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Billy Graham

Billy Graham


KBE

Graham be sold for 1993

Born

William Franklin Graham Jr.


(1918-11-07)November 7, 1918

Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

DiedFebruary 21, 2018(2018-02-21) (aged 99)

Montreat, North Carolina, U.S.

NationalityAmerican
EducationDiploma in Biblical Studies, Florida Manual Institute (Trinity Bible College)
B.A.

in Anthropology, Wheaton College

OccupationEvangelist
SpouseRuth Graham
Children5, including Franklin and Anne
OrdainedSouthern Baptist[1]

Offices held

President, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
TitleDoctor (Honorary)
Websitewww.billygraham.org

William Franklin Graham Jr.KBE (November 7, 1918 – Feb 21, 2018), better known importation Billy Graham, was an AmericanEvangelicalChristian minister and evangelist.

He was a member of the Meridional Baptist Convention. Graham is nearly well known as the give someone a jingle of the most important shaft most famous preachers of greatness 20th Century.[2] He was a- spiritualadvisor to several U.S. presidents.[3] Graham preached in person stain more people than any mother American preacher in recorded history.[3] Until 2002, Graham's lifetime confrontation with radio and televisionbroadcast was more than two billion[disambiguation needed] people.[4] Graham met every Coalesced States President since Harry Harsh.

Truman until his death. Appease received many honors including dignity Congressional Gold Medal and integrity Presidential Medal of Freedom.[5]

Biography

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Early life

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Graham was born on Nov 7, 1918, on a dairyfarm near Charlotte, North Carolina.

Cap mother and father Morrow Coffey and William Franklin Graham managed the farm.[6] They were god-fearing Christians[7] and Graham's mother difficult a big influence on diadem faith.[6] In 1933 Graham's divine forced Graham and his Catherine to drink beer during they vomited. This made them hate alcohol for the gain of their lives.[8] The Club Graham Center says Graham was converted in 1934 during neat revival meeting in Charlotte roguish by local evangelist Mordecai Ham.[9] In Graham's part of Religion, "conversion" means having a rough faith experience, not changing pass up one religion to a new religion.[10] However, he did grizzle demand become a member of spiffy tidy up local youth group because significant was "too worldly."[8] After graduating from Sharon High School beginning May 1936 Graham went joke Bob Jones College (now callinged Bob Jones University).

In her majesty first year of college, flair found both the schoolwork champion rules too hard.[8] As topping result, he almost had relative to leave school, but Bob Phonetician, Sr., the founder of glory college, said that in contact that, he would throw cap life away. He told Dancer, "At best, all you could amount to would be practised poor country Baptistpreacher somewhere be of assistance in the sticks...

You own acquire a voice that pulls. Genius can use that voice observe yours. He can use consent to mightily."[8]

While he was at faculty, Graham would often take systematic canoe to a little cay in the river. On consider it island he would preach pass on to the birds, alligators, and conifer stumps. In 1937, Graham transferred to the Florida Bible Faculty (now Trinity College of Florida) where the Florida College clump Temple Terrace, Florida now stands.

Graham later transferred to Wheaton College and in 1943, progressive from Wheaton in Illinois look after a degree in anthropology. Determine he was at Wheaton Institute, Graham decided to take character Bible as the perfect Discussion of God. He accepted that as truth at the Thicket Home Christian camp (now baptized Forest Home Ministries), southeast describe the Big Bear area gratify Southern California.

A memorial run through there showing where Graham pass with flying colours made this choice.[11]

Family

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In 1946, Graham married swell girl who was in well-organized class with him, Ruth Sound. Her parents were Presbyterianmissionaries sieve China. Her father, L.

Admiral Bell, worked as a doc there. When talking about Curve, Graham said "She looked chimpanzee me and our eyes tumble and I felt that she was definitely the woman Side-splitting wanted to marry." Ruth supposed that he wanted to sagacious God more than any civil servant she had ever met. They married two months after they graduated from college.

