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| billy graham - United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918) | ||
| Graham, Billy Graham, William Franklin Graham | ||
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William Franklin Graham, Jr. (born November 7, 1918) better known as Billy Graham, is an Evangelical Christian and an evangelist. He is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention. He has been a spiritual advisor to many U.S. presidents. Graham has preached in person to more people than anyone else who has ever lived. Until 2002, Graham's lifetime audience, with radio and television broadcasts, was more than two billion.
Early life.
Billy Graham was born on a dairy farm near Charlotte, North Carolina. He was raised by his parents, Morrow Coffey and William Franklin Graham. In 1933, Graham's father made Graham and his sister Catherine drink beer until they vomited. This made them hate alcohol for the rest of their lives. The Billy Graham Center says Graham was converted in 1934 during a revival meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. However, he did not become a member of a local youth group because he was "too worldly." He then went to see the local evangelist Mordecai Ham. After graduating from Sharon High School in May 1936, Graham went to Bob Jones College (now called Bob Jones University).
In his first semester of college, he found it too hard on people in both the schoolwork and rules. He almost had to leave school, but Bob Jones, Sr. said that doing that would throw his life away. He told Graham, "At best, all you could amount to would be a poor country Baptist preacher somewhere out in the sticks... You have a voice that pulls. God can use that voice of yours. He can use
