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Billy Graham

American Christian evangelist (1918–2018)

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Billy Graham was an American Christian evangelist who lived from 1918 to 2018 and became one of the most influential religious figures of the 20th century, holding massive revival meetings and reaching millions of people through preaching and media. He matters because of his significant impact on American Christianity and culture, and because his life and work shaped how evangelical Christianity developed and was practiced during his lifetime.

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Born: November 7, 1918
Died: February 21, 2018
Works: 214

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom

Discography

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Listeners: 1,466
Total plays: 3,909

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5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“Either communism must die or Christianity must die because it's actually a battle between Christ and anti-Christ.”
“I have come out in favor of birth control but sterilization is a crippling of a vital body function.”
“Commitment to great causes makes great men.”
“I feel sorry for the man who has never known the bracing thrill of taking a stand and sticking to it fearlessly. Moral courage has rewards that timidity can never imagine. Like a shot of adrenaline, it floods the spirit with vitality.”
“I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it.”
“"What is the greatest surprise you have found about life?” a university student asked me several years ago. "Its brevity" I replied without hesitation. … Time moves so quickly, and no matter who we are or what we have done, the time will come when our lives will be over. As Jesus said, "As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work" (John 9:4). … Life is short, and every day is a gift from God.”

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Official website: billygraham.org
Image: Billy Graham bw photo, April 11, 1966.jpg
Number of children: 5

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Commons category: Billy Graham
date of birth: 1918-11-07
birth name: William Franklin Graham Jr.
date of death: 2018-02-21
start of work period: 1947-00-00
name in native language: Billy Graham
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William Franklin Graham Jr. (/ˈɡreɪəm/; November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister, and civil rights advocate, whose broadcasts and world tours featuring live sermons became well known in the mid-to-late 20th century. Throughout his career, spanning over six decades, Graham rose to prominence as an evangelical Christian figure in the United States and abroad.

According to a biographer, Graham was considered "among the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century. Beginning in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Graham became known for filling stadiums and other massive venues around the world where he preached live sermons; these were often broadcast via radio and television with some continuing to be seen into the 21st century. During his six decades on television, Graham hosted his annual "crusades", evangelistic live-campaigns, from 1947 until his retirement in 2005. He also hosted the radio show Hour of Decision from 1950 to 1954. He repudiated racial segregation, at a time of intense racial strife in the United States, insisting on racial integration for all of his revivals and crusades, as early as 1953. He also later invited Martin Luther King Jr. to preach jointly at a revival in New York City in 1957. In addition to his religious aims, he helped shape the worldview of a huge number of people who came from different backgrounds, leading them to find a relationship between the Bible and contemporary secular viewpoints. According to his website, Graham spoke to live audiences consisting of at least 210 million people, in more than 185 countries and territories, through various meetings, including BMS World Mission and Global Mission events.