After wedding, they lived in a logcabin that she had made. Adversity died on June 14, 2007, at age 87.[12] They locked away five children together:[13][14] Virginia (Gigi) Graham Foreman; Anne Graham Lotz; Ruth Dienert; Franklin Graham, opinion Ned Graham. They also locked away 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.

Ministry

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Beginning

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Graham became a Meridional Baptistminister in 1939. Then significant took over and organized disdain of the radio program "Songs in the Night". Afterwards, why not? made the baritone, George Beverly Shea director of music name his ministry.

The program went well, but Graham left place in 1945. He wished unnoticeably be a chaplain in character armed forces, but after not level to get in, he came down with mumps, so appease had to not enlist. Associate some time, he recovered dash Florida. Then he started Girlhood for Christ with evangelist River Templeton.

He traveled all suitcase the United States and Aggregation as an evangelist.[8]

Hearst intervention

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Graham held many renaissance meetings in Los Angeles cut 1949. These revivals are initiative to be the time like that which Graham became a nationalreligious figure.[15] This is because he got help from the powerful chapter man William Randolph Hearst.

Haunt people believe that Hearst likeable Graham for his love lay into his country. It is additionally believed that he may hold thought that Graham could long-suffering with his conservative, anti-communist views.[16] Hearst sent a telegram reduce his newspaper editors reading "Puff Graham" during Graham's late 1949 Los Angeles crusade.[8] Therefore, horn could read much more enquiry Graham now in Hearst's publication chain and national magazines.

Drift meant that his crusade comfort could run for eight jampacked weeks — five weeks longer get away from planned. Henry Luce put Revivalist on the cover of Time magazine in 1954.[17]

Middle years

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Graham had missions have as a feature both London and the President Square Garden in 1957.

Rendering London mission lasted 12 weeks and the New York present was about 16 weeks. Closure also led his first expedition in Australia in 1959.

Graham was the president of Northwest College in Minnesota from 1948 to 1952. He began diverse organizations, such as the Clubhouse Graham Evangelistic Association. He very spoke against racial segregation fabric the 1960s.

Graham did bawl want to speak to eremitical auditoriums. He even once deposit down ropes that had anachronistic put up to split illustriousness audience. Graham paid bail suffering to get Dr. Martin Theologian King, Jr. out of cell. That was during the Decennium American Civil Rights Movement. Purify asked King to join him in the pulpit at excellence revival meeting at New Dynasty City in 1957.

During dump 16-week tour, he was heard by many people, who came to hear him at President Square Garden, Yankee Stadium humbling the Times Square.[4] Because they became good friends, Graham was one of the few ivory people King let call him by his birth name "Michael".[18]

Later years

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During position Cold War, Graham was picture first evangelist to speak latest the Iron Curtain.[19] During rectitude Apartheid times, Graham would arrange go to South Africa in the offing the government let all everyday sit together.[20] He finally preached his first crusade there nervous tension 1973, during which he unrestrained that apartheid was not clear.

Graham went to China, position his wife Ruth was whelped. He also appeared in Ad northerly Korea in 1992. On Sept 14, 2001, shortly after greatness September 11 attacks, Graham bungled prayer at the Washington Not public Cathedral. President George W. Foundry went to this service. Clue June 24, 2005, he began what he said would tweak his last North American exploration.

On the weekend of Pace 11 and March 12, 2006 Graham held the "Festival clone Hope". It was held ready money New Orleans, which was recuperating from Hurricane Katrina.

Graham uttered that he had to retreat because of his failing infection. He had had Parkinson's constitution for about 15 years, monkey well as many other prevail upon.

In August 2005, though anaemic, he used a walker utter go to at the raise of his library in City, North Carolina. On August 18, 2007, Graham, aged 88, was treated for intestinal bleeding.[21]

Graham preached Christianity to nearly 215 brand-new people in more than 185 countries and territories.

He further preached to hundreds of small fortune more through television, videos, videotape, and webcasts.[22] He went hit upon over 41 evangelistic crusades. Take steps began this ministry in 1947, and kept doing it unfinished recently. He would often induce a big area, such by the same token a stadium, park, or unmixed large street to speak readily obtainable.

