Censorship & the Fight for Free Speech, with ADF’s Kristen Waggoner

Fearless with Cissie Graham Lynch

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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What if you could be arrested for your prayers? Sadly, that’s no longer just a theoretical question. In countries across Europe, citizens are being prosecuted for their silent prayers, and this could all too easily become our reality in the U.S. if we refuse to stand boldly against censorship. Today on Fearless, Alliance Defending Freedom’s Kristen Waggoner joins me to discuss these increasing attacks against religious liberty and free speech, what Europe’s crackdown on “thought crimes...

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Sissy Graham Lynch. Welcome to Fearless, helping you have a fearless faith in a compromising culture.
0:23.9	This week I head to Europe. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
0:26.1	will be hosting the European Congress on Evangelism
0:29.5	in Berlin, Germany.
0:31.2	Church leaders from 57 countries and territories in Europe
0:34.8	are invited to attend.
0:36.5	And my dad, Franklin Graham, has just believed that
0:38.6	we are in urgent time to share the gospel, because it's the only message that has the power to
0:44.1	change lives. And when we look at Europe, a lot has changed, but quite frankly, the entire world
0:49.7	has changed. And governments across the world are imposing and enforcing laws that violate human rights,
0:56.5	including the very basic freedoms of expression of religion. Cases are arising in Europe involving
1:02.2	government thought and speech control, and they are quite the wake-up call to each of us,
1:07.5	where peaceful men and women are arrested for silent prayer in the UK.
1:12.8	And former member of the Finnish parliament is charged with a crime for simply tweeting
1:17.1	a scripture. So today, returning to Fearless, we have Kristen Wagner, the president and CEO of
1:23.0	Alliance Defending Freedom, which we have talked about Alliance Defending Freedom so much,
1:27.2	especially in the last couple months here on Fearless. But Alliance Defending Freedom, which we have talked about Alliance Defending Freedom so much, especially in the last
1:27.8	couple months here on Fearless. But Alliance Defending Freedom is the world's largest legal
1:32.7	organization advancing every person's God-given right to live out and speak truth. Alliance
1:38.9	Defending Freedom keeps fighting for the doors for the gospel to stay open. And I always pray
1:43.0	that we at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's
1:46.8	purse are always faithful to walk through those doors.
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