21 Things To Know About Billy Graham
America’s world-renowned evangelist-Billy Graham whose life and ministry affected the world for more than 40 years is a living legend both in the religious and secular circles. He is a man of God and a man of history whose impact cannot be forgotten.
So, join me to explore the life of Evangelist Billy Graham.
1.His full name: William Franklin Graham, Jr
2.Born on born on November 7, 1918, in Charlotte, North Carolina
3.He is the first of four children raised on the family’s dairy farm in Charlotte.
4.Billy Graham was an evangelist at revival meetings, and on radio and television for over 40 years.
5.He retired from active ministerial works in 2005
6.Billy Graham was ordained in 1939 at Southern Baptist Convention church.
7.He graduated from the Florida Bible Institute with a bachelor’s in theology, Wheaton College, Illinois.
8.Billy Graham met his wife, Ruth McCue Bell at Wheaton College, Illinois. Ruth was the daughter of a missionary
9.He married Ruth on August 13, 1943
- His wife of 64 years, Ruth Bell Graham, died in 2007.
11.He has find Children- Virginia (1945), followed by Anne Morrow (1948), Ruth Bell (1950), William Franklin III (1952), and Nelson Edman (1958).They are all ministers of the gospel.
12.The first church he pastored- the First Baptist Church in Western Springs, Illinois
13.Billy Graham became president of Northwestern Schools, a group of Christian schools in Minnesota in 1947.
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association created the Billy Graham Evangelistic Film Ministry as a means of distributing personal conversion stories to the public through films in 1952.
15.He created Christianity Today Magazine in 1955.
16.The name of his Mother: Morrow (Coffey) Graham
17.The name of his Father: William Franklin Graham Sr.
18.Billy became born-again after hearing an evangelist preach in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1934.
19.He has preached to over 215 million people in more than 185 countries
20.Billy Graham has met with met with every US president from Harry Truman to Barack Obama.
21.Graham has been listed by Gallup as one of the “Ten Most Admired Men in the World” more than 50 times.