Rev. Franklin Graham: Muslim Prayer Service at National Cathedral ‘Sad to See’
Rev. Franklin Graham: Muslim Prayer Service at National Cathedral ‘Sad to See’
November 14, 2014 - 10:43 AM
Rev. Franklin Graham, head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (AP)
Reverend
Franklin Graham, son of world renowned evangelist Billy Graham, said
the Muslim prayer service on Friday at the Washington National
Cathedral, an Episcopal church established under a
charter
granted by Congress more than 100 years ago, is “sad to see” because
the church should only open its door for worship of “the One True God
of the Bible.”
In a Facebook post on Thursday, Nov. 13, Rev. Franklin Graham, who heads the
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association,
said, “Tomorrow, the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. -- one of
the most prominent Episcopal churches in America -- will host a Muslim
prayer service to Allah.”
Facebook post by Rev. Franklin Graham, Nov. 13, 2014.
“It’s sad to see a church open its doors to the worship of anything
other than the One True God of the Bible who sent His Son, the Lord
Jesus Christ, to earth to save us from our sins,” said Graham. “Jesus
was clear when He said, ‘I am the way the truth and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through Me’ (John 14:6).”
Muslim prayer carpets will be laid out inside the cathedral facing
east, towards Mecca, for the prayer service. They will also be “to the
side of the sanctuary,”
reported
Voice of America, so that worshippers will not see the crosses or
Christian icons, because “Muslims are not supposed to pray in view of
sacred symbols alien to their faith.”
According to Pew Research, Muslims represent about
0.6% of the U.S. adult population.
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