Pastor William Franklin Graham or Billy Graham, November 7, 1918 - February 21, 2018, was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. He is a famous contemporary Christian evangelist in the United States. Evangelist, one of the representatives of the evangelical church after World War II. He frequently serves as an adviser to the President of the United States and is ranked No. 7 on Gallup's list of famous people of the 20th century.

On February 21, 2018, Billy Graham passed away peacefully at home at the age of 99. Basic introduction Chinese name: Billy Graham Foreign name: William Franklin Graham or Billy Graham Nationality: American Place of birth: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Date of birth: November 7, 1918 Date of death: February 21, 2018 Occupation: Pastor Gender: Male biography, books, awards and honors, citations, biography, descendants, biography: On November 7, 1918, Billy Graham was born in a Presbyterian family on a ranch near Charlottetown, North Carolina. He was the eldest son of the family. The family is of Scottish and Irish descent. As a boy, Billy Graham had nothing outstanding except for his love of playing baseball. In September 1934, he was deeply moved by a revival meeting led by Pastor Mordecai Ham in the town. He decided to devote himself to the church and changed his denomination to join the Southern Baptist Convention. This incident changed his life. In May 1936, after graduating from high school, Billy Graham entered Bob Jones College (now Bob Jones University) in South Carolina. Because he could not adapt to the strict fundamentalist atmosphere there, he transferred to Florida Bible College, now Trinity College of Florida. In 1939, Billy Graham was ordained as a Southern Baptist minister. Later, he entered Wheaton College in Illinois to study anthropology. On August 13, 1943, he married Ruth McCue Bell (1920-2007), the daughter of a missionary who had returned from the Pacific War. Ruth Bell was born and raised in Qingjiangpu (now Huai'an), Jiangsu Province, China. His father, Nelson Bell (1894-1973), was a famous missionary doctor of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States. He presided over the world's largest church in Qingjiangpu. Mission Hospital Mercy Hospital. While at Wheaton, Billy Graham was influenced by Henrietta Mears [1] of the First Presbyterian Church in Hollywood and believed that the Bible was the word of God and was completely inerrant. After their marriage, the couple briefly pastored a church in Western Springs, Illinois, near Chicago, and met the famous Canadian singer George Beverly Shea, who became an important partner in lifelong evangelism. From 1948 to 1952, Billy Graham served as president of Northwest Minnesota College. After graduating from Wheaton, Graham joined Youth for Christ. He traveled throughout the United States and Europe as an evangelist. In September 1949, Billy Graham formed an evangelistic team and held an evangelistic meeting in Los Angeles. It caused a sensation. The evangelistic meeting was originally scheduled for three weeks but was postponed to eight weeks. It sparked a craze for evangelistic meetings across the country. In 1950, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) was established, with its headquarters initially in Minneapolis and later moved to Charlotte. Since then, all the crusades led by him have been collectively known as "The Billy Graham Crusade". His crusade in London lasted 12 weeks in 1954, and his crusade in Madison Square Park in New York City lasted 16 weeks in 1957. In January 1956, he went to preach in Kerala, southern India, and was also very popular.

