Amid growing hostilities toward the Christian faith, evangelist Franklin Graham is planning to travel to six U.S. cities stretching across 1,000 miles to share a message of God’s love and forgiveness with thousands of people as part of his God Loves You Tour this fall.
The six-city, five-state God Loves You Tour will begin Sept. 24 and conclude on Oct. 2, comprising one-night evangelism events in Allentown and York in Pennsylvania; Youngstown in Ohio; Flint in Michigan; Waukesha in Wisconsin; and Rochester in Minnesota.
Graham said, “We’re coming to remind everyone there is Good News! God loves us, and He sent His Son Jesus Christ to Earth to save us from our sins.”
The opening night will be in Allentown on Sept. 24.
More than 725 churches and pastors across all six cities are partnering with the effort for the free tour, which will also include live music from Newsboys and Marcos Witt in select cities.
More than 18,000 people attended Graham’s recent God Loves You Tour in the U.K. and 1,400 people put their faith in Jesus Christ at the events.
The U.K. tour, which began in May and concluded in July, included praise, worship, and music from award-winning Christian artists CeCe Winans and Michael W. Smith.
Graham held the tour despite opposition from some LGBT activists because of his biblically based views on marriage.