Billy Graham Jr
Christian evangelist and author of many spiritual and devotional books, William Franklin Graham Jr, also known as, Billy Graham, was born on November 7, 1918, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Billy Graham got his big popularity start preaching at an L.A. revival and was a guest on Stuart Hamblen's radio show in 1949. The publicity made Graham a very popular preaching icon and he began broadcasting his sermons globally. Writing his first book in 1947 “Calling Youth to Christ” when Billy was ministering to young men who was going or coming from serving their country in the military. Billy Graham retired in 2005, now making his home in Montreat, North Carolina. He said but his ministry has never stopped. He spends his time reading and sending letters
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The success of Graham's radio and television programs made Billy become a very contactable person giving him the opportunity to preach at more places and becoming an icon to be a spiritual advisor . Billy used the media as a means for spreading the gospel of Christ, allowing him to access millions of people around the world. In addition to Billy Graham Crusades and “Hour of Decision,” a TV show hosted by Billy Graham, BGEA helped spread the gospel any way they could. Months after creating the radio programs, Billy was asked about writing a daily devotional column titled My Answer, which still is in newspapers that go across the country even today. He even started to produce motion pictures to spread the gospel. Even though Christians were a little worrisome of motion pictures, Billy really motivated people to watch movies as a method for sharing the Gospel, releasing the film Mr. Texas in 1951 and officially creating World Wide Pictures in 1952 as the motion picture division of BGEA. During this time WWP would produce and distribute more than 130 films, including many full-length movies. Graham also started to value in books and magazines that could encourage Christians and be used as tools for many young converts to be a witness to people further spreading the gospel. This was creating a domino effect and it was making the world change as we know it. This gave this time period called the Spiritual Awakening. He released six books in the first decade of BGEA.Billy Graham during 1956 founded the publication of Christianity called, Christianity of today. In 1960, Graham published the first issue of BGEA’s Decision magazine, which has grown into a widely read Christian periodical with 400,000 sellers
The success of Graham's radio and television programs made Billy become a very contactable person giving him the opportunity to preach at more places and becoming an icon to be a spiritual advisor . Billy used the media as a means for spreading the gospel of Christ, allowing him to access millions of people around the world. In addition to Billy Graham Crusades and “Hour of Decision,” a TV show hosted by Billy Graham, BGEA helped spread the gospel any way they could. Months after creating the radio programs, Billy was asked about writing a daily devotional column titled My Answer, which still is in newspapers that go across the country even today. He even started to produce motion pictures to spread the gospel. Even though Christians were a little worrisome of motion pictures, Billy really motivated people to watch movies as a method for sharing the Gospel, releasing the film Mr. Texas in 1951 and officially creating World Wide Pictures in 1952 as the motion picture division of BGEA. During this time WWP would produce and distribute more than 130 films, including many full-length movies. Graham also started to value in books and magazines that could encourage Christians and be used as tools for many young converts to be a witness to people further spreading the gospel. This was creating a domino effect and it was making the world change as we know it. This gave this time period called the Spiritual Awakening. He released six books in the first decade of BGEA.Billy Graham during 1956 founded the publication of Christianity called, Christianity of today. In 1960, Graham published the first issue of BGEA’s Decision magazine, which has grown into a widely read Christian periodical with 400,000 sellers