More than 24,000 people attended the Season of Love Festival held at Can Tho Stadium in Vietnam earlier this week to hear evangelist Franklin Graham share the gospel. According to reports CBN Newsthis event led to 1,200 people giving their lives to Jesus Christ.
“The Gospel transcends all languages and cultures,” said Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). said. “I told the crowd of nearly 14,000 people in the stadium that there are two types of visual impairment: physical visual impairment and spiritual visual impairment.
The Gospel transcends all languages and cultures. What an honor it is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ tonight in Can Tho, Vietnam. I told the crowd of about 14,000 people in the stadium that there are two types of blindness: physical blindness and spiritual blindness. we praise God… pic.twitter.com/lWOY2aPwVz
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) December 3, 2024
“We praise God that hundreds of touched people have trusted Jesus Christ as their Savior and answered the invitation to follow him as the Lord of their lives.”
This two-day event was planned and prayed for by 315 churches and pastors. In all, 14,000 people attended the festival on the first night, while 10,000 people stood outside in the pouring rain on the second night.
“In the Bible, rain is a sign of God's blessing, and today we saw God pouring out his blessings on Vietnam,” Graham shared on Facebook early Wednesday morning. “It was an honor tonight to see so many people respond to God’s invitation to receive Jesus Christ by faith.”
Hundreds of people responded to the Gospel message at the Season of Love Festival in Can Tho, Vietnam.
We praise the way God has moved and the lives forever changed. pic.twitter.com/1hYBRLtWnm
— BGEA (@BGEA) December 4, 2024
Despite being a communist country, BGEA noted that the Vietnamese government has given the organization more opportunities to host outreach.
“We are here to share the love of Christ,” said festival director Derek Forbes.
“We're really given a lot of freedom,” he said.
In 2017, the ministry held its first missionary mission in Vietnam for the Love Hanoi Festival, and last year it hosted the Spring Love Festival in Ho Chi Minh City.
During last week's event, residents, mostly from atheist and Buddhist backgrounds, heard worship music led by Charity Gale, The Afters and Vietnamese artists, and then heard Graham share the gospel. .
Nguyen, a 60-year-old woman, told BGEA that she used to avoid Jesus even though she had heard about him.
“Ever since I was a teenager, I had avoided making the decision to follow Jesus because Buddhism was so close to me,” she said.
But after hearing Graham's message, Nguyen says she has a “newfound hope.”
“I heard everything Franklin Graham said. I listened carefully when he said that if you seek (God) you will find him,” she said at the ministry. “I trust Jesus as my Savior and I want to follow Him as my Lord.”
In response to the incident, Graham is calling on Christians around the world to pray for the new believers in Vietnam.
“It was an honor tonight to see so many people respond to God’s invitation to accept Jesus Christ by faith. Will you please pray with me for all the churches here?” ”
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