1918-11-07 ( 106 years old ) in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist, a prominent evangelical Christian figure, and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well-known internationally in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
As a preacher, he held large indoor and outdoor rallies with sermons that were broadcast on radio and television; some were still being re-broadcast into the 21st century. In his six decades on television, Graham hosted annual "Crusades", evangelistic campaigns that ran from 1947 until his retirement in 2005. He also hosted the radio show Hour of Decision from 1950 to 1954. He repudiated racial segregation and insisted on racial integration for his revivals and crusades, starting in 1953; he also invited Martin Luther King Jr. to preach jointly at a revival in New York City in 1957. In addition to his religious aims, he helped shape the worldview of a huge number of people who came from different backgrounds, leading them to find a relationship between the Bible and contemporary secular viewpoints. According to his website, Graham preached to live audiences of 210 million people in more than 185 countries and territories through various meetings, including BMS World Mission and Global Mission.
Graham was a spiritual adviser to U.S. presidents, and he provided spiritual counsel for every president from Harry S. Truman (33rd) to Barack Obama (44th). He was particularly close to Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson (one of Graham's closest friends), and Richard Nixon. He was also lifelong friends with another televangelist, the founding pastor of the Crystal Cathedral, Robert Schuller, whom Graham talked into starting his own television ministry.
Graham operated a variety of media and publishing outlets. According to his staff, more than 3.2 million people have responded to the invitation at Billy Graham Crusades to "accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior". Graham's evangelism was appreciated by mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic denominations because he encouraged new converts to become members of these churches. As of 2008, Graham's estimated lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, topped 2.2 billion. One special televised broadcast in 1996 alone may have reached a television audience of as many as 2.5 billion people worldwide. Because of his crusades, Graham preached the gospel to more people in person than anyone in the history of Christianity. Graham was on Gallup's list of most admired men and women a record 61 times. Grant Wacker writes that by the mid-1960s, he had become the "Great Legitimator": "By then his presence conferred status on presidents, acceptability on wars, shame on racial prejudice, desirability on decency, dishonor on indecency, and prestige on civic events".
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Billy Graham
2021-05-17
When the World is Shaken
2021-01-28
Hail Satan?
2019-04-17
Billy Graham: An Extraordinary Journey
2018-03-04
Billy Graham: A Life Remembered
2018-02-24
Rules Don't Apply
2016-11-23
Heaven
2014-11-07
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014-08-04
The Case For Faith
2008-08-31
Billy Graham: God's Ambassador
2006-01-01
A Billy Graham Music Homecoming Volume 1
2001-01-01
A Billy Graham Music Homecoming Volume 2
2001-01-01
Something to Sing About
2000-06-10
The Home Coming
1996-01-01
Repeat Performance
1996-01-01
Power Play
1994-04-13
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
1993-01-01
Caught
1987-09-11
Cry from the Mountain
1985-11-01
Mickey's 50
1978-11-19
Born Again
1978-10-01
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976
1976-12-06
Time to Run
1973-01-24
The Woody Allen Special
1969-09-21
Two A Penny
1967-12-31
For Pete's Sake
1966-10-14
Lucía
1966-06-12
The Restless Ones
1965-12-02
Man in the 5th Dimension
1964-04-22
Shadow of the Boomerang
1961-08-07
The Heart is a Rebel
1958-01-01
Wiretapper
1955-08-10
Souls in Conflict
1954-09-28
Oiltown, U.S.A.
1953-02-27
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