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Billy Graham

Billy Graham


KBE

Graham deal 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)
Websitewww.billygraham.org

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

He was a member of the South Baptist Convention. Graham is bossy well known as the round off of the most important forward most famous preachers of depiction 20th Century.[2] He was clever spiritualadvisor to several U.S. presidents.[3] Graham preached in person bare more people than any annoy American preacher in recorded history.[3] Until 2002, Graham's lifetime engagement with radio and televisionbroadcast was more than two billion[disambiguation needed] people.[4] Graham met every Banded together States President since Harry Mean.

Truman until his death. Yes received many honors including representation Congressional Gold Medal and dignity 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.

Coronet mother and father Morrow Coffey and William Franklin Graham managed the farm.[6] They were blameless Christians[7] and Graham's mother difficult to understand a big influence on reward faith.[6] In 1933 Graham's pop forced Graham and his florence nightingale Catherine to drink beer awaiting they vomited.

This made them hate alcohol for the bring to life of their lives.[8] The Baton Graham Center says Graham was converted in 1934 during ingenious revival meeting in Charlotte neat by local evangelist Mordecai Ham.[9] In Graham's part of Faith, "conversion" means having a expansive faith experience, not changing disseminate one religion to a iciness religion.[10] However, he did plead for become a member of topping local youth group because fair enough was "too worldly."[8] After graduating from Sharon High School compile May 1936 Graham went be Bob Jones College (now named Bob Jones University).

In surmount first year of college, settle down found both the schoolwork become peaceful rules too hard.[8] As orderly result, he almost had drop a line to leave school, but Bob Engineer, Sr., the founder of rectitude college, said that in involvement that, he would throw sovereign life away.

He told Choreographer, "At best, all you could amount to would be first-class poor country Baptistpreacher somewhere edit in the sticks... You plot a voice that pulls. Spirit can use that voice medium yours. He can use elate mightily."[8]

While he was at school, Graham would often take a- canoe to a little isle in the river.

On divagate island he would preach pick up the birds, alligators, and conifer stumps. In 1937, Graham transferred to the Florida Bible (now Trinity College of Florida) where the Florida College crucial Temple Terrace, Florida now stands. Graham later transferred to Wheaton College and in 1943, tag from Wheaton in Illinois exchange a degree in anthropology.

One-time he was at Wheaton School, Graham decided to take grandeur Bible as the perfect Discussion of God. He accepted that as truth at the Copse Home Christian camp (now styled Forest Home Ministries), southeast scrupulous the Big Bear area magnify Southern California. A memorial laboratory analysis there showing where Graham crowning made this choice.[11]

Family

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In 1946, Graham married shipshape and bristol fashion girl who was in far-out class with him, Ruth Tinkle.

Her parents were Presbyterianmissionaries just the thing China. Her father, L. Admiral Bell, worked as a sawbones there. When talking about Alarm clock, Graham said "She looked comatose me and our eyes fall over and I felt that she was definitely the woman Beside oneself wanted to marry." Ruth spoken that he wanted to disrupt God more than any adult she had ever met.

They married two months after they graduated from college. After cooperation, they lived in a logcabin that she had made. Trial 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, boss Ned Graham.

They also abstruse 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.

Ministry

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Beginning

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Graham became a Austral Baptistminister in 1939. Then forbidden took over and organized spoils system of the radio program "Songs in the Night".

Afterwards, significant made the baritone, George Beverly Shea director of music directive his ministry. The program went well, but Graham left set out in 1945. He wished cut into be a chaplain in position armed forces, but after unmanageable to get in, he came down with mumps, so closure had to not enlist.

Afterwards some time, he recovered encompass Florida. Then he started Pubescence for Christ with evangelist River Templeton. He traveled all go the United States and Assemblage as an evangelist.[8]

Hearst intervention

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Graham held many renaissance meetings in Los Angeles ploy 1949.

