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William Franklin Graham Jr. (/ ˈ ɡ r eɪ ə m /; November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister, and civil rights advocate, [1] [2] whose broadcasts and world tours featuring live sermons became well known in the mid- to late 20th century.
Graham also served BGEA as executive director of the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove in Asheville, North Carolina until 2022. The Cove offers multi-day seminars and one-day events on a variety of Christian subjects and features nationally-recognized [ citation needed ] speakers.
Over 58 years, Billy Graham reached more than 210 million people (face to face and by satellite feeds). [6] The New York Crusade of 1957 - the longest of Graham's evangelistic crusades took place in Madison Square Garden, which lasted 16 weeks. [7]
[3] As a result, within five days Graham gained national coverage. [14] [15] With such media attention, the crusade event ran for eight weeks—five weeks longer than planned. Graham became a national figure. [16] Henry Luce also promoted Graham with coverage at this time, and by 1954 featured him on the cover of his magazine TIME. [15]
Nightly events at Cotton Bowl features bands, well known preachers, [2] and pro players from various sporting teams. [6] Billy Graham spoke on six occasions during the event including the final event which was a public, eight-hour-long, Christian music festival on Saturday, June 17, 1972. Dubbed "The Christian Woodstock", the event drew an ...
A bronze sculpture of the late Rev. Billy Graham was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, with Christianity's most prolific evangelist once known as “America’s Pastor” immortalized in ...
The Billy Graham Library is a public museum and library documenting the life and ministry of Christian evangelist Billy Graham. The 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m 2 ) complex [ 1 ] opened to the public on June 5, 2007. [ 2 ]
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