FINAL WARNING: Setting the Stage for Destruction
denied any sort of theological wrongdoing. In 1964, an assistant to
Graham, George Edstrom, wrote: “Mr. Graham has never preached in a
Catholic Church, and he does not agree with them in the joining of one
church. If you heard this, it is nothing but false rumors.” However, in
1963, he did speak at the Roman Catholic Belmont Abbey in North
Carolina. Robert Ferm, a member of his team, on many occasions, has
informed the faithful that Graham would “never compromise the
gospel by consorting with Catholics,” yet Ferm was the one who spoke
to the students and faculty before the Crusade at Notre Dame (1977). In
the early 1990’s, a retired missionary wrote the BGEA to find out why
he was sending new converts to the Catholic Church. The response
from T.W. Wilson was: “I do not know where you got your information–
but I’m sure you have been misinformed.” As you have seen, he not
only has sent converts to Catholic Churches, but also to other
churches who do not believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible.Billy Graham attended the initial assembly of the World Council of
Churches as an observer, as well as later meetings, eventually
becoming a speaker. In 1960 he attended the National Council of
Churches’ 50th^ anniversary celebration in San Francisco, where he
was a guest speaker.Graham had said that one of his best friends is Jessie Bader, who was
the Secretary of Evangelism for the National Council of Churches. In a
speech to the NCC he said: “My wife is a Presbyterian. Her
denomination is in the National Council so perhaps I am here by
marriage.” In another speech on August 27, 1991 he said:“There’s no group of people in the world that I would rather be
with right now than you all. Because I think of you, I pray for you,
and we follow with great interest the things you do ... I don’t
speak to too many church assemblies any more because I
consider myself as belonging to all the churches. And I love
everybody equally and I have no problem in fellowship with
anybody who says that Jesus Christ is Lord. This has been a
great relief to me to come to that conclusion about 20 some years
ago.”On April 21, 1972, Billy Graham was given the International Franciscan
Award by the Franciscan friars for his “contribution to true