{"id":39708,"date":"2021-05-17T11:38:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T10:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=39708"},"modified":"2024-03-13T16:26:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:26:31","slug":"cancelling-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/commentary\/cancelling-christians","title":{"rendered":"Cancelling Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39708\" class=\"elementor elementor-39708\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01f3c94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01f3c94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1cab19\" data-id=\"d1cab19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3a5b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab3a5b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fifty years ago in the UK, there was widespread public support for Billy Graham\u2019s evangelistic crusades and his \u201cFestivals of Hope\u201d. The American preacher, known for his enthusiasm in proclaiming the message of Jesus Christ, drew thronging crowds of over 2 million eager listeners in 1954 at the Harringay Arena in London. 2.6 million people came to Glasgow the following year, and thousands more flocked to public venues until his last British crusade in 1989. He was famously invited for a private audience with the Queen and the media endorsed his mission favourably.<\/p><p>If Billy was alive today, it seems unlikely that he would have the same opportunities. The courting of cancel-culture across the UK is now rapidly denying Christian preachers the opportunity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2021\/04\/30\/why-are-the-police-handcuffing-street-preachers\/\">preach on the streets<\/a>, make bookings at privately rented venues, and even be indirectly advertised in public. We\u2019re not just facing a free speech crisis. We\u2019re cancelling Christians.<\/p><p>Writes Elizabeth Francis in The Critic UK. <a href=\"https:\/\/thecritic.co.uk\/cancelling-christianity\/\">Read the rest of the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8222;Billy Graham wouldn\u2019t be welcomed into Britain today&#8230;&#8220; Read Lizzie Throughton&#8217;s article in The Critic UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[337,64,66,67],"class_list":["post-39708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","tag-elizabeth-francis","tag-freedom-of-speech","tag-scotland","tag-uk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cancelling Christians - ADF International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/de\/commentary\/cancelling-christians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cancelling Christians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;Billy Graham wouldn\u2019t be welcomed into Britain today...&quot; 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