Franklin Graham
Franklin Graham
William Franklin Graham III, known as Franklin Graham, is an American Christian evangelist and missionary. He is president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Associationand of Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief organization. He became a committed Christian in 1974 and was ordained in 1982...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth14 July 1952
CityAsheville, NC
CountryUnited States of America
No matter what storm you face, you need to know that God loves you. He has not abandoned you.
Jesus Christ came for me, and he came for each person that is infected with HIV/AIDS. God loves that person. He doesn't hate them. They've made mistakes. We've all made mistakes. But God loves them, God cares for them, and Jesus Christ died for their sins.
We aren't slowing down. In fact, 2006 will be one of our most active years of ministry.
I'm not condemning people. God's going to do that. I just want to be honest with people. I just want to tell them the truth. ... People don't want to know what I have to say. They want to know what God has to say.
We all face storms in life, whether it is a storm like Katrina, a storm in a marriage, or a storm in our finances.
There's been a black spiritual cloud over New Orleans for years.
A living crusade ... the truth of the gospel.
I saw my father preach in Madison Square Garden, and I was a little embarrassed, I think, the first time I heard him preach. That's my father up there, and I kind of slid down in my chair.
I was 22 years old when I asked Christ to come into my heart. You cannot be born a Christian; you can only be converted. And that is by putting your faith and trust in Christ.
It's hard to pin down what it means to be an evangelical today. It's been diluted quite a bit. It is a powerful voting bloc, no question, but they're liberal as well as conservative - and they're made of Latinos, blacks, whites.
I think AIDS can be won. I think we can win this fight. It is winnable. But it means behavior change.
All I know is that I'm a sinner and that God has forgiven me of my sins. Because I put my faith and trust in Jesus Christ.
You have to look at what a person does with his life. Anyone can say that he's a Christian, but you look at how they live.
I've never really been one to try to be politically correct. I just feel truth is truth, and sometimes I probably offend some people.