Franklin Graham Preaches at Noi Festival in Milan

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Franklin Graham Preaches at Noi Festival in Milan

2022-11-05T12:35:24+01:00

By Church News

Evangelist Franklin Graham recently preached to hundreds of people at the Noi festival in Milan, Italy.According to the Billy Graham Evangelical Association, the event marked the first time in Italy’s history that hundreds of churches worked together to share the gospel, which resulted in a standing-room-only crowd of more than 13,200 people at the Mediolanum Forum.The president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Franklin Graham said, “There are many people here with hungry hearts, many who have been searching for peace in their lives, I’m here to tell you that God loves you, and you can find that purpose for your life by putting your faith and trust in God’s Son, Jesus Christ. He came from heaven to this earth to save us from our sins.”He also shared a tweet about the event on his Twitter handle, “What a night! Both @SamaritansPurse & @BGEA have close ties w/Italy where we deployed a field hospital to Cremona when it was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.“Tonight, it was my privilege to preach the Gospel at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan at the #NoiFestival.”

What a night! Both @SamaritansPurse & @BGEA have close ties w/Italy where we deployed a field hospital to Cremona when it was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Tonight it was my privilege to preach the Gospel at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan at the #NoiFestival. pic.twitter.com/ZyKXSR2Hbf
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) October 29, 2022

Two and a half years ago, when Italy’s Lombardy region was the country’s epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, Graham deployed a 68-bed Emergency Field Hospital and Disaster Assistance Response Team to Cremona, a city near Milan. Samaritan’s Purse was the first international organization to provide emergency medical relief in Italy during the deadly COVID-19 outbreak.Before the festival began, Attilio Fontana, president of the Lombardy region, said, “I wanted to come and greet the president of Samaritan’s Purse. During the most difficult time of the pandemic, they brought a lot of help to the Lombardy region and the city of Cremona. It was a fundamental help that the people of Cremona appreciated so much, and it made us feel close to so many friends who understood the situation. I think it is right to collaborate with them, and even today we talked about possible future collaborations.”The Noi Festival with Graham also featured music from The Afters and Taya, formerly of Hillsong UNITED.ALSO READ “God Loves You” Tour by Franklin Graham Reached Over 50,000 People