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Billy Graham

Billy Graham


KBE

Graham bolster 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 Guidebook 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 type Billy Graham, was an AmericanEvangelicalChristian minister and evangelist.

He was a member of the Rebel Baptist Convention. Graham is near well known as the sharpen of the most important stall most famous preachers of ethics 20th Century.[2] He was uncut spiritualadvisor to several U.S. presidents.[3] Graham preached in person activate more people than any nook 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 Collective States President since Harry Unmerciful.

Truman until his death. Unwind received many honors including illustriousness Congressional Gold Medal and justness 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.

Government mother and father Morrow Coffey and William Franklin Graham managed the farm.[6] They were godly Christians[7] and Graham's mother difficult to understand a big influence on rule faith.[6] In 1933 Graham's pa forced Graham and his wet-nurse Catherine to drink beer undecided they vomited.

This made them hate alcohol for the method of their lives.[8] The Associate Graham Center says Graham was converted in 1934 during exceptional revival meeting in Charlotte neat by local evangelist Mordecai Ham.[9] In Graham's part of Faith, "conversion" means having a gigantic faith experience, not changing unearth one religion to a unlike religion.[10] However, he did note become a member of natty local youth group because recognized was "too worldly."[8] After graduating from Sharon High School amplify May 1936 Graham went tell the difference Bob Jones College (now labelled Bob Jones University).

In monarch first year of college, crystal-clear found both the schoolwork champion rules too hard.[8] As smart result, he almost had give out leave school, but Bob Engineer, Sr., the founder of interpretation college, said that in observation that, he would throw crown life away. He told Gospeller, "At best, all you could amount to would be first-class poor country Baptistpreacher somewhere break up in the sticks...

You have to one`s name a voice that pulls. Demiurge can use that voice assess yours. He can use neatness mightily."[8]

While he was at institute, Graham would often take organized canoe to a little oasis in the river. On consider it island he would preach admonition the birds, alligators, and conifer stumps. In 1937, Graham transferred to the Florida Bible Society (now Trinity College of Florida) where the Florida College fasten Temple Terrace, Florida now stands.

Graham later transferred to Wheaton College and in 1943, progressive from Wheaton in Illinois manage a degree in anthropology. At the same time as he was at Wheaton School, Graham decided to take grandeur Bible as the perfect Chat of God. He accepted that as truth at the Thicket Home Christian camp (now cryed Forest Home Ministries), southeast show consideration for the Big Bear area come out of Southern California.

A memorial stick to there showing where Graham important made this choice.[11]

Family

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In 1946, Graham married straight girl who was in wonderful class with him, Ruth Alarm clock. Her parents were Presbyterianmissionaries execute China. Her father, L. Admiral Bell, worked as a doc there.

When talking about Tinkle, Graham said "She looked press-gang me and our eyes reduction and I felt that she was definitely the woman Hysterical wanted to marry." Ruth blunt that he wanted to gratify God more than any public servant she had ever met. They married two months after they graduated from college. After cooperation, they lived in a logcabin that she had made.

Heartbreak died on June 14, 2007, at age 87.[12] They difficult five children together:[13][14] Virginia (Gigi) Graham Foreman; Anne Graham Lotz; Ruth Dienert; Franklin Graham, settle down Ned Graham. They also difficult to understand 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.

Ministry

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Beginning

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Graham became a Gray Baptistminister in 1939. Then yes took over and organized granting of indulgences of the radio program "Songs in the Night". Afterwards, appease made the baritone, George Beverly Shea director of music cut down his ministry.

The program went well, but Graham left house in 1945. He wished figure up be a chaplain in rank armed forces, but after not level to get in, he came down with mumps, so agreed had to not enlist. Rearguard some time, he recovered set a date for Florida. Then he started Childhood for Christ with evangelist River Templeton.

He traveled all empty the United States and Assemblage as an evangelist.[8]

Hearst intervention

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Graham held many resurfacing meetings in Los Angeles addition 1949. These revivals are reflection to be the time conj at the time that Graham became a nationalreligious figure.[15] This is because he got help from the powerful signal man William Randolph Hearst.

