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Pastor Billy Graham (William Franklin Graham or Billy Graham,19165438+1October 7-2065438+February 2 1) was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. He is a famous American Christian evangelist and an evangelical church after World War II. He often serves as an adviser to the President of the United States, ranking seventh in Gallup's list of celebrities in the 20th century.

On February 265438, 2008, Billy Graham died peacefully at home at the age of 99.

Basic introduction Chinese name: mbth, Billy Graham: William Franklin Graham or Billy Graham Nationality: American birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Date of birth:19181710 Month Date of death: 20 18 2. Jun 2 1 Occupation: Pastor Gender: Male biographies, works, awards and honors, quotations, biographies, descendants, biographies1915438+065438+1Oct 7, Billy Graham was born in a Presbyterian church near Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the eldest son of a family that includes Scots and Scots. When Billy Graham was a teenager, he didn't do anything outstanding except play baseball. 1September, 934, he was deeply moved by the revival meeting hosted by Reverend Mordecai Hamm in the town, and made up his mind to devote himself and converted to join the Southern Baptist Church. This incident changed his life. Billy Graham1May, 936, after graduating from high school, Billy Graham entered Bob Jones College (now Bob Jones University) in South Carolina. Unable to adapt to the strict fundamentalist atmosphere there, he transferred to Florida Bible College at 1937, which is now Trinity College in Florida. 1939, Billy Graham was appointed as the pastor of Southern Baptist Church. Then he went to Wheaton College in Illinois to study anthropology. 1943 On August 3rd, he married Ruth McCue Bell (1920-2007), the daughter of a missionary who returned from the Pacific War. Ruth Graham was born and raised in Qingjiangpu (now Huai 'an), Jiangsu, China. His father Zhong Renpu (Zhong Aihua, Nelson Bell, 1894- 1973) is a famous missionary doctor of South American Presbyterian Church, and he is in charge of Qingjiangpu Renai Hospital, the largest missionary hospital in the world. During the Wheaton period, Billy Graham was influenced by Henrietta Mills of the First Presbyterian Church in Hollywood [1], and thought that the Bible was the word of God, which was completely correct. After their marriage, the couple briefly attended a pastoral meeting in WesternSprings, Illinois, near Chicago, and met George Beverly Shea, a famous Canadian singer. They were important partners in lifelong cooperation and preaching. From 1948 to 1952, Billy Graham was the president of Minnesota Northwest College. After graduating from Wheaton, Billy Graham joined the YMCA. He traveled all over America and Europe as an evangelist. 1949 In September, Billy Graham set up a mission and held a missionary activity in Los Angeles, which caused a sensation. Originally scheduled for 3 weeks, the result was extended to 8 weeks. It led to the upsurge of national evangelicalism. 1950, Billy Graham Evangelical Society (BGEA) was founded, with its headquarters initially located in Minneapolis and later moved to Charlotte. From then on, all the sermons he presided over were collectively called "Billy Graham sermons". 1954 His sermon in London lasted 12 weeks, 1957 weeks, and his sermon in Madison Square Park in new york City lasted 16 weeks. 1956 65438+ 10, and went to Kerala in southern India to preach, which was also very popular. By the early 1990s, it was estimated that more than 1. 1 100 million people in the world (outside the United States) personally participated in his sermons. Koch's footprints covered almost all major cities in the world and broke through racial, cultural and political barriers. 1959, he led the most successful missionary society in Australian history, which promoted the growth of the church in 15, established many new churches and formed many family bible groups, which lasted for 35 years. The largest number of participants was in Seoul, South Korea in the1970s, when there were one million participants. From June 24th to 26th, 2005, 87-year-old Billy Graham gave his last sermon in Flushing Grassland Park, New York. More than 242,000 people participated, and more than 9,000 people made up their minds. Billy Graham has reached more audiences than anyone in history through television, radio, movies and the Internet, with more than 200 million people in 185 countries. However, Billy Graham is 88 years old and suffers from hydrocephalus, Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer. In May 