From February 19 – March 12, 1950, Billy Graham and his team held their first major southern Crusade in Columbia, South Carolina. He would later receive “The Faith We Have Not Kept” from Strom Thurmond with whom he and Ruth stayed during their time in Columbia.
From “Unto the Hills” by Billy Graham
“Early on, Dr. King and I spoke about his method of using non-violent demonstrations to bring an end to racial segregation. He urged me to keep doing what I was doing – preaching the Gospel to integrated audiences and supporting his goals by example – and not join him in the streets.”
“We aren’t only called to become Christians; we are also called to be Christians.” – Billy Graham
We are honored that you have followed along with us throughout 2014. Happy New Year!
Laura Hillenbrand recounts the night, in 1949, when Zamperini attended Billy Graham’s Los Angeles meeting and had an encounter with God that would change his life forever in her book, “Unbroken.”
Billy Graham explains why the Christmas story shared in the home of he and his wife, Ruth, differs from the traditional message from the Gospel of Luke that many are drawn to.
Make it a day of real thanksgiving in which we fall on out knees and give humble and sincere thanks to God for all the spiritual and material blessings that He has poured down upon us as a people.
On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell marking the end of a communist country in Germany and the new era of freedom in eastern Europe. Billy Graham had first visited behind the Iron Curtain in 1959 as a tourist and left “with a dream, a hope, and a prayer that someday I, along with others, might proclaim the Gospel throughout” those communist-run countries.
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