Billy Graham Was One of the Greatest Evangelists of 20th Century. Was He a Fundamentalist? Why and Why Not.
INTRODUCTION
Billy Graham was one of the greatest Evangelists of 20th century. Was he a fundamentalist? Why and why not.
This essay is going to base its focus on Graham 's personal life, the kind of family he grew up in and how he became an evangelist but the main focus of the essay is going to be on whether he is fundamentalist or not. ‘Billy Graham has preached to more than 210 million people through a live audience, more than anyone else in history’- Christian life, 2006. Graham has been able to reach millions of people through live video, film and television. This has led him to be on the "Ten Most Admired Men in the World" and he has been names “man of the year” consecutive times, of which he has gained that repeatedly which is more than any other individual in the world, he was also placed as the most popular American Evangelist for about forty years as he has been a pastor and close friend to the American Presidents. Billy Graham was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 17, 1918, he was known as William Franklin Graham Jr. at birth and he is an American Evangelist. He was raised on a dairy farm by his father William Franklin who died in 1962 and his mother Morrow Coffey Graham who died in 1981. ‘Graham got married to his wife Ruth McCue Bell in 1943; they had four children Virginia 1945, Anne Morrow 1948, Ruth Bell 1950, William Franklin, Jr. 1952, and Nelson Edman 1958. Even at age eighty Graham keeps fit by playing with his grand children, swimming, aerobic walking in the mountains of North Carolina where he lives’ - (Billy Graham Best Sellers, 1999).
An evangelist named Mordecai Ham came to Charlotte for a three-month revival. For Graham, the idea was not really a pleasant one, because he was not looking forward to being fixed in a long boring job that would make him have regrets he was born. When he was out of options for his summer nights, he had no other option but to attend the revival in order to see what the revival was all about. He was
Billy Graham was one of the greatest Evangelists of 20th century. Was he a fundamentalist? Why and why not.
This essay is going to base its focus on Graham 's personal life, the kind of family he grew up in and how he became an evangelist but the main focus of the essay is going to be on whether he is fundamentalist or not. ‘Billy Graham has preached to more than 210 million people through a live audience, more than anyone else in history’- Christian life, 2006. Graham has been able to reach millions of people through live video, film and television. This has led him to be on the "Ten Most Admired Men in the World" and he has been names “man of the year” consecutive times, of which he has gained that repeatedly which is more than any other individual in the world, he was also placed as the most popular American Evangelist for about forty years as he has been a pastor and close friend to the American Presidents. Billy Graham was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 17, 1918, he was known as William Franklin Graham Jr. at birth and he is an American Evangelist. He was raised on a dairy farm by his father William Franklin who died in 1962 and his mother Morrow Coffey Graham who died in 1981. ‘Graham got married to his wife Ruth McCue Bell in 1943; they had four children Virginia 1945, Anne Morrow 1948, Ruth Bell 1950, William Franklin, Jr. 1952, and Nelson Edman 1958. Even at age eighty Graham keeps fit by playing with his grand children, swimming, aerobic walking in the mountains of North Carolina where he lives’ - (Billy Graham Best Sellers, 1999).
An evangelist named Mordecai Ham came to Charlotte for a three-month revival. For Graham, the idea was not really a pleasant one, because he was not looking forward to being fixed in a long boring job that would make him have regrets he was born. When he was out of options for his summer nights, he had no other option but to attend the revival in order to see what the revival was all about. He was
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