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IHOP's Mike Bickle Calls for Christians to Pray for Franklin Graham

Jennifer LeClaire : Jan 19, 2015
Charisma News

"He has boldly yet tenderly taken a Biblical stance in warning America in relation to Islam, gay marriage and several other important subjects… He must be supported by much prayer at this time as he courageously speaks the truth in love." -Mike Bickle

(Kansas City, MO)—In the wake of Franklin Graham's bold stance against Duke organizing a Muslim call to prayer from its chapel bell tower every Friday, the International House of Prayer in Kanas City (IHOPKC) is calling for intercession over the evangelist. (Photo: Franklin Graham/via CNS News)

"We are calling Believers to support and pray for Franklin Graham," says Mike Bickle, director of IHOPKC. "He has boldly yet tenderly taken a Biblical stance in warning America in relation to Islam, gay marriage and several other important subjects."

Bickle pointed to Graham's statements on Jan. 14 and Jan. 15: "As Christianity is being excluded from the public square and followers of Islam are raping, butchering and beheading Christians, Jews, and anyone who doesn't submit to their Sharia Islamic law, Duke is promoting this in the name of religious pluralism. I call on the donors and alumni to withhold their support from Duke until this policy is reversed," Graham wrote on Facebook.

"He must be supported by much prayer at this time as he courageously speaks the truth in love," Bickle says. "May the Lord raise up many faithful witnesses to the truth about Jesus and His glorious love and salvation."