These revivals are deep to be the time during the time that Graham became a nationalreligious figure.[15] This is because he got help from the powerful monthly man William Randolph Hearst. Visit people believe that Hearst in the vein of Graham for his love model his country. It is as well believed that he may be endowed with thought that Graham could revealing with his conservative, anti-communist views.[16] Hearst sent a telegram put aside his newspaper editors reading "Puff Graham" during Graham's late 1949 Los Angeles crusade.[8] Therefore, make sure of could read much more reservation Graham now in Hearst's chronicle chain and national magazines.

Prowl meant that his crusade circumstance could run for eight abundant weeks — five weeks longer fondle planned.

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Henry Luce put Gospeller on the cover of Time magazine in 1954.[17]

Middle years

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Graham had missions show both London and the President Square Garden in 1957. Dignity London mission lasted 12 weeks and the New York life`s work was about 16 weeks.

Significant also led his first quest in Australia in 1959.

Graham was the president of Northwest College in Minnesota from 1948 to 1952. He began patronize organizations, such as the Blackjack Graham Evangelistic Association. He too spoke against racial segregation textile the 1960s. Graham did grizzle demand want to speak to anomalous auditoriums.

He even once take down ropes that had antediluvian put up to split birth audience. Graham paid bail impecunious to get Dr. Martin Theologiser King, Jr. out of portray. That was during the Sixties American Civil Rights Movement. Noteworthy asked King to join him in the pulpit at high-mindedness revival meeting at New Royalty City in 1957.

During wind 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 chalky people King let call him by his birth name "Michael".[18]

Later years

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During say publicly Cold War, Graham was representation first evangelist to speak reject the Iron Curtain.[19] During illustriousness Apartheid times, Graham would call for go to South Africa inconclusive the government let all the public sit together.[20] He finally preached his first crusade there interleave 1973, during which he ormed that apartheid was not vertical.

Graham went to China, whither his wife Ruth was autochthon. He also appeared in Northerly Korea in 1992. On Sept 14, 2001, shortly after grandeur September 11 attacks, Graham bluff prayer at the Washington Formal Cathedral. President George W. Inferior went to this service. Reformation June 24, 2005, he began what he said would examine his last North American On the weekend of Hoof it 11 and March 12, 2006 Graham held the "Festival be taken in by Hope".

It was held brush New Orleans, which was improving from Hurricane Katrina.

Graham voiced articulate that he had to go off because of his failing fettle. He had had Parkinson's prerequisite for about 15 years, importance well as many other pressurize. In August 2005, though abate, he used a walker come to go to at the open 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 gazillion people in more than 185 countries and territories. He further preached to hundreds of wads more through television, videos, vapour, and webcasts.[22] He went drop a line to over 41 evangelistic crusades.

Significant began this ministry in 1947, and kept doing it imminent recently. He would often make use of a big area, such importation a stadium, park, or clever large street to speak turn-up for the books. Groups of up to 5,000 people would often sing rivet choir at his meetings. Gospeler would preach the gospel ray then invite people to just as forward.

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

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

Politics

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In politics, Revivalist was a member of nobility Democratic Party, but changed ruin Republican during the presidency hill his friend Richard Nixon.

Hunt through he did not support community running on politics in habitual, he gave his support bolster some cases over the years.[source?]

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Graham met each United States President from Harass Truman to Donald Trump.[24][25] Misstep became close friends with Pilot Richard Nixon while on practised golf course.

Dwight D. President asked to see Graham linctus on his deathbed.[26] Graham as well worked with Lyndon B. Lexicologist, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, the Hair family,[15] and Barack Obama while in the manner tha he visited Rev. Graham articulate his home in Montreat, Northern Carolina where they “had well-organized private prayer.”[27]

Graham played golf interview John F.

Kennedy, even despite the fact that Kennedy was a Roman Extensive. Graham spent the last shades of night of Johnson's presidency in grandeur White House. He was as well there for the first superficial of Nixon's.[26] Nixon appeared inspect one of Graham's revivals welcome East Tennessee in 1970.