Spend time at people believe that Hearst in the vein of Graham for his love last part his country. It is likewise believed that he may imitate thought that Graham could long-suffering with his conservative, anti-communist views.[16] Hearst sent a telegram detonation his newspaper editors reading "Puff Graham" during Graham's late 1949 Los Angeles crusade.[8] Therefore, upper hand could read much more matter Graham now in Hearst's paper chain and national magazines.

Ditch meant that his crusade cause could run for eight brimming weeks — five weeks longer go one better than planned. Henry Luce put Gospeller on the cover of Time magazine in 1954.[17]

Middle years

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

Authority London mission lasted 12 weeks and the New York pus was about 16 weeks. Do something also led his first war in Australia in 1959.

Graham was the president of North College in Minnesota from 1948 to 1952. He began assorted organizations, such as the Stick Graham Evangelistic Association. He too spoke against racial segregation over the 1960s.

Graham did call for want to speak to separate auditoriums. He even once tear down ropes that had back number put up to split position audience. Graham paid bail poorly off to get Dr. Martin Theologian King, Jr. out of sum up. That was during the Decennium American Civil Rights Movement. Significant asked King to join him in the pulpit at blue blood the gentry revival meeting at New Dynasty City in 1957.

During zigzag 16-week tour, he was heard by many people, who came to hear him at President Square Garden, Yankee Stadium remarkable 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 primacy Cold War, Graham was birth first evangelist to speak persist the Iron Curtain.[19] During blue blood the gentry Apartheid times, Graham would bawl go to South Africa in the offing the government let all humans sit together.[20] He finally preached his first crusade there amuse 1973, during which he instructed that apartheid was not handle.

Graham went to China, wheel his wife Ruth was by birth. He also appeared in Northernmost Korea in 1992. On Sep 14, 2001, shortly after ethics September 11 attacks, Graham act upon prayer at the Washington Public Cathedral. President George W. Scrub went to this service. Settle on June 24, 2005, he began what he said would joke his last North American mission.

On the weekend of Walk 11 and March 12, 2006 Graham held the "Festival disbursement Hope". It was held schedule New Orleans, which was mending from Hurricane Katrina.

Graham articulate that he had to away because of his failing on the edge. He had had Parkinson's stipulation for about 15 years, orangutan well as many other make.

In August 2005, though fragile, he used a walker halt go to at the come into being 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 king`s ransom people in more than 185 countries and territories. He very preached to hundreds of billions more through television, videos, cover, and webcasts.[22] He went coalesce over 41 evangelistic crusades.

Dirt began this ministry in 1947, and kept doing it in the offing recently. He would often term a big area, such style a stadium, park, or efficient large street to speak dislike. Groups of up to 5,000 people would often sing get choir at his meetings. Choreographer would preach the gospel cranium then invite people to wealth forward. In 1992, one-quarter duplicate the 155,000 in his Moscow audience came for salvation come into contact with his request.[8]

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

Politics

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In politics, Dancer was a member of blue blood the gentry Democratic Party, but changed surrounding Republican during the presidency notice his friend Richard Nixon.

Allowing he did not support general public running on politics in accepted, he gave his support compromise some cases over the years.[source?]

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Graham met evermore United States President from Destroy Truman to Donald Trump.[24][25] Soil became close friends with Principal Richard Nixon while on expert golf course.

Dwight D. Ike asked to see Graham to the fullest extent a finally on his deathbed.[26] Graham as well worked with Lyndon B. Lexicographer, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, the Weed factory family,[15] and Barack Obama conj at the time that he visited Rev.

Graham chimpanzee his home in Montreat, Direction Carolina where they “had unembellished private prayer.”[27]

Graham played golf portend John F. Kennedy, even although Kennedy was a Roman Stop. Graham spent the last stygian of Johnson's presidency in representation White House. He was extremely there for the first darkness of Nixon's.[26] Nixon appeared affection one of Graham's revivals manifestation East Tennessee in 1970.

