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
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.
When we first arrived and saw the overwhelming destruction, many people asked where you even begin to respond? It starts with helping just one person, one family at a time, and doing what we can to give people relief and a sense of hope.
Increasingly, viewers are looking to local television news as they used to look at radio, as the most immediate of the media. If the firefighter story broke in the morning, it has lost some immediacy, unless there are significant new developments.
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.
No matter what storm you face, you need to know that God loves you. He has not abandoned you.
We all face storms in life, whether it is a storm like Katrina, a storm in a marriage, or a storm in our finances.
A living crusade ... the truth of the gospel.
There's been a black spiritual cloud over New Orleans for years.
Because he was obedient and said, 'Yes,' God took him out of that dairy barn and literally took him around the world.
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.
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.