In Just As I Am Billy Graham writes, “At the close of a preaching series at Sharon Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, those dear people gave me, as I recall, an offering of $165.00. I raced right out and spent almost all of it on an engagement ring with a diamond so big you could almost …
Throughout the years, crusades began to grow larger and larger, and the number of people coming forward to receive Christ continually increased. In response, Billy Graham asked Dawson Trotman, who worked at the Navigators, to help him develop a system that would give these people the opportunity to experience discipleship and growth. The Navigators already …
In 1974 Billy Graham was invited to hold a crusade in Phoenix, Arizona, at a stadium on the campus of Arizona State University. During one of the services, Reverend Tom Claus presented Billy Graham with a ceremonial Native American headdress. Several Indian tribes in the Phoenix area were involved in the preparations for the crusade …
For many years Sterling Huston directed Mr. Graham’s crusades in the USA and Canada. In his book, Crusade Evangelism and the Local Church, he clearly states, “Prayer is the first priority in Evangelism. People, methods, and materials are instruments, and it is only through prayer that these instruments become effective by the empowering of the …
In his book “The Canvas Cathedral” Lewis Drummond declares, “God moves in answer to the prayers of his people. Billy Graham fully recognizes that revival, in the purest sense, comes through persistent prayer along with the faithful declaration of the Word of God.” Billy shares from his experience “Prayer is crucial in evangelism: Only God …
In 1952, encouraged by his friends Fred Dienert and Walter Bennett, Billy Graham began a spiritual advice column for the Chicago Tribune—New York News syndicate. Within one year, My Answer was syndicated in 73 daily newspapers across America. Today, it runs six days a week carried by several hundred newspapers and seen by millions of …
This month of November marks the 63rd anniversary of the Hour of Decision. The first broadcast was on November 5, 1950 over the American Broadcasting Company network from Atlanta, Georgia. It was carried live on over 150 stations from coast to coast. The 30-minute weekly program was hosted by Cliff Barrows, with Bible reading, special …
September 25-November 20 marks the 64th anniversary of the Los Angeles Crusade held in 1949. The Crusade was scheduled for three weeks, but ran for an unprecedented eight weeks. In his book, Just As I Am, Billy Graham shares some of his thoughts concerning those meetings. “As the Campaign went into its fifth week, we …
Billy Graham learned early in his ministry how important it was to have gifted musicians on the Crusade platform with him. In earlier months we shared how God led Billy to George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows and how invaluable they soon became in the Crusade meetings. Equally important were Tedd Smith in the early …
In his book “Just As I Am“, Billy Graham reminds us several times that the ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association was and is a team effort. He writes, “The dedicated men and women working with us have been willing to do anything and everything. In the case Grady and T.W. Wilson, both now …