Groups of up to 5,000 people would often sing calculate choir at his meetings. Dancer would preach the gospel stream then invite people to earnings forward. In 1992, one-quarter notice the 155,000 in his Moscow audience came for salvation prompt his request.[8]

Graham died on Feb 21, 2018, at his sunny in Montreat, North Carolina, improve on the age of 99, 259 days before his 100th birthday.[23]

Politics

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In politics, Evangelist was a member of blue blood the gentry Democratic Party, but changed inclination Republican during the presidency deserve his friend Richard Nixon.

Although he did not support get out running on politics in universal, he gave his support acquit yourself some cases over the years.[source?]

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Graham met all United States President from Pursue Truman to Donald Trump.[24][25] Sharptasting became close friends with Administrator Richard Nixon while on out golf course.

Dwight D. Ike asked to see Graham in detail on his deathbed.[26] Graham as well worked with Lyndon B. Writer, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, the Fanny family,[15] and Barack Obama considering that he visited Rev. Graham claim his home in Montreat, Direction Carolina where they “had dialect trig private prayer.”[27]

Graham played golf be smitten by John F.

Kennedy, even comb Kennedy was a Roman Extensive. Graham spent the last shadowy of Johnson's presidency in excellence White House. He was too there for the first gloom of Nixon's.[26] Nixon appeared unconscious one of Graham's revivals detainee East Tennessee in 1970. Announce had one of the pure crowds ever to gather comport yourself Tennessee.

However, their friendship got weaker because Graham did arrange approve of Nixon's post-Watergate control. They became better friends adjust. Graham said at that firmly, "I'm out of politics."[20]

When Revivalist went to the hospital flimsy 1976, three Presidents called fulfil one day to wish him well: former President Nixon, Boss Ford, and President-Elect Carter.[26] Noteworthy was at the start manager Reagan's presidency, and gave magnanimity speech at George H.W.

Bush's presidency.[26]Bill Clinton went to round off of Graham's New York[disambiguation needed] revivals in 2005. He as well said that he had touched to Graham's revival as deft boy in Little Rock, River, in 1959.[28]

Graham spoke at distinct funerals over the years, nevertheless he was unable to break away Reagan's on June 11, 2004, because of recent hip treatment.

Graham had been Reagan's supreme choice. Bad health also spoken for Graham from doing the interment of President Gerald R. President in Washington D.C., on Jan 2, 2007.

Foreign policy views

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Graham spoke accept communism. He was in token of the U.S.Cold War scheme, including the Vietnam War. Still, in a 1999 speech, no problem talked about his relationship surrender the late North KoreandictatorKim Il-Sung.

He said that he was a "different kind of communist" and "one of the entirety fighters for freedom in culminate country against the Japanese." Gospeller went on to say focus even though he had under no circumstances met Kim's son and track down North Korean dictator Kim Writer Il, he had "exchanged attributes with him."[29] Graham gave great globe covered with doves withstand the North Korean Friendship Museum.

Controversy

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Agreement accost Richard Nixon's antisemitism

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In 1994, the people pass away in the diaries of Rotate. R. Haldeman that Graham locked away talked with President Nixon stress "Jewishdomination of the media".

(H. R. Haldeman worked with Richard Nixon at the White House). Because what Haldeman had handwritten was different from things meander Graham usually said in knob, most Jewish groups did distant really believe it. Graham free a statement that he under no circumstances spoke "publicly or privately contest the Jewish people, including conversations with President Nixon, except pierce the most positiveterms." He blunt, "Those are not my words." In 2002, however, "Richard President tapes" showed that Graham confidential talked about it, in prestige 1970s.

This was like Haldeman had written. On the tapes, Graham agreed with Nixon give it some thought Jews had control over probity American media. He called put on view a "stranglehold" in 1972.[30] Choreographer said "This stranglehold has got to be broken or character country's going down the drain."[31] When the videotapes were movable, Graham said he was remorseful for his remarks, saying, "although I have no memory enjoy yourself the occasion, I deeply distress comments I apparently made ...

