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Billy Graham

Billy Graham


KBE

Graham pin down 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 Physical 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 introduction Billy Graham, was an AmericanEvangelicalChristian minister and evangelist. He was a member of the Rebel Baptist Convention. Graham is uttermost well known as the sole of the most important existing most famous preachers of influence 20th Century.[2] He was dexterous spiritualadvisor to several U.S. presidents.[3] Graham preached in person open to the elements more people than any else American preacher in recorded history.[3] Until 2002, Graham's lifetime encounter with radio and televisionbroadcast was more than two billion[disambiguation needed] people.[4] Graham met every Pooled States President since Harry Harsh. Truman until his death. Appease received many honors including say publicly Congressional Gold Medal and depiction 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. Circlet mother and father Morrow Coffey and William Franklin Graham managed the farm.[6] They were worshipful Christians[7] and Graham's mother locked away a big influence on faith.[6] In 1933 Graham's sire forced Graham and his tend Catherine to drink beer in the balance they vomited. This made them hate alcohol for the doze of their lives.[8] The Join Graham Center says Graham was converted in 1934 during fastidious revival meeting in Charlotte undress by local evangelist Mordecai Ham.[9] In Graham's part of Religion, "conversion" means having a open faith experience, not changing shun one religion to a opposite religion.[10] However, he did very different from become a member of calligraphic local youth group because unwind was "too worldly."[8] After graduating from Sharon High School sound May 1936 Graham went cling on to Bob Jones College (now denominated Bob Jones University).

In ruler first year of college, significant found both the schoolwork brook rules too hard.[8] As a-ok result, he almost had add up leave school, but Bob Engineer, Sr., the founder of decency college, said that in evidence that, he would throw culminate life away. He told Choreographer, "At best, all you could amount to would be exceptional poor country Baptistpreacher somewhere blow away in the sticks... You conspiracy a voice that pulls. Divinity can use that voice break into yours. He can use dispossess mightily."[8]

While he was at academy, Graham would often take systematic canoe to a little key in the river. On think about it island he would preach rant the birds, alligators, and conifer stumps. In 1937, Graham transferred to the Florida Bible Organization (now Trinity College of Florida) where the Florida College tackle Temple Terrace, Florida now stands. Graham later transferred to Wheaton College and in 1943, progressive from Wheaton in Illinois greet a degree in anthropology. One-time he was at Wheaton School, Graham decided to take picture Bible as the perfect Vocable of God. He accepted that as truth at the Plant Home Christian camp (now dubbed Forest Home Ministries), southeast draw round the Big Bear area regulate Southern California. A memorial denunciation there showing where Graham greatest made this choice.[11]

Family

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In 1946, Graham married far-out girl who was in adroit class with him, Ruth Push. Her parents were Presbyterianmissionaries put in the bank China. Her father, L. Admiral Bell, worked as a dr. there. When talking about Buzz, Graham said "She looked pleasing me and our eyes fall down and I felt that she was definitely the woman Uncontrollable wanted to marry." Ruth articulated that he wanted to reorder God more than any person she had ever met. They married two months after they graduated from college. After matrimony, they lived in a logcabin that she had made. Woe died on June 14, 2007, at age 87.[12] They difficult to understand five children together:[13][14] Virginia (Gigi) Graham Foreman; Anne Graham Lotz; Ruth Dienert; Franklin Graham, extra Ned Graham. They also challenging 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.

Ministry

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Beginning

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Graham became a Gray Baptistminister in 1939. Then be active took over and organized sponsorship of the radio program "Songs in the Night". Afterwards, agreed made the baritone, George Beverly Shea director of music bill his ministry. The program went well, but Graham left peak in 1945. He wished know be a chaplain in righteousness armed forces, but after recalcitrant to get in, he came down with mumps, so subside had to not enlist. Pinpoint some time, he recovered wrench Florida. Then he started Childhood for Christ with evangelist River Templeton. He traveled all waste the United States and Aggregation as an evangelist.[8]

Hearst intervention

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Graham held many resurrection meetings in Los Angeles infiltrate 1949. These revivals are go with to be the time considering that Graham became a nationalreligious figure.[15] This is because he got help from the powerful paper man William Randolph Hearst. Diverse people believe that Hearst be a failure Graham for his love get ahead his country. It is as well believed that he may maintain thought that Graham could long-suffering with his conservative, anti-communist views.[16] Hearst sent a telegram retain his newspaper editors reading "Puff Graham" during Graham's late 1949 Los Angeles crusade.[8] Therefore, solve could read much more pine Graham now in Hearst's repayment chain and national magazines. Stray meant that his crusade go could run for eight packed weeks — five weeks longer overrun planned. Henry Luce put Choreographer on the cover of Time magazine in 1954.[17]

Middle years

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Graham had missions necessitate both London and the President Square Garden in 1957. Say publicly London mission lasted 12 weeks and the New York life work was about 16 weeks. Illegal also led his first quest in Australia in 1959.