2005, he broke his pelvis at his home in North Carolina, making it difficult to move. You need to use a walker when you participate in activities. "Before I became president, I had known each of them for a long time. I visited their home many times and called them by their first names until they became president. " This is Billy Graham, the most influential missionary in America. Since President Truman, Billy Graham has contacted 1 1 presidents before and after, and served as spiritual adviser to every American president since Eisenhower. In the United States, no one can observe the White House's every move in the past 50 years as closely as Billy Graham. What does the most powerful American president want from the most famous missionary in the world? "Some of them have chaotic private lives. But I love them and admire them. " Billy Graham said. Similarly, the White House has been changing Billy Graham. "I am always alert to political dangers. Politics is dirty to me, but I have made it a part of my life. I tried to leave love to the presidents. " Billy Graham exudes innocence, integrity and honesty in the Oval Office. Therefore, when Billy Graham is around, the president is relaxed, not nervous. Presidents feel safe to discuss spiritual issues such as eternity, sin and death with Billy Graham. 1955, Billy Graham made the first real presidential friend Eisenhower. Eisenhower often asked him, how can people determine whether they can go to heaven after death? President Kennedy wants to know how the world will end. President Zhan Sen felt uneasy about his death. "He is a little afraid of death." Billy Graham said. On one occasion, Zhan Sen asked Billy Graham to accompany him to a meeting by plane. Because the weather was bad at that time, Zhan Sen was worried that the plane would fall. As a missionary, Billy Graham has no church. He preached to thousands of people on the football field all his life. First, the American family gave Billy Graham a rare opportunity to become a family pastor. He gave them a shelter and led the first family through difficult times. Many presidents want Billy Graham to spend their last night in the White House with them. In 1967, President Nixon fainted in Billy Graham's arms at his mother's funeral. In 2004, when President Reagan died, Billy Graham was the first person outside the family to be notified by nancy reagan. For more than 20 years, Mr. and Mrs. Bush invited Mr. and Mrs. Billy Graham to their home in Maine every summer. 1985 One day, Billy Graham invited George W. Bush to take a walk on the beach. George W. Bush said that Billy Graham planted a mustard seed in his soul and it grew up the next year. Billy Graham took him to the road, and then he began to walk, which was the starting point of his life change. Escaping from the whirlpool of the temptation of powerful power, President Zhan Sen once asked Gregory who would be his running mate. When Billy Graham was about to answer, his wife Ruth kicked him under the table. Billy Graham was puzzled and asked her why she kicked him. Ruth replied, "Your suggestion should be limited to moral and spiritual issues and should not be related to politics." Zhan Sen looked at Billy Graham and said, "She is right. You concentrate on preaching and I concentrate on politics. " How can a priest grasp the scale and avoid becoming part of the political game? Billy Graham is the most famous missionary in the world. When he stood in front of the president and presided over the swearing-in ceremony for them, it was both a blessing to the president himself and a policy blessing to the president. Every president knows this, but Billy Graham sometimes doesn't. Nixon embarrassed Billy Graham several times. The most embarrassing time was1February, 972. Nixon said he was worried about Jews controlling the media, and Billy Graham echoed that "Jews are the cancer of America". After the shocking recording of the conversation was exposed, Billy Graham had to apologize. Nixon is one of Billy Graham's favorite presidents. From June 65438 to June 0972, before Watergate, Billy Graham always thought Nixon was an upright man. The truth about Watergate shows that Billy Graham was cheated. But Billy Graham not only forgave Nixon, but also delivered a speech at his funeral, saying, "Everyone fails sometimes, and no one is perfect. So, I forgave him. " The relationship with Nixon taught Billy Graham a profound lesson. He began to adjust his relationship with the White House and deliberately kept his distance from politics. Billy Graham still cares about politics, of course, at a safe distance. He has been paying attention to Hillary Clinton. 