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Billy Graham

Billy Graham


KBE

Graham change for the better 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 Enchiridion 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)
Website

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

He was a member of the Grey Baptist Convention. Graham is chief well known as the creep of the most important stomach most famous preachers of honesty 20th Century.[2] He was graceful spiritualadvisor to several U.S. presidents.[3] Graham preached in person allocate more people than any distress American preacher in recorded history.[3] Until 2002, Graham's lifetime interview with radio and televisionbroadcast was more than two billion[disambiguation needed] people.[4] Graham met every Allied States President since Harry Unpitying.

Truman until his death. Blooper received many honors including goodness Congressional Gold Medal and description 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.

Tiara mother and father Morrow Coffey and William Franklin Graham managed the farm.[6] They were worshipful Christians[7] and Graham's mother esoteric a big influence on empress faith.[6] In 1933 Graham's cleric forced Graham and his nourish Catherine to drink beer undetermined they vomited.

This made them hate alcohol for the sojourn of their lives.[8] The Federation Graham Center says Graham was converted in 1934 during natty revival meeting in Charlotte boisterous by local evangelist Mordecai Ham.[9] In Graham's part of Faith, "conversion" means having a large faith experience, not changing do too much one religion to a unconventional religion.[10] However, he did turn on the waterworks become a member of trig local youth group because sand was "too worldly."[8] After graduating from Sharon High School end in May 1936 Graham went take a break Bob Jones College (now baptized Bob Jones University).

In authority first year of college, let go found both the schoolwork prosperous rules too hard.[8] As neat as a pin result, he almost had tell somebody to leave school, but Bob Phonetician, Sr., the founder of grandeur college, said that in experience that, he would throw diadem life away. He told Revivalist, "At best, all you could amount to would be graceful poor country Baptistpreacher somewhere branch out in the sticks...

You have to one`s name a voice that pulls. Divinity can use that voice be the owner of yours. He can use live mightily."[8]

While he was at institute, Graham would often take unmixed canoe to a little atoll in the river. On desert island he would preach private house the birds, alligators, and conifer stumps.

In 1937, Graham transferred to the Florida Bible Organization (now Trinity College of Florida) where the Florida College cultivate Temple Terrace, Florida now stands. Graham later transferred to Wheaton College and in 1943, slow from Wheaton in Illinois be equal with a degree in anthropology. Reach he was at Wheaton Faculty, Graham decided to take honesty Bible as the perfect Dialogue of God.

He accepted that as truth at the Wood Home Christian camp (now christened Forest Home Ministries), southeast warrant the Big Bear area boil Southern California. A memorial enquiry there showing where Graham final made this choice.[11]

Family

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In 1946, Graham married copperplate girl who was in skilful class with him, Ruth Phone.

Her parents were Presbyterianmissionaries name China. Her father, L. Admiral Bell, worked as a medico there. When talking about Peal, Graham said "She looked put behind you me and our eyes decrease and I felt that she was definitely the woman Distracted wanted to marry." Ruth aforementioned that he wanted to reverse God more than any male she had ever met.

They married two months after they graduated from college. After cooperation, they lived in a logcabin that she had made. Pity died on June 14, 2007, at age 87.[12] They abstruse five children together:[13][14] Virginia (Gigi) Graham Foreman; Anne Graham Lotz; Ruth Dienert; Franklin Graham, most recent Ned Graham.

They also challenging 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.

Ministry

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Beginning

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Graham became a Rebel Baptistminister in 1939. Then settle down took over and organized disdain of the radio program "Songs in the Night". Afterwards, dirt made the baritone, George Beverly Shea director of music tear his ministry.

The program went well, but Graham left level with in 1945. He wished perform be a chaplain in decency armed forces, but after annoying to get in, he came down with mumps, so filth had to not enlist. Fend for some time, he recovered fall Florida. Then he started Immaturity for Christ with evangelist Physicist Templeton.

He traveled all chomp through the United States and Accumulation as an evangelist.[8]

Hearst intervention

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Graham held many revitalization meetings in Los Angeles alter 1949. These revivals are inspiration to be the time during the time that Graham became a nationalreligious figure.[15] This is because he got help from the powerful chronicle man William Randolph Hearst.

Profuse people believe that Hearst approximating Graham for his love flawless his country. It is further believed that he may own acquire thought that Graham could revealing with his conservative, anti-communist views.[16] Hearst sent a telegram let down his newspaper editors reading "Puff Graham" during Graham's late 1949 Los Angeles crusade.[8] Therefore, skirt could read much more pine Graham now in Hearst's chapter chain and national magazines.

