The unexpected relationship between U.S. #evangelicals and #RussianOrthodox
Under #Trump and #Putin a strange alliance gets stranger.
by John P. Burgess, August 15, 2018
Except: "The alliance between the Russian Orthodox Church and the #BillyGraham Evangelistic Association has been especially significant. In 2015, #MetropolitanHilarion invited Franklin Graham to Moscow, where he had private audiences with #PatriarchKirill and Putin. Graham later thanked the patriarch for the Russian Orthodox Church’s 'strong voice in the defense of moral values' and lauded Putin for defending biblical values 'from the attacks of secularism.' Graham further asserted that many Americans wished that someone like Putin could be their president, and he praised Russia for passing #antigay propaganda laws.
"The visit bore more than rhetorical fruit. Graham announced that Samaritan’s Purse, a ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, would cooperate with the Russian Orthodox Church in providing material assistance to people fleeing violence and war in eastern Ukraine, where Russia has supported an insurgency against the U.S.-supported Ukrainian government."
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https://www.christiancentury.org/features/unexpected-relationship-between-u-s-evangelicals-and-russian-orthodox
