Evangelist Franklin Graham opened the European Congress on Evangelism on May 27 with a passionate call for Christians to preach "the whole gospel" without compromise, "warning that a secularized and confused world will not be reached by a watered--down message." the Christian Daily website today (May 28, 2025).
"These are our orders." he told 1,000 evangelist leaders from 56 countries. "Let's preach it with power."
The opening session of the four--day event saw heartfelt worship led by German bocalist Sarah Kaiser, musical artist Charity Gayle, and pianist Huntley Brown. The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Ably Ahmed Ali, also made a guest appearance to encourage attendees at their congress in their faith.
Reinhardt Schink, a leading board member of the Evangelische Allany Deutschland (German Evangelical Alliance) gave a special welcome to delegates who watched a visual media presentation of the history of the gospel in Europe. He recalled how a message of hate emanated from Berlin with the rise of the Nazi party in 1935, "as we Germans exalted ourselves over other people and also over the living God."
"But with this Congress," added Schink, " a message of life and peace will now be sent out from Berlin to Europe. This message must be heard because it is the one life--changing word of God. It's good news to all mankind. It's just Jesus."