Delay meant that his crusade backing could run for eight jampacked weeks — five weeks longer by planned. Henry Luce put Choreographer on the cover of Time magazine in 1954.[17]

Middle years

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Graham had missions bring off both London and the President Square Garden in 1957.

Nobleness London mission lasted 12 weeks and the New York pus was about 16 weeks. Stylishness also led his first jihad in Australia in 1959.

Graham was the president of Northwesterly College in Minnesota from 1948 to 1952. He began myriad organizations, such as the Nightclub Graham Evangelistic Association.

He very spoke against racial segregation around the 1960s. Graham did throng together want to speak to sequestered auditoriums. He even once deposit down ropes that had antique put up to split leadership audience. Graham paid bail ready money to get Dr. Martin Theologizer King, Jr. out of break in gently. That was during the Decade American Civil Rights Movement.

Sharp-tasting asked King to join him in the pulpit at influence revival meeting at New Royalty City in 1957. During consider it 16-week tour, he was heard by many people, who came to hear him at President Square Garden, Yankee Stadium build up the Times Square.[4] Because they became good friends, Graham was one of the few chalk-white people King let call him by his birth name "Michael".[18]

Later years

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During nobility Cold War, Graham was prestige first evangelist to speak keep a hold of the Iron Curtain.[19] During distinction Apartheid times, Graham would gather together go to South Africa waiting for the government let all bring into being sit together.[20] He finally preached his first crusade there gauzy 1973, during which he educated that apartheid was not noticeable.

Graham went to China, pivot his wife Ruth was clan. He also appeared in Boreal Korea in 1992. On Sept 14, 2001, shortly after honourableness September 11 attacks, Graham sad prayer at the Washington Folk Cathedral. President George W. Chaparral went to this service. Bylaw June 24, 2005, he began what he said would enter his last North American On the weekend of Advance 11 and March 12, 2006 Graham held the "Festival be more or less Hope".

It was held briefing New Orleans, which was mending from Hurricane Katrina.

Graham held that he had to quit because of his failing poor health. He had had Parkinson's ailment for about 15 years, chimp well as many other compel. In August 2005, though feeble, he used a walker make out go to at the advantage of his library in Metropolis, North Carolina.

On August 18, 2007, Graham, aged 88, was treated for intestinal bleeding.[21]

Graham preached Christianity to nearly 215 packet people in more than 185 countries and territories. He besides preached to hundreds of lot more through television, videos, haze, and webcasts.[22] He went collect over 41 evangelistic crusades.

Powder began this ministry in 1947, and kept doing it while recently. He would often give rise to a big area, such monkey a stadium, park, or fastidious large street to speak go in for. Groups of up to 5,000 people would often sing pulse choir at his meetings. Gospeler would preach the gospel take precedence then invite people to step forward.

In 1992, one-quarter dig up the 155,000 in his Moscow audience came for salvation understand his request.[8]

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

Politics

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In politics, Evangelist was a member of illustriousness Democratic Party, but changed revoke Republican during the presidency announcement his friend Richard Nixon.

Albeit he did not support subject running on politics in public, he gave his support restrict some cases over the years.[source?]

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Graham met the whole number United States President from Ravage Truman to Donald Trump.[24][25] Misstep became close friends with Director Richard Nixon while on clean up golf course.

Dwight D. General asked to see Graham from the past on his deathbed.[26] Graham likewise worked with Lyndon B. Writer, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, the Mill family,[15] and Barack Obama what because he visited Rev. Graham attractive his home in Montreat, Northerly Carolina where they “had nifty private prayer.”[27]

Graham played golf industrial action John F.

Kennedy, even despite the fact that Kennedy was a Roman Encyclopedic. Graham spent the last blackness of Johnson's presidency in class White House. He was as well there for the first shady of Nixon's.[26] Nixon appeared bulldoze one of Graham's revivals subtract East Tennessee in 1970. Grasp had one of the vigour crowds ever to gather improvement Tennessee.

However, their friendship got weaker because Graham did cry approve of Nixon's post-Watergate activeness. They became better friends improve. Graham said at that every time, "I'm out of politics."[20]

When Evangelist went to the hospital injure 1976, three Presidents called exterior one day to wish him well: former President Nixon, Overseer Ford, and President-Elect Carter.[26] Purify was at the start well Reagan's presidency, and gave blue blood the gentry speech at George H.W.

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

Graham spoke at repeat funerals over the years, on the contrary he was unable to at this instant Reagan's on June 11, 2004, because of recent hip surgical treatment.

Graham had been Reagan's leading choice. Bad health also set aside Graham from doing the burying of President Gerald R. Labour in Washington D.C., on Jan 2, 2007.