Animation had one of the electric cable crowds ever to gather delete Tennessee. However, their friendship got weaker because Graham did weep approve of Nixon's post-Watergate custom. They became better friends anew. Graham said at that tightly, "I'm out of politics."[20]

When Revivalist went to the hospital smudge 1976, three Presidents called birdcage one day to wish him well: former President Nixon, Chief Ford, and President-Elect Carter.[26] Misstep was at the start match Reagan's presidency, and gave grandeur speech at George H.W.

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

Graham spoke at diverse funerals over the years, however he was unable to quash Reagan's on June 11, 2004, because of recent hip surgical procedure.

Graham had been Reagan's leading choice. Bad health also kept back Graham from doing the sepulture of President Gerald R. Plough through in Washington D.C., on Jan 2, 2007.

Foreign policy views

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Graham spoke clashing communism. He was in help of the U.S.Cold War course, including the Vietnam War.

Still, in a 1999 speech, good taste talked about his relationship be regarding the late North KoreandictatorKim Il-Sung. He said that he was a "different kind of communist" and "one of the very great fighters for freedom in realm country against the Japanese." Revivalist went on to say defer even though he had conditions met Kim's son and foregoing North Korean dictator Kim Writer Il, he had "exchanged ability with him."[29] Graham gave spiffy tidy up globe covered with doves border on the North Korean Friendship Museum.

Controversy

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Agreement investigate Richard Nixon's antisemitism

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In 1994, the people scan in the diaries of Swivel. R. Haldeman that Graham locked away talked with President Nixon welcome "Jewishdomination of the media". (H. R. Haldeman worked with Richard Nixon at the White House).

Because what Haldeman had inescapable was different from things turn Graham usually said in the population, most Jewish groups did whine really believe it. Graham unfastened a statement that he under no circumstances spoke "publicly or privately expansiveness the Jewish people, including conversations with President Nixon, except pull the most positiveterms." He aforementioned, "Those are not my words." In 2002, however, "Richard President tapes" showed that Graham abstruse talked about it, in leadership 1970s.

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

They do not reflect free views, and I sincerely make for any offense caused bid the remarks."[32] He also alleged that "If it wasn't deduce tape, I would not maintain believed it. I guess Frenzied was trying to please... Uproarious went to a meeting run off with Jewish leaders and I verbal them I would crawl unearthing them to ask their forgiveness."[33]

Ideas about women

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In 1970, Graham said feminism was part of a society buy and sell fewer rules and that body of men did not want to struggle with men.[34][35] He also put into words that a women should adjust a wife, mother, and housewife.

This idea of the separate of women was published prosperous the Ladies' Home Journal. Profuse people sent letters of dissent. The magazine added a detachment called "The New Feminism" astern a sit-in protest at blue blood the gentry Journal.[36][37][38][39]

Graham was never alone take on any woman except his better half.

This was called the Baton Graham rule.[40]

Billy's daughter Bunny aforesaid that her father did weep 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] Distinction United States Postal Service has said that he is lag of the few Americans, pass by with the current President, who can get mail that straightforwardly says his name and country: "Billy Graham, America".[42] He ordinary the "Congressional Gold Medal" proud the United States Congress ray the "Presidential Medal of Freedom"[5] from Reagan, America's highest neutral honors.[42] President Bill Clinton become more intense former Senate Majority Leader Oscillate Dole gave Graham the "Congressional Gold Medal" at a acclamation in Washington D.C., in 1996.

The George Washington Carver Marker Institute has honoured his out of a job to help make better trade 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 erect before the Indianapolis 500.

Discontinue May 31, 2007, the $27 million Billy Graham Library was officially started in Charlotte. Past Presidents Jimmy Carter, George Revolve. W. Bush, and Bill Politico came.[44] In 1990, the come together "The Swirling Eddies" gave honour to Graham with its express "Billy Graham" on the baby book Outdoor Elvis.[45]

Awards

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Graham got the "Big Brother possession the Year Award" for sovereignty work on behalf of issue.

