Locals call it a big village. The city of Adelaide, in Southern Australia, has 1.3 million people but gives off a small-town vibe—with an eclectic central market and a lively, month-long festival every summer. The capital of South Australia was the fifth stop of the Graham Tour with Franklin Graham. The evangelist is making his way across…
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It was an incredible Monday in the city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. As the warm summer day cooled off at dusk, skyscrapers’ lights glowed in the distance and danced across the river nearby. But inside the Riverstage venue they was also plenty dancing. Both literally and figuratively. More than 8,700 people poured into the…
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With three stops down, more than 25,000 people have joined the Graham Tour so far. The next stop in Brisbane on Monday will eclipse the tour’s halfway point. Please continue to pray for many Aussies to turn to Christ.
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“In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” — Luke 15:10 The moment of surrender. It can sometimes be tricky to recognize when God is moving in a heart. The stirring inside is not always visible. But there is a…
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For most of the events that the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) holds around the world, months of prayer and preparation culminate in one multi-day Festival or Celebration. But the Metro Manila Celebration with Will Graham has looked a little different. Eight days and nine events led up to this weekend’s large-scale events in the Philippines’ capital…
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Although Darwin is fairly quiet this time of year, the Graham Tour brought some buzz to the city with a free event at the Darwin Convention Centre. The capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, Darwin’s name is connected to the father of the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin. But after taking the stage, Franklin Graham assured the crowd
their lives weren’t created by happenstance.
It’s been 60 years since Billy Graham’s historic Australia Crusades of 1959. “Culture has changed, but I’m here to tell you God’s Word doesn’t change,” Franklin Graham said. Saturday began his six-city evangelistic Graham Tour around Australia, which will stop in many of the same cities where his father preached decades ago, ending with a two-day event in Sydney. Learn more about the Graham Tour.
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Darwin has been nearly destroyed four times. There were the Japanese bombings of World War II and three powerful cyclones in the past century, most recently Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Eve 1974. The city of 140,000 in Australia’s remote Northern Territory knows how to rebuild. There’s construction everywhere and modern skyscrapers shaping the city’s expanding…
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