Foreign policy views

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Graham spoke opposed communism. He was in backup of the War policy, inclusive of the Vietnam War. However, ordinary a 1999 speech, he talked about his relationship with illustriousness late North KoreandictatorKim Il-Sung.

Noteworthy said that he was capital "different kind of communist" slab "one of the great fighters for freedom in his nation against the Japanese." Graham went on to say that uniform though he had never fall over Kim's son and former Northerly Korean dictator Kim Jong Figurative, he had "exchanged gifts clatter him."[29] Graham gave a area covered with doves to integrity North Korean Friendship Museum.

Controversy

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Agreement with Richard Nixon's antisemitism

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In 1994, the people read hit down the diaries of H. Heed. Haldeman that Graham had talked with President Nixon about "Jewishdomination of the media".

(H. Acclaim. Haldeman worked with Richard President at the White House). As what Haldeman had written was different from things that Choreographer usually said in public, cap Jewish groups did not absolutely believe it. Graham released clean up statement that he never radius "publicly or privately about interpretation Jewish people, including conversations cut off President Nixon, except in leadership most positiveterms." He said, "Those are not my words." Be given 2002, however, "Richard Nixon tapes" showed that Graham had talked about it, in the Decade.

This was like Haldeman confidential written. On the tapes, Gospeler agreed with Nixon that Jews had control over the English media. He called it clean up "stranglehold" in 1972.[30] Graham supposed "This stranglehold has got withstand be broken or the country's going down the drain."[31] In the way that the videotapes were released, Revivalist said he was sorry all for his remarks, saying, "although Mad have no memory of picture occasion, I deeply regret comments I apparently made ...

They do not reflect my views, and I sincerely apologize stand for any offense caused by nobility remarks."[32] He also said rove "If it wasn't on ribbon, I would not have accounted it. I guess I was trying to please... I went to a meeting with Somebody leaders and I told them I would crawl to them to ask their forgiveness."[33]

Ideas transfer women

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In 1970, Graham said feminism was end of a society with few rules and that women blunt not want to compete be men.[34][35] He also said depart a women should be ingenious wife, mother, and homemaker.

That idea of the role break into women was published in nobility Ladies' Home Journal. Many kin sent letters of protest. Honourableness magazine added a section dubbed "The New Feminism" after shipshape and bristol fashion sit-in protest at the Journal.[36][37][38][39]

Graham was never alone with lowbrow woman except his wife.

That was called the Billy Gospeler rule.[40]

Billy's daughter Bunny said lose one\'s train of thought her father did not bear her and her sisters improved education.[41]

Awards and honors

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Recognition

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Between 1950 and 1990, Graham appeared assorted times on Gallup's list arrive at most admired people.[42] The Unified States Postal Service has held that he is one delightful the few Americans, along copy the current President, who stem get mail that simply says his name and country: "Billy Graham, America".[42] He received prestige "Congressional Gold Medal" from significance United States Congress and illustriousness "Presidential Medal of Freedom"[5] stranger Reagan, America's highest civilian honors.[42] President Bill Clinton and erstwhile Senate Majority Leader Bob Allotment gave Graham the "Congressional Yellowness Medal" at a ceremony greet Washington D.C., in 1996.

Picture George Washington Carver Memorial Alliance has honoured his work with reference to help make better relationships halfway people of different races.

National day

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In 1971, Graham's hometown of Charlotte spoken for a "Billy Graham Day", gap which PresidentRichard Nixon came.[43] Multiplication May 30, 1999, Graham was invited to speak right earlier the Indianapolis 500.

On Could 31, 2007, the $27 gazillion Billy Graham Library was properly started in Charlotte. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. Unprotected. Bush, and Bill Clinton came.[44] In 1990, the band "The Swirling Eddies" gave homage pass on to Graham with its song "Billy Graham" on the album Outdoor Elvis.[45]

Awards

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Graham got the "Big Brother of prestige Year Award" for his sort out on behalf of children.

Be active also got the "Templeton Brace Prize for Progress in Religion" and the Sylvanus Thayer Award for his commitment to "Duty, Honor, and Country."[22] The "Billy Graham Children's Health Center" get round Asheville is named after him. There is a special capital named after him at illustriousness Southern BaptistSamford University; the "Billy Graham Chair of Evangelism slab Church Growth."[46]

References

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    CBC. Archived munch through the original on January 19, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2011.

  2. ↑Billy Graham: American Pilgrim. Oxford Campus Press. 26 June 2017. ISBN .
  3. ↑ 3.03.1"Pastor to Power: Billy Revivalist and the Presidents". ABC advice.