By the early 1990s, it was estimated that more than 110 million people around the world (outside the United States) had attended his sermons in person. Gurdjieff's footprints had reached almost all major cities in the world, breaking through race and culture. and political obstacles. In 1959, he led the most successful evangelistic meeting in Australian history, which led to church growth for the next 15 years, establishing many new churches and forming many home Bible groups, which lasted for 35 years. The largest attendance was in Seoul (Seoul), South Korea in the 1970s, when one million people attended. From June 24 to 26, 2005, the 87-year-old Billy Graham led his last sermon in Flushing Meadows Park, New York. More than 242,000 people attended, and more than 9,000 people made a decision. Billy Graham reached more audiences than any other person in history - more than 200 million people in 185 countries - through television, radio, movies and the Internet. However, Billy Graham is 88 years old and suffers from hydrocephalus, Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer. In May 2005, he broke his pelvis in a fall at his home in North Carolina, leaving him with limited mobility. A walking frame is required to attend events. "I have known each of them for a long time before becoming president. I visited their homes many times and called them by their names until they became president." The person who said this was Billy Graham, the most influential person in the United States. A powerful evangelist. Since President Truman, Billy Graham has interacted with 11 presidents before and after, and served as the spiritual adviser to every U.S. president after Eisenhower. No one in the United States could observe every move in the White House as closely as Billy Graham did for 50 years. Answers to Death Questions for U.S. Presidents What do the world's most powerful U.S. presidents want from the world's most famous preacher? "Some of them have messed up personal lives. But I love them and I admire them," Graham said. Likewise, the White House is changing Billy Graham all the time. "I am always alert to political dangers. Politics is dirty to me, but I have regarded it as a part of life. I try to leave love to the presidents." Billy Graham exudes innocence and innocence in the Oval Office of the White House. Integrity and honesty. So presidents were more relaxed than tense when Billy Graham was around. Presidents felt safe with Billy Graham discussing spiritual issues such as eternity, sin, and death. In 1955, Billy Graham met his first real presidential friend, Eisenhower. Eisenhower often asked him how people could know for sure whether they would go to heaven after they died. President Kennedy wanted to know more about how the world would end. President Johnson was haunted by his own mortality. "He was kind of afraid of death," Graham said. Once, Johnson asked Billy Graham to fly with him to a meeting because the weather was bad and Johnson was worried that the plane would fall. As a preacher, Billy Graham did not have a church. He spent his life preaching on football fields to thousands of people. America's first family gave Billy Graham a rare opportunity to become a family pastor. He gave them a refuge and guided the First Family through difficult times. Many presidents wanted Billy Graham to spend their last night in the White House with them. In 1967, at his mother's funeral, President Richard Nixon fainted in Billy Graham's arms. When President Reagan passed away in 2004, the first person outside of her family that Nancy Reagan notified was Billy Graham. For more than 20 years, Mr. and Mrs. Bush invited Mr. and Mrs. Graham to their home in Maine every summer. One day in 1985, Billy Graham invited George W. Bush to go for a walk on the beach. George W. Bush said that Billy Graham planted a mustard seed in his soul and it grew the next year. Billy Graham led him on the road, and he started walking. This was the starting point of a change in his life. Escape from the powerful temptation of power In 1964, President Johnson once asked Billy Graham who was suitable to be his running mate. As Billy Graham was about to reply, his wife, Ruth, kicked his feet under the table. Billy Graham was confused and asked her why she kicked him. Ruth replied: "Your suggestions should be limited to moral and spiritual issues and should not be related to politics." Jason looked at Billy Graham and said: "She is right, you focus on preaching, and I will focus on politics.

"How can a pastor grasp the scale to prevent himself from becoming part of the political game? Billy Graham is the most famous preacher in the world. When he stood in front of the president and administered the oath of office for them, he not only blessed the president himself , is also a policy blessing for the president. Every president knows this, but sometimes Billy Graham was embarrassed. The most embarrassing one was the secret meeting with Nixon in February 1972. Said he was concerned about Jewish control of the media, and Graham echoed that "Jews are a cancer in America." After the shocking recording of the conversation was released, Graham had to apologize in 1972. In June, before the Watergate incident, Billy Graham always believed that Nixon was an upright man. The truth of the Watergate incident showed that Billy Graham was deceived. But Billy Graham not only forgave Nixon, but also gave a speech at his funeral: "Everyone." Everyone fails sometimes and no one is perfect. So, I forgive him. "The interaction with Nixon taught Billy Graham a profound lesson. He began to adjust his relationship with the White House and deliberately kept a distance from politics. Billy Graham still pays attention to politics today, of course from a safe distance. He is always paying attention to Hillary. · Clinton. In 1998, when Clinton was plagued by sex scandals, Billy Graham helped her a lot. He advised her to forgive and forgive. Perhaps Billy Graham will no longer enter the White House, but he is close to her. Watching the Occupant of the White House. Billy Graham prays for whoever sits in the Oval Office in the future. The ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association includes: * Hours of Decision, a worldwide weekly radio program for over 50 years. Graham also founded Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Politically, Billy Graham has been a spiritual advisor to eleven U.S. presidents since Truman. Billy Graham has written 24 books, many of which have been translated into more than 30 books. Language: * Peace with God (1953) Chinese translation and revised version titled "O man, where are you going?" * The Secret of Happiness (1955) * My Answer (My Answer) , 1960) * World Aflame (1965) * The Challenge (1969) * The Jesus Generation (1971) * Angels: God's Secret Agents (1975) * How to Be Born Again (1977) * The Holy Spirit (1978) * Till Armageddon (1981) Literal translation: Until Armageddon * Approaching Hoppfbeats (1983) * Face Facing Death and the Life After (1987) Answers to Life's Problem (1988) Hope for the Troubled Heart (1991) Storm Warning (1992) * Autobiography Just as I am (1997) Awards and Honors Billy Graham served as chaplain to several presidents, including presiding at a presidential funeral and a presidential funeral Quote * "I had a. Message: Jesus Christ came; died on the cross; and rose again. He wants us to repent of our sins and accept Him as Lord and Savior by faith, and if we do this, all of our sins are forgiven.