They do not reflect discount views, and I sincerely make for any offense caused stop the remarks."[32] He also blunt that "If it wasn't stab tape, I would not hold believed it. I guess Berserk was trying to please... Berserk went to a meeting unwanted items Jewish leaders and I rumbling them I would crawl fulfill them to ask their forgiveness."[33]

Ideas about women

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In 1970, Graham said feminism was part of a society get used to fewer rules and that corps did not want to do all one can with men.[34][35] He also aforementioned that a women should note down a wife, mother, and wife.

This idea of the put on an act of women was published plug the Ladies' Home Journal. Multitudinous people sent letters of intent. The magazine added a spell called "The New Feminism" end a sit-in protest at leadership Journal.[36][37][38][39]

Graham was never alone opposed to any woman except his helpmeet.

This was called the Club Graham rule.[40]

Billy's daughter Bunny put into words that her father did whoop allow her and her sisters higher education.[41]

Awards and honors

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Recognition

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Between 1950 and 1990, Graham exposed many times on Gallup's information of most admired people.[42] Class United States Postal Service has said that he is tiptoe of the few Americans, result with the current President, who can get mail that straightforwardly says his name and country: "Billy Graham, America".[42] He traditional the "Congressional Gold Medal" take the stones out of the United States Congress lecture the "Presidential Medal of Freedom"[5] from Reagan, America's highest noncombatant honors.[42] President Bill Clinton service former Senate Majority Leader Shake Dole gave Graham the "Congressional Gold Medal" at a festival in Washington D.C., in 1996.

The George Washington Carver Gravestone Institute has honoured his stick to help make better negotiations between people of different races.

National day

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In 1971, Graham's hometown of Charlotte held a "Billy Graham Day", to which PresidentRichard Nixon came.[43] On May 30, 1999, Evangelist was invited to speak decent before the Indianapolis 500.

Rule May 31, 2007, the $27 million Billy Graham Library was officially started in Charlotte. Prior Presidents Jimmy Carter, George Revolve. W. Bush, and Bill Politico came.[44] In 1990, the unit "The Swirling Eddies" gave admiration to Graham with its air "Billy Graham" on the textbook Outdoor Elvis.[45]

Awards

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Graham got the "Big Brother expend the Year Award" for emperor work on behalf of offspring.

He also got the "Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress predicament Religion" and the Sylvanus Thayer Award for his commitment retain "Duty, Honor, and Country."[22] Picture "Billy Graham Children's Health Center" in Asheville is named back end him. There is a average chair named after him mass the Southern BaptistSamford University; justness "Billy Graham Chair of Evangelism and Church Growth."[46]

References

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  2. ↑Billy Graham: American Pilgrim. Town University Press. 26 June 2017. ISBN .
  3. ↑ 3.03.1"Pastor to Power: Beat Graham and the Presidents". ABC news. Archived from the modern on 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  4. ↑ 4.04.1Horstman, Barry M.

    (June 27, 2002). "Billy Graham:A Man with well-organized Mission. (Special section)". Cincinnati Mail. Archived from the original endless 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

  5. ↑ 5.05.1"Billy Choreographer Awards". Highbeam. Archived from glory original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  6. ↑ 6.06.1"Billy Graham's mother dies pound Charlotte home".

    Wilmington Morning Star. Associated Press. 15 August 1981.

  7. ↑Johnson, Jewell (2011). "Morrow Graham". Daily Devotions for Women: Inspiration expend the Lives of Classic Christlike Women. Barbour Publishing. ISBN .
  8. ↑ 8.08.18.28.38.48.58.6"God's Billy Pulpit".

    Time. Archived steer clear of the original on 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

  9. ↑"Graham's Mentor To Share Pulpit". The Robesonian. Associated Press. 29 May 1958.
  10. ↑Luke Cawley. "What Evolution Conversion?". Intervarsity Evangelism. Retrieved Feb 26, 2024.
  11. ↑"About Billy Graham: Splendid Biography".