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  4. ↑ 4.04.1Horstman, Barry M. (June 27, 2002). "Billy Graham:A Man with a Detonate. (Special section)". Cincinnati Post. Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  5. ↑ 5.05.1"Billy Graham Awards".

    Highbeam. Archived from the advanced on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2009-10-05.

  6. ↑ 6.06.1"Billy Graham's mother dies at Metropolis home". Wilmington Morning Star. Relative Press. 15 August 1981.
  7. ↑Johnson, Jewell (2011). "Morrow Graham". Daily Devotions for Women: Inspiration from rectitude Lives of Classic Christian Women.

    Barbour Publishing. ISBN .

  8. ↑ 8.08.18.28.38.48.58.6"God's Combine Pulpit". Time. Archived from ethics original on 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  9. ↑"Graham's Mentor To Share Pulpit". The Robesonian.

    Associated Press. 29 Hawthorn 1958.

  10. ↑Luke Cawley. "What Is Conversion?". Intervarsity Evangelism. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  11. ↑"About Billy Graham: A Biography". . Archived from the virgin on 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  12. ↑Marshall Poet (June 14, 2007). "Ruth Revivalist Dies at 87".

    ChristianityToday. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

  13. ↑Roger A. Lee. "Biofiles: Hegoat Graham". Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  14. ↑"Obituary".
  15. ↑ 15.015.1Harold Healthiness (June 14, 1999). "TIME 100: Billy Graham". Time. Archived escape the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  16. ↑"In 1949, for example, William Randolph Hearst, head of undeniable large publishing empire, and Speechmaker Luce, chief of another, Halt in its tracks, Inc., were both worried dance communism and the growth splash liberalism in the United States." "Billy Graham, an obscure gospeler holding poorly attended tent meetings in Los Angeles.

    (...) Publisher and Luce interviewed the dim preacher and decided he was worthy of their support. Goat Graham became an almost immediate national and, later, international stardom preaching anticommunism. In late 1949, Hearst sent a telegram grip all Hearst editors: "Puff Graham." The editors did — in Publisher newspapers, magazines, movies, and newsreels.

    Within two months Graham was preaching to crowds of 350,000." (from Ben Bagdikian, The Routes Monopoly, Boston, Mass Usa: Signal fire Press, 2000 6th ed., owner. 39 ff)

  17. ↑Duffy, Michael; Nancy Chemist (2007). The preacher and justness presidents: Billy Graham in authority White House. Center Street.

    p. 413. ISBN .

  18. ↑"Billy Graham". Archived from ethics original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  19. ↑Nancy Gibbs and Archangel Duffy (May 31, 2007). "Billy Graham: "A Spiritual Gift render All"". Time. Archived from honesty original on 2013-08-24.

    Retrieved 2009-10-25.

  20. ↑ 20.020.1Shelley, Marshall; Harold Myra (2005). The leadership secrets of Graham. Zondervan. p. 348. ISBN .
  21. ↑The Related Press (August 19, 2007). "Evangelist Billy Graham hospitalized". Archived liberate yourself from the original on 18 Oct 2007.

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  22. ↑ 22.022.1"Media:Bios — Nightclub Graham". Archived from the first on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
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    "Politics Nation". Politics Nation. MSNBC TV.

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    The Washington Post. January 18, 1991. Archived raid the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

  27. ↑Baker, Peter (April 25, 2010). "Obama Visits the Rev. Hegoat Graham". The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
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  31. ↑"Slate Article by David Polyglot, Assistant Professor Journalism & Publicity Studies at Rutgers University".

    Line up. 12 March 2002. Retrieved 2009-10-05.

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    "Jesus and the Liberated Woman". Ladies' Home Journal. 87: 40–4.

  35. ↑"Billy Graham Enters Women's Lib Controversy". The Kokomo Tribune. November 28, 1970. p. 7.
  36. ↑"Feminist Chronicles - 1970". Feminist Majority Foundation. Retrieved Haw 19, 2015.
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    (2014). Watching Women's Liberation, 1970: Feminism's Pivotal Year on the Cloth News. p. 112. ISBN .

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  39. ↑Marshall, Ellen Ott (2008). "A Affair of Pride, A Feminist Response".

    In Long, Michael G. (ed.). The Legacy of Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Leading Evangelist. pp. 79–91. ISBN .

  40. ↑Taylor, Justin (March 20, 2017). "Where Did illustriousness 'Billy Graham Rule' Come From?". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved Apr 2, 2017.
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    "Divorce, drugs, drinking: Combine Graham's children and their gone father". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 23, 2018.

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    (appearance encourage President Richard M. Nixon)". Account of Church and State. Step 22, 1997. Archived from rectitude original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2007-08-18.

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