Exclusive: As Christians around the world face growing legal and cultural threats to express their beliefs, the Graham family is carrying forward efforts to protect the freedom of speech and religion through both financial support and public advocacy.
The Billy Graham Evengeology Association (BGEA) has introduced a new $ 1.3 million legal defense fund to help Christians and churches across Europe, which is being taken to court on their Bible beliefs.
At the same time, Sisi Graham LynchFranklin Graham’s daughter and late Rev Billy Graham’s granddaughter is urging believers not to be silent in front of the growing hostility including the United States.
Franklin Graham told Fox News Digital, “We preach a message of God’s love, but when a small group of workers in Britain called it hate – we were canceled.” “Our advertisements were removed from buses and Venue demolished our events. We erected our grounds and challenged the decisions in the court. Although it took seven years, all the nine legal disputes were resolved in our favor.”
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CISSIE Graham Lynch and Franklin Graham attend DC on January 20, 2023 in Washington, DC in March. (Courtesy: Billy Graham Emphylistic Association)
After those wins, BGEA created a Billy Graham Defense Fund, sown from court settlements with £ 500,000 (about $ 678,000). Samari’s purse, which Graham also carries, contributed an additional £ 500,000, to a total of £ 1 million, or about $ 1.3 million.
“We said,” we won through BGEA court cases in Britain, and put those funds in Billy Graham Defense Fund – a new ‘war chest’ to help other Christians in Europe who is threatened or not intimidating in silence and not expressing their faith, “Graham said.
But the issue, he said, is not limited to other countries.
“Christians are not silent only in other countries,” he said. “BGEA and Samari’s purse have also been involved in many different legal matters that affect the freedom of believers that they are here to live their faith in the US”
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Sisi Graham Lynch talks with Finnish MP Peei Rasenon during the BGEA European Congress in Berlin, Germany in May 2025. (Courtesy: Billy Graham Emphylistic Association)
Between 2017 and 2024, the Purses of BGEA and Samreen filed 20 amicus briefs in matters of religious freedom including Kennedy, Jack PhilipsAnd Baronal Stutzman, all heard by the US Supreme Court.
Graham said, “We want Americans who stand for Bible beliefs in court that we are with them – they are not alone in this fight.” “We should work to preserve the right to declare gospel here in the US and Britain, so that we can continue sharing the hope of Jesus Christ around the world. There is no more precious and important human freedom than the freedom of speech and religion.”
CISSIE Graham Lynch stated that he hopes that defense fund serves as a practical and symbolic source for believers facing public pressure and legal vengeance. “You can be canceled to tell the truth. You can be called the name,” he said. “But every time you choose to fight that fight, you help create a strong base for other people of faith.”
He said, “There is no more precious and important human freedom than the freedom of speech and religion.” “We should work to preserve the right to declare gospel here in the US and UK – because the bets are too much to keep quiet.”
Lynch shared a series of interviews with Fox News Digital recorded during the European Congress on the Berlin Sabha organized by the Billy Graham Evengelistic Association. The event brought more than 1,000 Christian leaders from 55 countries and regions together.
Sisi Graham Lynch May 2025 during the BGEA European Congress on European Congress in Berlin, Germany in May 2025. Amy speaks with Ora-Weeing. (Courtesy: Billy Graham Emphylistic Association)
He said that Christians around the world, including the United States, are rapidly pressurizing to suppress their beliefs.
Lynch said, “My family personally knows the backlash that comes when you take a stand for the gospel.” “It can come up with a high cost, but I want people to know how powerful their voice is when they fearlessly share the good news of Jesus Christ.”
He said, “We are looking into many cases in the United States, where Christians are dragged into court if they share their beliefs in workplace, in school or sports teams,” he said. “If you care about preserving religious freedom and free speech for the next generation, we all need to pay attention.”
The linch was interviewed, who was a finish member of Parliament. Räsänen told Lynch that he is once again on a trial for a 2019 tweet, quoted from the Roman 1 Bible. He has been acquitted in the lower courts twice, but has appealed by the finish prosecutors, which has been sent to the Supreme Court of the country.
“The police gave me a possibility that I was likely to abandon what I believe,” Räsänen said. “I said,” I will not apologize for what inspired Paul has said. This is God’s Word, this is not just my opinion. ” ,
He warned that even unsuccessful prosecution could create widespread impact. “If we start censoring ourselves, then the more restricted becomes a place to use these rights,” he said. “The biggest threat to these rights is self-sensorship.”
Chryston wagnerHe also spoke with the President and CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), Lynch. ADF has represented customers in several US Supreme Court cases related to religious freedom, including Kriti Cakesop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The organization has also taken international affairs related to silent prayer arrests in the UK and the allegations of blasphemy in Nigeria.
“Worldwide, we are looking at an increasing tide of censorship,” said Wagner. “These are God-given rights. It is to protect them and protect those rights-knowing that it is a human flight, and a glimpse of gospel.”
British religiousist Dr. Amy Owing, who has taught at the University of Oxford, told Lynch that she sees a hunger for the truth among the youth in the West despite increasing the pushback on public belief.
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“I have been in the ministry for more than 25 years and I don’t know a moment as we are in the West, in the West … for the truth, for the gospel,” she said. “Complaint and anger, afflicted culture and politics of identity are not the answer to your anger – Jesus.”
Lynch said that its goal is to equip Americans with a wide understanding of global threats for religious freedom and encourage them to retreat. She hosts the “Fearless with Sisi Graham Lynch” podcast.