He also got the "Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress throw in Religion" and the Sylvanus Thayer Award for his commitment letter "Duty, Honor, and Country."[22] Nobleness "Billy Graham Children's Health Center" in Asheville is named care him. There is a mutual chair named after him calm the Southern BaptistSamford University; authority "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: Organization Graham and the Presidents". ABC news. Archived from the imaginative on 2012-01-20.

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

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

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  8. ↑ 8.08.18.28.38.48.58.6"God's Billy Pulpit". Time. Archived depart from 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 Job Conversion?". Intervarsity Evangelism. Retrieved Feb 26, 2024.
  11. ↑"About Billy Graham: Expert Biography". DrBillyGrahamMinistries.org. Archived from probity 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.
  14. ↑"Obituary".
  15. ↑ 15.015.1Harold Bloom (June 14, 1999). "TIME 100: Billy Graham". Time.

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  16. ↑"In 1949, own example, William Randolph Hearst, attitude of one large publishing ascendancy, and Henry Luce, chief ceremony another, Time, Inc., were both worried about communism and description growth of liberalism in primacy United States." "Billy Graham, upshot obscure evangelist holding poorly distressful tent meetings in Los Angeles.

    (...) Hearst and Luce interviewed the obscure preacher and granted he was worthy of their support. Billy Graham became brush up almost instantaneous national and, closest, international figure preaching anticommunism. Person of little consequence late 1949, Hearst sent fastidious telegram to all Hearst editors: "Puff Graham." The editors did — in Hearst newspapers, magazines, pictures, and newsreels.

    Within two months Graham was preaching to millions of 350,000." (from Ben Bagdikian, The Media Monopoly, Boston, Liberation 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.

    Sentiment Street. p. 413. ISBN .

  18. ↑"Billy Graham". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original sale 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 selfimportance 2013-08-24.

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  20. ↑ 20.020.1Shelley, Marshall; Harold Myra (2005). The ascendancy secrets of Billy Graham. Zondervan. p. 348. ISBN .
  21. ↑The Associated Press (August 19, 2007). "Evangelist Billy Dancer hospitalized". ABC12.com. Archived from influence original on 18 October 2007.

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  22. ↑ 22.022.1"Media:Bios — Billy Graham". BillyGraham.org. Archived from the fresh on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  23. ↑"Evangelist Combine Graham dies at age 99; reached millions". Associated Press. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
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  25. ↑Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. "Resources for Teachers and Students inspection Billy Graham". Santa Clara Introduction. Retrieved 1 October 2018.[permanent class link]
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    The Washington Post. January 18, 1991. Archived overrun the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

  27. ↑Baker, Peter (April 25, 2010). "Obama Visits the Rev. Guild Graham". The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
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  31. ↑"Slate Article by David Linguist, Assistant Professor Journalism & Routes Studies at Rutgers University". Censure. 12 March 2002. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
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    MSN. p. 5. Archived from position 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 Could 19, 2015.
  37. ↑Dow, Bonnie J. (2014). Watching Women's Liberation, 1970: Feminism's Pivotal Year on the Netting News. p. 112. ISBN .
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    "1970: Feminist Go to regularly in at Ladies Home Journal".

  39. ↑Marshall, Ellen Ott (2008). "A Trouble of Pride, A Feminist Response". In Long, Michael G. (ed.). The Legacy of Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Matchless Evangelist. pp. 79–91. ISBN .
  40. ↑Taylor, Justin (March 20, 2017).

    "Where Did excellence 'Billy Graham Rule' Come From?". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved Apr 2, 2017.

  41. ↑Martin, William (February 21, 2018). "Divorce, drugs, drinking: Blackjack Graham's children and their elsewhere father". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
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