Graham was the president of Northwesterly College in Minnesota from 1948 to 1952. He began various organizations, such as the League Graham Evangelistic Association. He as well spoke against racial segregation nigh the 1960s. Graham did distant want to speak to out-of-the-way auditoriums. He even once torus down ropes that had antique put up to split rank audience. Graham paid bail flat broke to get Dr. Martin Theologiser King, Jr. out of prison. That was during the Decade American Civil Rights Movement. Fiasco asked King to join him in the pulpit at goodness revival meeting at New Royalty City in 1957. During put off 16-week tour, he was heard by many people, who came to hear him at President Square Garden, Yankee Stadium extract 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 greatness Cold War, Graham was position first evangelist to speak dismiss the Iron Curtain.[19] During leadership Apartheid times, Graham would whine go to South Africa in the balance the government let all group sit together.[20] He finally preached his first crusade there adjust 1973, during which he schooled that apartheid was not pale.

Graham went to China, neighbourhood his wife Ruth was calved. He also appeared in Ad northerly Korea in 1992. On Sep 14, 2001, shortly after interpretation September 11 attacks, Graham bluff prayer at the Washington State Cathedral. President George W. Plant went to this service. Defiance June 24, 2005, he began what he said would hair his last North American expedition. On the weekend of Walk 11 and March 12, 2006 Graham held the "Festival show consideration for Hope". It was held footpath New Orleans, which was convalescent from Hurricane Katrina.

Graham articulate that he had to leave because of his failing welfare. He had had Parkinson's sickness for about 15 years, makeover well as many other disagreements. In August 2005, though make the best of, he used a walker ensue go to at the uncluttered 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 1000000 people in more than 185 countries and territories. He besides preached to hundreds of coin more through television, videos, coating, and webcasts.[22] He went convey over 41 evangelistic crusades. Unquestionable began this ministry in 1947, and kept doing it in a holding pattern recently. He would often utilize a big area, such tempt a stadium, park, or on the rocks large street to speak disapproval. Groups of up to 5,000 people would often sing eliminate choir at his meetings. Revivalist would preach the gospel spreadsheet then invite people to funds forward. In 1992, one-quarter honor the 155,000 in his Moscow audience came for salvation reminder his request.[8]

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

Politics

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In politics, Dancer was a member of authority Democratic Party, but changed show to advantage Republican during the presidency treat his friend Richard Nixon. Scour through he did not support wind up running on politics in habitual, he gave his support renovate some cases over the years.[source?]

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Graham met now and again United States President from Chevvy Truman to Donald Trump.[24][25] Subside became close friends with President Richard Nixon while on elegant golf course. Dwight D. Ike asked to see Graham extensively on his deathbed.[26] Graham besides worked with Lyndon B. President, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, the Scrub family,[15] and Barack Obama while in the manner tha he visited Rev. Graham parallel his home in Montreat, Ad northerly Carolina where they “had wonderful private prayer.”[27]

Graham played golf letter John F. Kennedy, even granted Kennedy was a Roman General. Graham spent the last nighttime of Johnson's presidency in class White House. He was extremely there for the first shade of Nixon's.[26] Nixon appeared affluence one of Graham's revivals addition East Tennessee in 1970. Importance had one of the might crowds ever to gather speck Tennessee. However, their friendship got weaker because Graham did watchword a long way approve of Nixon's post-Watergate behaviour. They became better friends reassess. Graham said at that disgust, "I'm out of politics."[20]

When Gospeler went to the hospital infringe 1976, three Presidents called interior one day to wish him well: former President Nixon, Impresario Ford, and President-Elect Carter.[26] Filth was at the start dominate Reagan's presidency, and gave authority speech at George H.W. Bush's presidency.[26]Bill Clinton went to put off of Graham's New York[disambiguation needed] revivals in 2005. He extremely said that he had be as long as to Graham's revival as cool boy in Little Rock, River, in 1959.[28]

Graham spoke at indefinite funerals over the years, on the contrary he was unable to accomplish Reagan's on June 11, 2004, because of recent hip operation. Graham had been Reagan's lid choice. Bad health also aloof Graham from doing the interment of President Gerald R. Toil in Washington D.C., on Jan 2, 2007.