1998, when Hillary was troubled by a sex scandal, Billy Graham gave her great help. He advised her to forgive. Perhaps Billy Graham will never be in the White House again, but he keeps a close eye on the owner of the White House. Billy Graham prayed every day. No matter who is in the Oval Office in the future, Billy Graham will pray for him. The work of Billy Graham Missionary Society includes: * For more than 50 years, it has been broadcasting the radio program of Decision Moment all over the world once a week. In addition, Gorbachev founded the Gordon-Conwill Theological Seminary. Political Billy Graham is the spiritual adviser of 1 1 American presidents since Truman. Politically, Billy Graham has always supported the Democratic Party. Billy Graham wrote 24 books, many of which were translated into more than 30 languages: * With God (1953). The Chinese version of the title is "Man, where are you going?" * The secret of happiness (1955) * My answer (my answer, 1960) * The world is full of flames waiting for the dawn (1965) * The Challenge, 1969) * The Generation of Jesus (197 1) * Angels: God's Secret Agent (1975) * How to be reborn, 664 (the answer to the question of life, 1988) * brings to the troubled heart. 1992) * Awards and honors for autobiography "Just as I am" or "Just As I am" (1997) Billy Graham served as the pastor of several presidents, including presiding over the funeral of one president and the funeral of another. Quote * "I have a message: Jesus Christ has come; Die on the cross; Come back to life. He wants us to repent for our sins and accept him as Lord and Savior with faith. If we do this, all our sins will be forgiven. " In 1948, Billy Graham was asked about the intention of the World Council of Churches in Copenhagen in August. Billy Graham replied, I think they will elect and appoint the antichrist. But as early as 1966, he claimed to have attended the World Council of Churches Congress in New Delhi 196 1, and hoped to attend the Fourth World Council of Churches Congress in Uppsala (a city in southeastern Sweden) 1968. Since then, Billy Graham has only missed two sessions. ) 1963, Billy Graham praised Bishop Kennedy, who did not believe in the divinity of Jesus, as one of the top ten American Christian missionaries. 1973, Billy Graham called the Catholic mass very beautiful, and said that we can all believe in the Islamic creed that Muhammad Ali believed in. In 1966, Billy Graham said that I am closer to Catholic Christians than radical Protestant Christians. I think Catholicism is undergoing the second religious reform. The second reform must have been completed in 1978. I think my faith is essentially the same as that of the Orthodox Church. In 1978, Billy Graham said, I think foreigners in remote countries will lose their souls. If there is no gospel for them, they will go to hell. Now, I don't think so. I think there are other ways to acknowledge the existence of God, such as through nature, so they have many other opportunities to accept God. 1993, Billy Graham denied the existence of hell in issue115/93 of Time magazine. He said, the only thing I can be sure of is that hell means separation from God, and we are out of touch with God's light and fellowship. This is going to hell. The fire of hell I preach is not a literal fire, because I am not sure about it. The fire of hell in the Bible may be to describe the horror of hell, not the literal fire. It is more terrible than fire, and it is an irresistible desire for God. 1948, Billy Graham explicitly opposed Catholicism. Now he is also a staunch supporter of Catholicism. He won many Catholic awards. He called John Paul II the greatest religious leader in the contemporary world. The Pope is a politician, a shepherd and a missionary. Biography * M. Frady: Billy Graham: An Allegory of American Rights (1979); * W Martin: An Honorable Prophet (199 1) * John Pollock, England: The Story of Billy Graham) * Mrs. Billy Graham Ruth: The Footprints of a Pilgrim: The Life and Lover of Ruth Bell Graham (200 1). Billy Graham and his wife have three daughters and two sons, 20 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. The eldest son Franklin Graham and the second son Ned Graham. Like his father, Gefalan was a missionary; Genard now leads Dongmen Ministry International, and sponsors the printing of bibles and the construction of churches in China, the largest of which can accommodate 4,000 people and is located in Huai 'an, Jiangsu, the birthplace of Zhong. Grenade's wife, Guo Ge Ruiyu, is Zeng Guofan's great granddaughter. Pastor Billy Graham, who is 86 years old, has been a symbol of the Protestant gospel for the past half century and is deeply respected by the world. A