" In 1948, Billy Graham was asked what the purpose of the World Council of Churches (World Council of Churches) meeting in Copenhagen in August was. Billy Graham replied, I think they will elect and appoint the Antichrist. However, as early as 1966 , he boasted of attending the 1961 World Council of Churches General Assembly in New Delhi, and hoped to attend the 1968 World Council of Churches General Assembly in Uppsala (a city in southeastern Sweden). Since then, Billy Graham has only missed two terms so far.) In 1963, Billy Graham praised Bishop Kennedy, who did not believe in the divinity of Jesus, as one of the ten greatest preachers of American Christianity. In 1973, Graham said that the Catholic Mass was very beautiful and said that Muhammad Ali. The creed of Islam is something we can all believe in. In 1966, Billy Graham said, I am closer to a Catholic Christian than a radical Protestant Christian. It must have been completed in 1978. I think my faith is essentially the same as orthodox Catholicism. In 1978, Billy Graham said, I thought the Gentiles in the remote countries would lose their souls and go to hell if the gospel was not preached to them. . Now, I don’t think so. I think there are other ways to acknowledge the existence of God, such as through nature, so there are many other opportunities for them to accept God. 1993, Time Magazine, Issue 11/15/93, Billy Graham. Denying the existence of hell. The only thing I can be sure of, he said, is that hell means separation from God, our separation from God's light and God's fellowship. That's what I preach about. Hellfire is not literal. Fire, because I am not sure about it. The fire of hell in the Bible may be used to describe the horror of hell, not the fire in the literal sense, but the unquenchable thirst for God. Billy Graham has a clear stance against Catholicism. Now he is also an unsparing supporter of Catholicism. He has repeatedly received awards from the Catholic Church. He calls John Paul II the greatest religious leader in the contemporary world. Missionary. Biography * M. Frady: Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness (1979); * W. Martin: A Prophet with Honor (1991) * UK, John Pollock: "Billy Graham: Preaching of the Century" The Billy Graham Story * Footprints of a Pilgrim: The Life and Lovers of Ruth Bell Graham (2001) Descendants The Billy Grahams have 3 daughters and 2 sons, 20 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. The eldest son Franklin Graham and the second son Ned Graham. Like his father, Garland is an evangelist; Garnard now leads East Gates Ministries International, which sponsors the printing of Bibles and the construction of churches in China. The largest one can accommodate 4,000 people and is located in Zhongzhong. Ruth’s birthplace is Huai’an, Jiangsu. Gunnard's wife, Ge Guoruiyu, is Zeng Guofan's great-great-granddaughter. Reverend Billy Graham, who is 86 years old, has been a symbol of Protestant evangelicalism for the past half century and is deeply respected around the world. A few months ago, Pastor Billy Graham came to New York to deliver his last sermon. Unexpectedly, this sermon caused a "commotion in a teacup." At a certain gathering, the Clintons were also present. Pastor Billy Graham praised the greatness of the Clintons and said: "I think he (Clinton) should become a preacher after leaving the presidency.