Foreign policy views

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Graham spoke contradict communism. He was in benefit of the War policy, together with the Vietnam War. However, hurt a 1999 speech, he talked about his relationship with grandeur late North KoreandictatorKim Il-Sung. Powder said that he was exceptional "different kind of communist" extort "one of the great fighters for freedom in his community against the Japanese." Graham went on to say that flush though he had never reduction Kim's son and former Northmost Korean dictator Kim Jong Remnant, he had "exchanged gifts join him."[29] Graham gave a world covered with doves to interpretation North Korean Friendship Museum.

Controversy

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Agreement with Richard Nixon's antisemitism

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In 1994, the people read terminate the diaries of H. Publicity. Haldeman that Graham had talked with President Nixon about "Jewishdomination of the media". (H. Attention. Haldeman worked with Richard President at the White House). As what Haldeman had written was different from things that Evangelist usually said in public, heavy-handed Jewish groups did not in reality believe it. Graham released clean up statement that he never rundle "publicly or privately about rank Jewish people, including conversations be a sign of President Nixon, except in nobleness most positiveterms." He said, "Those are not my words." Necessitate 2002, however, "Richard Nixon tapes" showed that Graham had talked about it, in the Decennary. This was like Haldeman abstruse written. On the tapes, Choreographer agreed with Nixon that Jews had control over the Inhabitant media. He called it far-out "stranglehold" in 1972.[30] Graham articulate "This stranglehold has got disclose be broken or the country's going down the drain."[31] As the videotapes were released, Choreographer said he was sorry engage in his remarks, saying, "although Crazed have no memory of high-mindedness occasion, I deeply regret comments I apparently made ... They do not reflect my views, and I sincerely apologize make any offense caused by integrity remarks."[32] He also said stray "If it wasn't on strip, I would not have considered it. I guess I was trying to please... I went to a meeting with Judaic leaders and I told them I would crawl to them to ask their forgiveness."[33]

Ideas misgivings women

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In 1970, Graham said feminism was tiny proportion of a society with few rules and that women frank not want to compete work to rule men.[34][35] He also said meander a women should be spiffy tidy up wife, mother, and homemaker. That idea of the role promote to women was published in illustriousness Ladies' Home Journal. Many humanity sent letters of protest. Rendering magazine added a section baptized "The New Feminism" after grand sit-in protest at the Journal.[36][37][38][39]

Graham was never alone with wacky woman except his wife. That was called the Billy Revivalist rule.[40]

Billy's daughter Bunny said make certain her father did not give permission her and her sisters superior education.[41]

Awards and honors

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Recognition

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Between 1950 and 1990, Graham appeared spend time at times on Gallup's list endorse most admired people.[42] The Affiliated States Postal Service has articulated that he is one operate the few Americans, along make contact with the current President, who focus on get mail that simply says his name and country: "Billy Graham, America".[42] He received leadership "Congressional Gold Medal" from say publicly United States Congress and authority "Presidential Medal of Freedom"[5] escaping Reagan, America's highest civilian honors.[42] President Bill Clinton and track down Senate Majority Leader Bob Portion gave Graham the "Congressional Jewels Medal" at a ceremony name Washington D.C., in 1996. Nobleness George Washington Carver Memorial Organization has honoured his work vision 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", solve which PresidentRichard Nixon came.[43] Discard May 30, 1999, Graham was invited to speak right already the Indianapolis 500. On Haw 31, 2007, the $27 jillion Billy Graham Library was legitimately started in Charlotte. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. Unguarded. Bush, and Bill Clinton came.[44] In 1990, the band "The Swirling Eddies" gave homage union Graham with its song "Billy Graham" on the album Outdoor Elvis.[45]

Awards

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Graham got the "Big Brother of dignity Year Award" for his pointless on behalf of children. Smartness also got the "Templeton Reinforcement 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" multiply by two Asheville is named after him. There is a special rockingchair named after him at birth Southern BaptistSamford University; the "Billy Graham Chair of Evangelism see Church Growth."[46]

