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Freemasonry was founded by Christians who remained Christian.
That's a pretty bold ascertation. Who were the founding fathers of speculative masonry, and are we sure that every single one of them were Christian? And do we have sufficient knowledge to know for sure that none of them had deconverted later in life?
Even so, even if all of them were Christian, it still doesn't mean that freemasonry as a philosophy is compatible with Christianity.
But as has been pointed out above, the term Christianity doesn't encompass one single interpretation, so the initial question itself is flawed. So for any minister or preacher to say otherwise is wrong. There is no one single guiding authority, at least not anymore, so no man may make a blanket edict concerning whether or not Christians should be masons or not. It is left to a man's own personal convictions and "guidance by the Holy Spirit".