BILLY GRAHAM 12 meeting in New York, the crusade was held in Yankee Stadium. One hundred thousand people filled the stadium, which was a record crowd there. Graham decided to hold one final meeting before he left-in Times Square. Some 120,000 people filled Times Square that day to listen to Graham preach. By the time the New York crusade was over, more than 2.3 million people had heard Graham speak. He graciously welcomed 60,000 “spiritual babies,” people who came forward to give their lives to Christ, during the New York crusade. Graham was able to greatly influence one of the biggest cities in the United States. Even before the New York crusade ended, Graham was getting invitations to speak in countries all over the glade.
One particular…show more content… He was and continues to be good friends with presidents, prime ministers, and celebrities.
Every United States President since World War II has met with Billy Graham. Graham has met with twelve presidents including: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, William Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama (BGEA, 2012). In the online article, “10 Celebrities Whose Faith Has Been Completely Transformed by Evangelist Billy Graham,” Dan Rather, Sarah Palin, Johnny Cash, Wynonna Judd, and even Martin Luther King, Jr., discussed vividly how Graham transformed their lives (2016). Billy Graham had lasting impacts on many important people in the world. Billy Graham has not only preached the Word of God to many people all over the world, but also inspired them to live and breathe God’s Word.
He has preached to over 100 million people, preached on six continents, preached in eighty-four countries, and preached in all fifty states. He has appeared on several media covers,
BILLY GRAHAM 14 such as Time, U.S. News and World Report, People, Newsweek, and the Saturday Evening
