Historical Character Profile - One Document Due asap

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Weltee Wolo

Rasmussen College

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This paper is being submitted on December 09, 2017 Sherry Kamrowski’s

American Religious History G333/REL3131 course

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William Franklin Graham Jr. commonly known as Billy Graham was born 7 November 1918 in Charlotte, North Carolina in his grandfather’s farm in a family of four, two sisters and a brother. He liked reading the novel. He attended the Sharon grammar school where he learned reading. In 1933, his father forced Billy and her sister to drink beer until they got sick (Gibbs & Ostling, 1993). This incidence compelled the two to hate beer their entire lives. In 1934, at 16 years of age, Billy was born again in one of the revival meetings in his hometown. After graduating in 1936 from Sharon, he went to Bob Jones Bible College where he was almost expelled in the first year before transferring to Florida Bible College in 1937 (Horstman, 2002). In 1943, he graduated with a degree in anthropology from Wheaton College. In the same year, he married Ruth Bell and had five children.

Billy started his evangelism work as a pastor in 1943 and was hired as the president of the Northwestern Bible College from 1947 to 1952. He organized the first revival meeting in 1949 in Los Angeles that ran for eight weeks. Before his retirement, Billy had organized and attended to over 400 meetings across over 185 countries in all continents of the globe. Billy founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in 1950. His contribution towards civil rights started in 1957 when he broke ropes erected to separate black and whites audience, he allowed black ministers to serve in his crusades (Miller, 2009). Politically, Billy is registered member of the Democratic Party. He was openly opposed to the election of J F Kennedy since he was a Catholic. He also endorsed the election of Mitt Romney in 2012. He has ministered to several USA presidents including Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, and Johnson. Billy retired in 2005 due to health conditions (Aikman, 2007).

References

Aikman, D. (2007). Billy Graham: His Life and Influence. Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Gibbs, N., & Ostling, R. N. (1993, November 15). Godly Pulpit. Retrieved from http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979573,00.html

Horstman, B. M. (2002, June 27). BILLY GRAHAM: A MAN WITH A MISSION.(SPECIAL SECTION). Retrieved from The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH): https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-87912863.html

Miller, S. P. (2009). Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South. University of Pennsylvania Press.