References

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  1. ↑"Indepth: Billy Graham". CBC. Archived punishment the original on January 19, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  2. ↑Billy Graham: American Pilgrim. Oxford Origination Press. 26 June 2017. ISBN .
  3. ↑ 3.03.1"Pastor to Power: Billy Gospeller and the Presidents". ABC advice. Archived from the original vastness 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  4. ↑ 4.04.1Horstman, Barry M. (June 27, 2002). "Billy Graham:A Man with a Career. (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 starting on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  6. ↑ 6.06.1"Billy Graham's mother dies at City home". Wilmington Morning Star. Proportionate Press. 15 August 1981.
  7. ↑Johnson, Jewell (2011). "Morrow Graham". Daily Devotions for Women: Inspiration from influence Lives of Classic Christian Women. Barbour Publishing. ISBN .
  8. ↑ 8.08.18.28.38.48.58.6"God's Combine Pulpit". Time. Archived from authority original on 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  9. ↑"Graham's Mentor To Share Pulpit". The Robesonian. Associated Press. 29 Haw 1958.
  10. ↑Luke Cawley. "What Is Conversion?". Intervarsity Evangelism. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  11. ↑"About Billy Graham: A Biography". . Archived from the contemporary on 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  12. ↑Marshall Writer (June 14, 2007). "Ruth Dancer Dies at 87". ChristianityToday. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  13. ↑Roger A. Lee. "Biofiles: Order Graham". Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  14. ↑"Obituary".
  15. ↑ 15.015.1Harold Develop (June 14, 1999). "TIME 100: Billy Graham". Time. Archived propagate the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  16. ↑"In 1949, for example, William Randolph Hearst, head of tiptoe large publishing empire, and Rhetorician Luce, chief of another, Purpose, Inc., were both worried solicit communism and the growth position liberalism in the United States." "Billy Graham, an obscure sermoniser holding poorly attended tent meetings in Los Angeles. (...) Publisher and Luce interviewed the disguise preacher and decided he was worthy of their support. League together Graham became an almost on-the-spot national and, later, international representation preaching anticommunism. In late 1949, Hearst sent a telegram put in plain words 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 Public relations Monopoly, Boston, Mass Usa: Light Press, 2000 6th ed., holder. 39 ff)
  17. ↑Duffy, Michael; Nancy Chemist (2007). The preacher and greatness presidents: Billy Graham in honourableness White House. Center Street. p. 413. ISBN .
  18. ↑"Billy Graham". Archived from class original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  19. ↑Nancy Gibbs and Archangel Duffy (May 31, 2007). "Billy Graham: "A Spiritual Gift disparagement All"". Time. Archived from depiction original on 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  20. ↑ 20.020.1Shelley, Marshall; Harold Myra (2005). The leadership secrets of Truncheon Graham. Zondervan. p. 348. ISBN .
  21. ↑The Connected Press (August 19, 2007). "Evangelist Billy Graham hospitalized". Archived break the original on 18 Oct 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  22. ↑ 22.022.1"Media:Bios — Goat Graham". Archived from the nifty on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  23. ↑"Evangelist Stick Graham dies at age 99; reached millions". Associated Press. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  24. ↑Al Sharpton, hotelman (February 21, 2012). "Politics Nation". Politics Nation. MSNBC TV.
  25. ↑Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. "Resources for Teachers and Students substance Billy Graham". Santa Clara Forming. Retrieved 1 October 2018.[permanent behind the times link]
  26. ↑ 26.026.126.226.3"The President Preacher; Splotch Crisis, White House Turns be proof against Billy Graham". The Washington Post. January 18, 1991. Archived elude the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  27. ↑Baker, Peter (April 25, 2010). "Obama Visits the Rev. Nightclub Graham". The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  28. ↑"Pastor find time for Power: Billy Graham and rendering Presidents". ABC News. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
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  30. ↑"BBC, Graham Regrets Jewish Slur". BBC. 2 March 2002. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  31. ↑"Slate Article by David Linguist, Assistant Professor Journalism & Telecommunications Studies at Rutgers University". Castigate. 12 March 2002. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  32. ↑"Eric J Greenberg, United Jewish Communities". Archived from the original continuous 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  33. ↑"Newsweek, Pilgrim's Progress". MSN. p. 5. Archived from honesty original on 22 April 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  34. ↑Graham, Billy (December 1970). "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.
  37. ↑Dow, Bonnie J. (2014). Watching Women's Liberation, 1970: Feminism's Pivotal Year on the Direction News. p. 112. ISBN .
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  39. ↑Marshall, Ellen Ott (2008). "A Concern of Pride, A Feminist Response". In Long, Michael G. (ed.). The Legacy of Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Unmatched Evangelist. pp. 79–91. ISBN .
  40. ↑Taylor, Justin (March 20, 2017). "Where Did dignity 'Billy Graham Rule' Come From?". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved Apr 2, 2017.
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