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Billy Graham
| American religious and social activist, Southern Baptist pastor, preacher and author Date of Birth: 07.11.1918 Country: USA |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Evangelical Ministry and Crusades
- Political and Religious Influence
- Legacy and Impact
- Later Years and Death
Early Life and Education
Billy Graham was born William Franklin Graham Jr.
on November 7, 1918, in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Morrow and William, a dairy farmer. Raised in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Graham developed a love for reading at a young age, particularly enjoying Tarzan adventures.
Inspired by the evangelist Mordecai Ham, Graham converted to Christianity at 16.
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include Bob Marley being baptized, Billy Sunday dying, and Pope Leo X defending.He briefly attended Bob Jones College in 1936 but transferred to the Florida Bible Institute a year later. In 1939, he was ordained as a minister of the Southern Baptist Convention. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Wheaton College in 1943, Graham married Ruth Bell, a fellow stud