Article: Big crowds expected for Franklin Graham 'festival' Week ahead

OFTEN to be the son of a famous father can be a positive disadvantage, but when Franklin Graham takes the rostrum in McDiarmid Park, Perth, on Friday evening at the start of a four-day Christian mission entitled Festival '99 he will have no hang-ups over the fact that he is the son of the world's most famous evangelist, Dr Billy Graham.

Festival '99 is probably the most important Christian event to take place in Scotland since Billy Graham's historic crusade to Scotland in 1991. For four nights, beginning on Friday, Festival '99 is expected to fill the 10,000-seat stadium (the home of St Johnstone football club) with people who will, in many cases, have travelled considerable distances to ...

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