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
Man is not born to atheism. He is born to believe.
New York is definitely ready for the word of God.
My father had a dairy farm. He employed three black families and one white family, and I used to play with black children.
I'm grateful for the evangelical resurgence we've seen across the world in the last half-century or so. It truly has been God's doing.
I was reared in the church, in the Presbyterian Church.
I think television has had a vast, unbelievable impact on us.
I think Pat Robertson is a terrific fellow.
I don't have to see a murder in order to condemn murder.
Don't get old, if you can avoid it.
Death wasn't part of God's original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy - the last enemy to be destroyed.
My wife has about everything I can think of.
Regardless of what society says, we can't go on much longer in the sea of immorality without judgment coming.
Only the supernatural love of God through changed lives can solve the problems that we face in our world.
You know, when Jesus dealt with people with moral problems, like dear Walter had, he always dealt tenderly, ... I just hope if you have any contact with him, you'll give him my love and understanding.