group is peddling lies- blatant lies that anyone can see through
They’re doing what leftist ‘Social Justice warriors” do ...target and destroy!!
Does Franklin Graham outright own and control Samaritan’s Purse? If so, either tell them all to F off in a Christian way or shut the whole thing down and start over with something else akin to Samaritan’s Purse. If not, meh.
Bunch of lefties have been infiltrating the churches.
Liberals tend to ask for money from the government and the churches all the time, parasiting every org they can find.
Franklin Graham is a godly man, from all appearances.
[It’s a Spiritual War of Biblical proportions unfolding at the speed of light.]
yes
Yep!!
Yes this is the way communists do things....
After cancelling Easter for your own health, they have Christian blood in the water. How many christian military chaplains were silenced about everything.
The real story, check Roman history.
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