Billy Graham
Billy Graham
William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr.is an American evangelical Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, who rose to celebrity status in 1949 reaching a core constituency of middle-class, moderately conservative Protestants. He held large indoor and outdoor rallies; sermons were broadcast on radio and television, some still being re-broadcast today. In his six decades of television, Graham is principally known for hosting the annual Billy Graham Crusades, which he began in 1947, until he concluded in 2005, at the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth7 November 1918
CityCharlotte, NC
CountryUnited States of America
We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.
I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them.
I think that if I would talk on a political subject, if I talk about it, it would divide the audience on that issue. That's not my issue.
Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.
When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.
It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and humanism.
I'm not focused on the gay and lesbian movement.
I don't think the government should be in the trailer-park business. I don't think they know how to run a trailer park.
Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.
I can barely walk, but it's a privilege to be able to move at all.
I'm not an analyzer. I've got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don't analyze people.
If you'd have said Evangelical in 1957, most people wouldn't know what you were talking about. And then, they'd be against it.
Throughout my ministry, I have sought to build bridges between Jews and Christians.
It's sometimes comical to hear the younger generation ask their peers to repeat themselves.