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For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.” God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. “We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological per complete each other. If there is any doubt that the BGEA’s homophobic stances do not extend to their RRT program, a job posting for Law Enforcement Manager for their Rapid Response Team states: However, the 2021 event page states, “There is no charge for chiefs, sheriffs, and their spouses.” A copy of a promotional flyer for the same event in 2020 list the event cost $295 for an individual, and $495 for a married couple. The BGEA RRT hosts an annual Chief Law Enforcement Appreciation Events, which recently wrapped up from September 28-30th. Revell spoke at the event, a subsidiary of the BGEA, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) on Thursday, September 30th, 2021.Īccording to RRT’s mission statement, they state “The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team strives to give officers the opportunity to build their spiritual fitness and encourage Christ-centered growth in their careers, marriages and lives.” If your loved one is not yet willing to seek freedom from homosexuality or seems unable to find it, then you should pray earnestly for his or her release.”īILLY GRAHAM RAPID RESPONSE TEAM: LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION EVENTS “We want to assure you that any willing person can be liberated from homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ see 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, especially verse 11. On the current website, under the FAQ section, there’s a question entitled “ I have a loved one who is gay, where can I find help?“. OurTallahassee began looking into this issue after a concerned member of the community reported that they overheard Revell discussing his weekend plans at the September 27th, 2021 Blueprint meeting, which our source described as “I overheard TPD chief Lawrence Revell yesterday talking about speaking at a Billy Graham Center event for executive law enforcement.”īilly Graham, his son, Franklin Graham, and the large non-profit organization have a long history of anti-LGBTQ+ stances. Revell at times seems mocking of the separation of church and state, discussing how he received a letter from the ACLU after he was sworn in, and discusses another letter in support from a Washington DC organization that cheered him on and promised to defend him legally. “Don’t move the line because of opposition you might face,” beginning to discuss his criticisms by County Commissioner Bill Proctor about Revell’s 1996 killing of Nuke Williams. Revell encourages other chiefs to push back on their City Managers and City Commissioners if criticized for working in religion into the management of their departments “Hold the line,” he says, comparing his role to Peter and Paul from the Bible. “What is your agenda to share the gospel of Jesus Christ to your officers?” Revell discusses how it should be the “number one priority” for police chiefs to spread Christianity in the ranks of their police departments. “While I wasn’t the City’s first choice, I was God’s first choice,” Revell says in the recording, discussing his highly controversial appointment as Tallahassee’s Police Chief. Our Tallahassee Police Department Chief not only attended the event, but even spoke at it as well. Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell this week spoke at an all-expenses-paid three-day retreat at one of America’s most notorious homophobic institutions: the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA).īGEA hosted the three-day long Chief Law Enforcement Officer Appreciation Event retreat from September 28-30th at the opulent Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove. They want a to force all of us to live in a theocracy. The US has it’s own Taliban, they call themselves evangelical Christians. “I was God’s First Choice,” TPD Chief Revell Says at Billy Graham Retreat This is what we face in the US right now, attempts by people in authority to push a religion on the people, the Christian religion only, to make the doctrines and tenets of that religion into laws, and force the people to live by them.