(RNS) — Evangelist Billy Graham gained attention in 1949 with a crusade in Los Angeles. Across the decades, he preached to more than 210 million people in more than 185 countries across the world, according to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
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This is a sampling of some of his largest crowds and most historic crusades, which lasted for days or weeks:
Los Angeles (1949): 350,000
London (1954): 2,047,333
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Glasgow, Scotland (1955): 2,647,365
New York (1957): 2,397,400
Sydney, Australia (1959): 980,000
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Los Angeles (1963): 910,445
London (1966): 1,055,368
Seoul, South Korea (1973): 3,210,000
Billy Graham addresses attendees in the crowded Yoido Plaza for the final meeting of the evangelist’s crusade in Seoul, South Korea, in 1973. Photo courtesy of A. Larry Ross Communications
Seoul, South Korea (1984): 1,000,000*
New York (2005): 230,000
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Note: Length of crusades varies
* Largest attendance at a single-day event
Source: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
