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More than 520 evangelical churches came together to plan and pray for the Noi Festival with Franklin Graham in Milan, Italy over the weekend, resulting in a historic turnout of people hungry to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.
According to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), this marked the first time in Italy’s history that hundreds of Italian churches worked together to share the gospel. The churches’ efforts resulted in a standing-room-only crowd of more than 13,200 people at the Mediolanum Forum Saturday night.
The forum’s officials said the celebration was the largest gathering they had ever hosted at the facility.
“There are many people here with hungry hearts, many who have been searching for peace in their lives,” Graham, president, and CEO of the BGEA, told the audience. “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.”
Graham gave a gospel invitation and hundreds of people made decisions to follow Jesus Christ.
In addition to serving as the president of BGEA, Graham also leads Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization. It was the organization’s humanitarian response to northern Italy in March 2020 that opened the doors for the Noi Festival to take place.
Two and a half years ago, when Italy’s Lombardy region was the country’s epicenter of the COVID 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 outbreak. {eoa}
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