billy graham

     

William Franklin Graham, Jr., KBE (born November 7, 1918) better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist an an Evangelical Christian. He has been a spiritual adviser to multiple U.S. presidents and was number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for the 20th century. He is a Southern Baptist.

Trivia about billy graham

  • On July 20, 1957 this evangelist set a Yankee Stadium attendance record when 100,000 jammed in to hear his message
  • This evangelist known for his "crusades" said he believed there is life on other planets & that the Bible hints at it
  • In May 1996 this evangelist & his wife Ruth were honored with a Congressional gold medal
  • Founder of her own AnGeL Ministries, Anne Lotz is the daughter of this famous evangelist & his wife Ruth
  • On Nov. 5, 1950 this evangelist began his radio program "The Hour of Decision"; it's still on the air
  • In June 2005 more than 230,000 attended this 86-year-old North Carolinian's New York Crusade
  • In 1957 he preached to a crowd of 100,000 at Yankee Stadium
  • George W. Bush said that at 40 he gave up booze & renewed his faith after a conversation with this evangelist
  • This preacher dresses casually or formally on different dustcovers for his 1997 book "Just As I Am"
  • (Jimmy) The all-time L.A. Coliseum attendance record of 134,254 occurred in 1963 when this reverend held a crusade here
  • In 1949 this man held a SRO 8-week crusade in a giant tent in Los Angeles that vaulted him to national fame
  • This evangelist retired from public life following a last crusade in 2005
  • In January 1989 he gave the invocation at President George Bush's inauguration