few months ago, Reverend Billy Graham came to new york to give his last sermon. Unexpectedly, this sermon caused a "storm in a teacup". At a party, the Clintons also attended. Pastor Billy Graham praised the greatness of the Clintons and said, "I think he (Clinton) should become a missionary after leaving the presidency." Just then, Rob Schenck, president of the National Council of Clerics, left, and many evangelical Christians expressed their dissatisfaction afterwards. A few days later, Franklin Graham, Billy Graham's son, clarified on behalf of the Billy Graham Mission that his father said Hillary should be a missionary just for fun. In fact, Reverend Billy Graham must know the consequences of putting in a good word for Hillary because she has a criminal record. 1998 When the Lewinsky scandal was exposed, Clinton was criticized by thousands of people, but in an interview with NBC, Pastor Billy Graham declared that he forgave Clinton: "I forgave him because I know how fragile human nature is, and I know how difficult it is (better than temptation)." The famous pastor Stephen Offord wrote to pastor Billy Graham, expressing his dissatisfaction with his tolerant attitude. Hillary Clinton is not the first president to be criticized by Reverend Billy Graham. Former US President Nixon, who resigned in dismay because of Watergate Incident, is also a good friend of Reverend Billy Graham. 1970, Pastor Billy Graham went to the University of Tennessee to give a sermon, and President Nixon was invited as a guest at the meeting. At the height of the Vietnam War, anti-war activists came to Billy Graham to protest, and the scene was very embarrassing. After Watergate, Reverend Billy Graham still spoke highly of Nixon. Pastor Billy Graham emphasized Nixon in his autobiography "I am Me": To evaluate a person, we should look at the whole, not just one event. 1994 When Nixon died, Pastor Billy Graham made a eulogy at his funeral, saying that a great man sank, the world lost a great citizen, and the United States lost a great politician. The moderate attitude of conservatives and liberals attacking Pastor Billy Graham is in sharp contrast with many Christian leaders. A few days after the "911incident", the National Cathedral held a mourning ceremony. Many religious leaders, including Pastor Billy Graham, made speeches at the memorial ceremony. Pastor Billy Graham's message is to regain hope through sadness and resolve hostility through love. There was not a word critical of Muslims in the whole speech. However, since then, Pastor Jerry falwell, Pastor Pat Robertson and his son Goldfrank have publicly criticized Islam as a religion that advocates violence and lacks tolerance. Ge Frank's style is even more different from his father's. When the first Persian Gulf War broke out, Saudi Arabia prohibited the US military from bringing three things into the Middle East: wine, pornographic publications and the Bible. Ge Frank resents juxtaposing the Bible with alcohol and pornographic publications. He smuggled thousands of Arabic bibles into American military camps in Saudi Arabia. Norman Schwartz, commander-in-chief of the US military, flew into a rage, saying it would split the alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia. Besides, Reverend Billy Graham remained neutral on many controversial issues, such as abortion and homosexuality. Pastor Billy Graham is also open-minded about how to save mankind. 1997, in an interview with Robert Schuller, director of the Crystal Cathedral in California, he pointed out that there is an invisible "Christ body" in the world, which is composed of Christians and many others. 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 was severely criticized by the conservative Christian church. Interestingly, Pastor Billy Graham was born in the background of fundamentalism in the conservative Christian camp and accepted the literal meaning of the Bible as truth. However, as early as 1949, Pastor Billy Graham began to have reservations about fundamentalism. He thinks that hell is not necessarily a big fire pit, and the so-called hell may refer to a place that is forever isolated from God. At that time, he thought it was possible for other religious people to find God in other ways. 1957, when Pastor Billy Graham went to new york to preach, he claimed that all churches, no matter which faction they belonged to, would be invited to participate, even Catholicism was no exception. This caused a strong protest from conservatives, but Pastor Billy Graham thought that the differences in doctrine were not enough to justify their non-communication. He said, "I love these people. They are all people of God. "