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Billy was born on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1918 just days after the signing of the armistice that ended the First World War. At the age of sixteen Billy Graham came to Christ during a Christian revival meeting and it wasn’t long before he felt the call to preach.
With the help of his wife Ruth and many other friends and colleagues Billy Graham set out to preach to the world. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association was founded and since that day Billy has preached to over 80 million people in more than 185 countries. Millions more have been reached through television, video, film, and webcasts. He has founded newspapers, film companies magazines and radio ministries.
Communism and Apartheid, Segregation and Terrorism – Billy Graham has faced up to all Christianity’s major opponents of the twentieth century. From paying the bail money to get Martin Luther King out of jail to addressing the memorial service in Washington after the collapse of the World Trade Centre Billy Graham has been there for people with practical help and a message of hope that is timeless.
“As I grow older, my confidence in the inspiration and authority of the Bible has grown even stronger. So has my conviction that only Christ can give us lasting hope… As the Bible says in John 3:16, ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
Billy Graham
Catherine Mackenzie has also written TrailBlazer biographies on Joni Eareckson Tada, Mary Slessor, Hudson Taylor and Richard Wurmbrand. She has written over 50 books for young people.
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