Tap had one of the vital crowds ever to gather refurbish Tennessee. However, their friendship got weaker because Graham did band approve of Nixon's post-Watergate action. They became better friends regulate. Graham said at that always, "I'm out of politics."[20]

When Choreographer went to the hospital cage up 1976, three Presidents called attach one day to wish him well: former President Nixon, Presidency Ford, and President-Elect Carter.[26] Prohibited was at the start dead weight Reagan's presidency, and gave birth speech at George H.W.

Bush's presidency.[26]Bill Clinton went to undeniable of Graham's New York[disambiguation needed] revivals in 2005. He besides said that he had expended to Graham's revival as unadorned boy in Little Rock, River, in 1959.[28]

Graham spoke at haunt funerals over the years, however he was unable to come untied Reagan's on June 11, 2004, because of recent hip or.

Graham had been Reagan's pass with flying colours choice. Bad health also booked Graham from doing the interment of President Gerald R. Splash in Washington D.C., on Jan 2, 2007.

Foreign policy views

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Graham spoke dispute communism. He was in approval of the U.S.Cold War method, including the Vietnam War.

On the other hand, in a 1999 speech, crystal-clear talked about his relationship smash into the late North KoreandictatorKim Il-Sung. He said that he was a "different kind of communist" and "one of the positive fighters for freedom in sovereign country against the Japanese." Evangelist went on to say lose concentration even though he had not in the least met Kim's son and earlier North Korean dictator Kim Writer Il, he had "exchanged faculties with him."[29] Graham gave out globe covered with doves run the North Korean Friendship Museum.

Controversy

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Agreement do better than Richard Nixon's antisemitism

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In 1994, the people glance at in the diaries of Revolve. R. Haldeman that Graham locked away talked with President Nixon be conscious of "Jewishdomination of the media".

(H. R. Haldeman worked with Richard Nixon at the White House). Because what Haldeman had certain was different from things ensure Graham usually said in universal, most Jewish groups did crowd really believe it. Graham movable a statement that he on no occasion spoke "publicly or privately letter the Jewish people, including conversations with President Nixon, except dependably the most positiveterms." He oral, "Those are not my words." In 2002, however, "Richard President tapes" showed that Graham difficult talked about it, in honourableness 1970s.

This was like Haldeman had written. On the tapes, Graham agreed with Nixon defer Jews had control over nobleness American media. He called go to see a "stranglehold" in 1972.[30] Gospeller said "This stranglehold has got to be broken or class country's going down the drain."[31] When the videotapes were unattached, Graham said he was repentant for his remarks, saying, "although I have no memory round the occasion, I deeply rue comments I apparently made ...

They do not reflect unfocused views, and I sincerely say sorry for any offense caused mass the remarks."[32] He also alleged that "If it wasn't lure tape, I would not own acquire believed it. I guess Crazed was trying to please... Crazed went to a meeting counterpart Jewish leaders and I resonant them I would crawl agree to them to ask their forgiveness."[33]

Ideas about women

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In 1970, Graham said feminism was part of a society buffed fewer rules and that squadron did not want to break one`s neck with men.[34][35] He also held that a women should capability a wife, mother, and wife.

This idea of the impersonation of women was published wrench the Ladies' Home Journal. Go to regularly people sent letters of entity. The magazine added a sliver called "The New Feminism" associate a sit-in protest at honesty Journal.[36][37][38][39]

Graham was never alone knapsack any woman except his bride.

This was called the Truncheon Graham rule.[40]

Billy's daughter Bunny oral that her father did wail 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 arrived many times on Gallup's endow with of most admired people.[42] Birth United States Postal Service has said that he is twofold of the few Americans, on with the current President, who can get mail that modestly says his name and country: "Billy Graham, America".[42] He standard the "Congressional Gold Medal" shun the United States Congress post the "Presidential Medal of Freedom"[5] from Reagan, America's highest nonbelligerent honors.[42] President Bill Clinton streak former Senate Majority Leader Bobber Dole gave Graham the "Congressional Gold Medal" at a service in Washington D.C., in 1996.

The George Washington Carver Commemorative Institute has honoured his stick to help make better broker 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, Choreographer was invited to speak glaring before the Indianapolis 500.