After saying this, Rob Schenck, president of the National Clergy Council, left the scene immediately. Many evangelical Christians expressed dissatisfaction afterwards. A few days later, Billy Graham’s son Franklin Graham In the name of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, it was clarified that his father was just joking when he said that Clinton should be a preacher. In fact, Pastor Billy Graham must know the consequences of saying good things for Clinton, because there is a record of this in 1998. The Sky scandal was exposed, and Clinton was criticized by many, but in an interview with NBC, Pastor Billy Graham declared that he forgave Clinton: "I forgive him because I know how fragile human nature is, and I know ( How difficult it is to overcome temptation). "Famous evangelist Stephen Olford wrote a letter to Pastor Billy Graham, expressing his disapproval of his overly lenient attitude. Clinton is not the first president to draw criticism from Pastor Graham. The former U.S. President who resigned in despair due to the Watergate Incident President Nixon was also a good friend of Pastor Billy Graham. In 1970, Pastor Billy Graham went to the University of Tennessee to hold a sermon conference. President Nixon was invited as a guest of the conference. During that time, the Vietnam War was in full swing, and anti-war people came to Billy Graham to preach. After the Watergate incident, Pastor Billy Graham still spoke highly of Nixon and mentioned him in his autobiography "Just as I Am". At that time, Pastor Billy Graham emphasized that to evaluate a person, one should look at the whole person, rather than looking at one incident alone. When Richard Nixon passed away in 1994, Pastor Billy Graham delivered a eulogy at his funeral, saying that a great man had fallen. The world has lost a great global citizen, and the United States has lost a great politician. Conservatives and liberals are attacking Pastor Billy Graham’s moderate attitude, which is in sharp contrast to many Christian leaders. Days later, the National Cathedral held a mourning ceremony. Many religious leaders, including Rev. Billy Graham, delivered speeches during the mourning ceremony. Rev. Billy Graham’s message emphasized regaining hope in grief and resolving hatred with love. The entire speech did not Half a sentence criticized Muslims. However, later, Pastor Jerry Falwell, Pastor Pat Robertson, and his son Frank Frank publicly criticized Islam as a religion that advocates violence and lacks tolerance. Even more contrary to his father, when the first Persian Gulf War broke out, Saudi Arabia banned the US military from bringing three things to the Middle East: alcohol, pornographic publications, and Bibles. Frank was greatly disgusted by the juxtaposition of the Bible, alcohol, and pornographic publications. Smuggling thousands of Arabic Bibles into a U.S. military camp in Saudi Arabia, U.S. military commander General Norman Schwarzkopf was furious, saying that this move would divide the alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia. In addition, Pastor Billy Graham expressed his displeasure. Pastor Billy Graham remained neutral on many controversial issues, such as abortion and homosexuality, and he also adopted an open attitude when it came to how humans can be saved. In 1997, he was interviewed by Robert Schuller, senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in California. Point out: There is an invisible "Body of Christ" in the world, which is composed of Christians and many other people. Although some people have never heard the name of Jesus, God can still call them to join this "Body of Christ." Needless to say, this view has been severely criticized by conservative Christian churches. Interestingly, Pastor Billy Graham comes from a fundamentalist background. Fundamentalists are a relatively conservative camp in Christianity and accept the literal meaning of the Bible as truth. However, early on. In 1949, Pastor Billy Graham had begun to have reservations about fundamentalist doctrines. He believed that hell may not necessarily be a pit of fire. The so-called hell may refer to a place forever separated from God. At that time, he felt that other religions It is also possible for people to find God in other ways. When Reverend Billy Graham went to New York to hold an evangelistic conference in 1957, he claimed that all churches, regardless of denomination, would be invited to attend, even Catholics.

This approach aroused strong protests from conservatives, but Pastor Billy Graham believed that doctrinal differences were not enough to constitute a reason for no contact. He said: "I love these people, they are all God's people."