Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

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Founder Billy Graham in 1966

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) is a non-profit

evangelistic crusades, and engages in disaster response. The BGEA operates the Billy Graham Training Center in Asheville, North Carolina, and the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina.[citation needed
]

History

The organization was founded in 1950 by

The organization broadcast the

SiriusXM to broadcast Graham's sermons.[3]

evangelistic crusades[5] modeled after those Billy Graham was known for holding.[citation needed
]

The BGEA's internet evangelism ministry, Search for Jesus, was launched in 2011.[6] The outreach is aimed at sharing the Christian gospel with people around the world through websites in multiple languages. More than 50 million people have visited the websites since 2011, according to the BGEA.[7]

The organization produces a television special[8] each month, which is broadcast on TV stations across the United States[9] and posted online. The organization also publishes Decision magazine monthly.[citation needed]

The BGEA began an international evangelism project in 2002 called My Hope, in which Christians invite friends, neighbors, and relatives to their homes to watch a national telecast featuring Billy or Franklin Graham, translated into their language. BGEA claims that the project helped more than 9.8 million people "make decisions for Christ."[10]

Billy Graham and his ministry were also instrumental in founding

Christianity Today Magazine, the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, and the Internet Evangelism Coalition.[11]

BGEA's Charlotte headquarters is the site of the Billy Graham Library, which was formally dedicated on May 31, 2007, with former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton in attendance. Former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump visited the Billy Graham Library to pay their respects following Billy Graham's death.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Randall Herbert Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition, Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 80
  2. ^ "Rev. Billy Graham: His Life By The Numbers, Years, and Millions". WFMY. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "'The Billy Graham Channel' Will Become Permanent on SiriusXM Channel 460". Standard Newswire. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "Franklin Graham". Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  5. ^ "About". Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  6. ^ "5 Million Decisions for Christ: BGEA's Online Ministry Hits Milestone". Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  7. ^ "Online Ministry Celebrates 10 Million Indicated Decisions for Christ". Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  8. ^ "Billy Graham TV Classics". Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  9. ^ "Broadcast Listings". Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  10. ^ BGEA: Our Ministries: International Ministries: World TV Project Archived February 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "The Internet Evangelism Coalition and Online Evangelism - Lausanne World Pulse Archives". Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  12. ^ "Which US presidents are attending Billy Graham's funeral?". Citizen Times. Retrieved December 11, 2018.

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