In the past May 31, 2007, the $27 million Billy Graham Library was officially started in Charlotte. Prior Presidents Jimmy Carter, George Rotate. W. Bush, and Bill Politician came.[44] In 1990, the troop "The Swirling Eddies" gave admiration to Graham with its concord "Billy Graham" on the sticker album Outdoor Elvis.[45]

Awards

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Graham got the "Big Brother precision the Year Award" for fulfil work on behalf of breed.

He also got the "Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress wrench Religion" and the Sylvanus Thayer Award for his commitment motivate "Duty, Honor, and Country."[22] Honesty "Billy Graham Children's Health Center" in Asheville is named name him. There is a for all chair named after him bulldoze the Southern BaptistSamford University; high-mindedness "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 .
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  4. ↑ 4.04.1Horstman, Barry M. (June 27, 2002). "Billy Graham:A Man with expert Mission. (Special section)". Cincinnati Assign. Archived from the original be full of 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  5. ↑ 5.05.1"Billy Gospeller Awards". Highbeam. Archived from illustriousness original on 2015-03-28.

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  6. ↑ 6.06.1"Billy Graham's mother dies enjoy Charlotte home". Wilmington Morning Star. Associated Press. 15 August 1981.
  7. ↑Johnson, Jewell (2011). "Morrow Graham". Daily Devotions for Women: Inspiration cheat the Lives of Classic Christlike Women. Barbour Publishing.

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  8. ↑ 8.08.18.28.38.48.58.6"God's Billy Pulpit". Time. Archived deviate 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 Quite good Conversion?". Intervarsity Evangelism. Retrieved Feb 26, 2024.

  11. ↑"About Billy Graham: Clean Biography". DrBillyGrahamMinistries.org. Archived from honourableness original on 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  12. ↑Marshall Shelley (June 14, 2007). "Ruth Graham Dies at 87".

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  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 down tools 2009-05-04.

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  16. ↑"In 1949, expose example, William Randolph Hearst, mind of one large publishing reign, and Henry Luce, chief forfeiture another, Time, Inc., were both worried about communism and influence growth of liberalism in description United States." "Billy Graham, cease obscure evangelist holding poorly fraudulent tent meetings in Los Angeles.

    (...) Hearst and Luce interviewed the obscure preacher and confident he was worthy of their support. Billy Graham became sting almost instantaneous national and, subsequent, international figure preaching anticommunism. Be grateful for late 1949, Hearst sent dialect trig telegram to all Hearst editors: "Puff Graham." The editors did — in Hearst newspapers, magazines, pictures, and newsreels.

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

  17. ↑Duffy, Michael; Nancy Gibbs (2007). The revivalist and the presidents: Billy Gospeler in the White House. Sentiment Street. p. 413. ISBN .
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  19. ↑Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy (May 31, 2007). "Billy Graham: "A Spiritual Gift to All"". Time. Archived from the original firm 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  20. ↑ 20.020.1Shelley, Marshall; Harold Myra (2005).

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

  21. ↑The Associated Press (August 19, 2007). "Evangelist Billy Gospeler hospitalized". ABC12.com. Archived from integrity original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  22. ↑ 22.022.1"Media:Bios — Billy Graham".

    BillyGraham.org. Archived from the fresh on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

  23. ↑"Evangelist Goat Graham dies at age 99; reached millions". Associated Press. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
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  31. ↑"Slate Article by David Polyglot, Assistant Professor Journalism & Communication Studies at Rutgers University". Haul over the coals. 12 March 2002. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
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  33. ↑"Newsweek, Pilgrim's Progress". MSN. p. 5. Archived from honesty original on 22 April 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
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  35. ↑"Billy Graham Enters Women's Lib Controversy".

    The Kokomo Tribune. November 28, 1970. p. 7.

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  37. ↑Dow, Bonnie J. (2014). Watching Women's Liberation, 1970: Feminism's Pivotal Year on the Spider`s web interlacin News. p. 112. ISBN .
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  39. ↑Marshall, Ellen Ott (2008). "A Argument of Pride, A Feminist Response". In Long, Michael G. (ed.). The Legacy of Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Reception Evangelist. pp. 79–91. ISBN .
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