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Rev. Billy Graham


Self Description

November 2007: "...Mr. Graham has preached the Gospel to more people in live audiences than anyone else in history—nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories—through various meetings, including Mission World and Global Mission. Hundreds of millions more have been reached through television, video, film, and webcasts....

Today, at age 88, Billy Graham and his ministry are known around the globe. He has preached in remote African villages and in the heart of New York City, and those to whom he has ministered have ranged from heads of state to the simple living bushmen of Australia and the wandering tribes of Africa and the Middle East. Since 1977, Mr. Graham has been accorded the opportunity to conduct preaching missions in virtually every country of the former Eastern bloc, including the former Soviet Union.

Mr. Graham founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) in 1950 which was headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, until relocating to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2003. He conducts his ministry through the BGEA, including:"

http://www.billygraham.org/mediaRelations/bios.asp?p=1

Third-Party Descriptions

November 2007: "William Franklin Graham, Jr., (born November 7, 1918) better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian. He has been a spiritual adviser to multiple U.S. presidents and was number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for the 20th century. He is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Graham

July 2007: "Mrs. Clinton also met with the Rev. Billy Graham, according to Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs, editors at Time magazine and co-authors of a coming book, “The Preacher and the Presidents.” Mrs. Clinton told the authors that Mr. Graham helped her with “the issue of forgiveness.”"

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/07/us/politics/07clinton.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Organization Head/Leader (past or present) Founder/Co-Founder of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) Organization Apr 12, 2008
Member of (past or present) Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Organization Nov 22, 2007
Advisor/Consultant to (past or present) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Person Nov 22, 2007
Succeeded by Family Member Rev. Franklin Graham Person Apr 12, 2008
Friend (past or present) Sen. Mark O. Hatfield Person May 31, 2011

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Jul 07, 2007 Faith Intertwines With Political Life for Clinton

QUOTE: Her Methodist faith, Mrs. Clinton says, has guided her as she sought to repair her marriage, forgiven some critics who once vilified her and struggled in the bare-knuckles world of politics to fulfill the biblical commandment to love thy neighbor .... [her] references to faith, though, have come under attack...

 New York Times