The Reverend Billy Graham’s final “crusade” is set to draw tens of thousands of Christians from around the world to New York next week. Yet the historic gathering is also having a profound local ...
Luther Masingill woke up Chattanoogans on WDEF radio for over 70 years. Luther died in 2014 at the age of 92. In January, 2010, the National Radio Hall of Fame inductee talked about meeting Billy ...
“The man with his skin peeled off,” as some astonished back-country Nigerians called White Man Billy Graham, pressed on with his African crusade last week. Everywhere, he drew huge crowds and ...
This month marks the 75th anniversary of Billy Graham’s first major evangelistic crusade. It was held in Los Angeles. On Sept. 25, 1949, the 30-year-old blond evangelist stood on a platform in a ...
A tall, striking man with thick hair, stark blue eyes and a firm jaw, Graham was a commanding presence at his crusades. He would make the altar call in his powerful baritone, asking the multitudes to ...
A 1951 poster of the Billy Graham Crusade in Greensboro. The crusade was to planned to last four weeks but was extended to six. The late Eleanor Atkins was 15 in 1951 when she went to a Billy Graham ...
As we approach the Easter season my mind goes back to the 1953 Dr. Billy Graham Crusade at the Warner Park Field House. 69 years ago the Graham team was in the Chattanooga planning for the month long ...