Billy Graham
Graham and American presidents shared personal bonds
By Adelle M. Banks — February 27, 2018
(RNS) — A collection of quotes reflects the evangelist's relationships with 13 presidents — from Truman to Trump.
5 people whose lives were changed by Billy Graham
By Amy Green, Marshall Allen, and Jason Anthony — February 27, 2018
(RNS) — Across six decades of public ministry, Billy Graham preached to some 215 million people. Here's how he touched the lives of five of them.
Billy Graham should not lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda
By Jacob Lupfer — February 26, 2018
(RNS) — The cause that Graham served with longevity and distinction is evangelical Protestantism, not the United States of America.
Billy Graham set a record on Gallup’s ‘Most Admired Man’ list
By Yogita Patel — February 26, 2018
(RNS) — In 2017, even though he had not appeared in public for years, he still ranked fourth.
Admirers line streets as Billy Graham’s body arrives in Charlotte
By The Associated Press — February 26, 2018
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Well-wishers lined freeway overpasses and small-town streets to honor the late Rev. Billy Graham as his motorcade crossed his beloved home state of North Carolina Saturday (Feb. 24).
Admirers line streets as Billy Graham’s body arrives in Charlotte
By The Associated Press — February 25, 2018
(AP) — The motorcade for 'America's Pastor' was a chance for residents in some of the evangelist's favorite places to pay tribute.
Billy Graham: evangelical media pioneer
By Ted Parks — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — Billy Graham's sometimes daring innovations were guided by the simple motivation to remain faithful to a divine message and proclaim it in the most effective way possible.
How Billy Graham changed religion in America
By Mark Silk — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — He made evangelicalism the default setting for non-Catholic Christianity in America.
Billy Graham made sure his integrity was never in question
By Yonat Shimron — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — 'He was a model of financial respectability,' said Graham biographer William Martin. 'There was never a desperation pitch.'
Billy Graham’s other legacy: Best-selling author
By Delta Systems — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — 'Facing Death and the Life After' is just one of the more than 30 books he wrote.
Graham biographer: Many ‘little Billy Grahams’ succeed evangelist
By Adelle M. Banks — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — William Martin says there won't be a 'next Billy Graham.'
I have no doubt what Billy Graham would have told the high school kids from Parkland, Fla.
By Richard Mouw — February 22, 2018
(RNS) — The teens speaking out about gun control these days are amazingly articulate about being young in an America where violence is all too present as a fact of life. What would Graham have said to them? Keep at it!
Ruth Graham: The silent rock behind a famous evangelist
By Benedicta Cipolla — February 22, 2018
(RNS) — 'Your counsel, advice, encouragement and prayer have been my mainstay and at times I have almost clung to you in my weakness, in hours of obsession, problems and difficulties,' Billy Graham wrote in a 1963 letter to his wife, Ruth.
Billy Graham, reaching the last person in the last row
By Ken Garfield — February 22, 2018
(RNS) — His fragile humanity came through, even in his younger, more electrifying days, deepening his connection with the masses, helping people see that he was one of them, on the same journey, facing the same struggles.
Private funeral and weeklong events planned for Billy Graham
By Yonat Shimron — February 21, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — The funeral service will be held under a tent, similar to the one the evangelist preached under in Los Angeles in 1949, a revival that catapulted him into the public eye.