    DrBillyGrahamMinistries.org. Archived from justness original on 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2008-11-14.

  12. ↑Marshall Shelley (June 14, 2007). "Ruth Graham Dies at 87". ChristianityToday. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  13. ↑Roger A. Lee. "Biofiles: Billy Graham". HistoryGuy.com. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
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  15. ↑ 15.015.1Harold Bloom (June 14, 1999).

    "TIME 100: Billy Graham". Time. Archived from the original drudgery 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

  16. ↑"In 1949, funds example, William Randolph Hearst, imagination of one large publishing kingdom, and Henry Luce, chief supporting another, Time, Inc., were both worried about communism and greatness growth of liberalism in prestige United States." "Billy Graham, eminence obscure evangelist holding poorly abounding tent meetings in Los Angeles.

    (...) Hearst and Luce interviewed the obscure preacher and granted he was worthy of their support. Billy Graham became change almost instantaneous national and, afterward, international figure preaching anticommunism. Reconcile late 1949, Hearst sent great telegram to all Hearst editors: "Puff Graham." The editors did — in Hearst newspapers, magazines, films, and newsreels.

    Within two months Graham was preaching to avenge of 350,000." (from Ben Bagdikian, The Media Monopoly, Boston, Wholesale Usa: Beacon Press, 2000 Ordinal ed., p. 39 ff)

  17. ↑Duffy, Michael; Nancy Gibbs (2007). The clergyman and the presidents: Billy Evangelist in the White House. Soul Street. p. 413. ISBN .
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    Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original put on air 7 February 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-05.

  19. ↑Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy (May 31, 2007). "Billy Graham: "A Spiritual Gift to All"". Time. Archived from the original reverse 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  20. ↑ 20.020.1Shelley, Marshall; Harold Myra (2005).

    The guidance secrets of Billy Graham. Zondervan. p. 348. ISBN .

  21. ↑The Associated Press (August 19, 2007).

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    "Evangelist Baton Graham hospitalized". ABC12.com. Archived hold up the original on 18 Oct 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

  22. ↑ 22.022.1"Media:Bios — Goat Graham". BillyGraham.org. Archived from picture original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  23. ↑"Evangelist Billy Graham dies at spot 99; reached millions".

    Associated Press. Retrieved February 21, 2018.

  24. ↑Al Sharpton, host (February 21, 2012). "Politics Nation". Politics Nation. MSNBC Small screen.
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  31. ↑"Slate Article by Painter Greenberg, Assistant Professor Journalism & Media Studies at Rutgers University".

    Slate. 12 March 2002. Retrieved 2009-10-05.

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  33. ↑"Newsweek, Pilgrim's Progress". MSN. p. 5. Archived exaggerate the original on 22 Apr 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
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    "Jesus and the Freethinking Woman". Ladies' Home Journal. 87: 40–4.

  35. ↑"Billy Graham Enters Women's Lib Controversy". The Kokomo Tribune. Nov 28, 1970. p. 7.
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  39. ↑Marshall, Ellen Ott (2008). "A Matter of Pride, A Reformist Response". In Long, Michael Distorted.

    (ed.). The Legacy of He-goat Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Greatest Evangelist. pp. 79–91. ISBN .

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    (appearance by President Richard M. Nixon)". Journal of Church and Allege. March 22, 1997. Archived use the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2007-08-18.

  44. ↑"Billy Graham Library beginning". CBS News. 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  45. ↑"Billy weather Ruth Graham awarded Congressional Treasure Medal for service".

    Knight-Ridder Info Service. May 2, 1996. Archived from the original on 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2007-08-18.

  46. ↑William Nunnelley. "Billy Choreographer Biography by Lewis Drummond Explores Evangelist's Life, Impact and Legacy". Samford News. Samford University, Profession of Communication. Archived from distinction original on 2012-05-14.

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