Billy Graham
By: Weston
Curators office
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Billy Graham was born on November 7, 1918
Billy Grahams parents were William and Marrow Graham
Billy Graham was first of four children
Billy moved to Tennessee to go to Bob Jones College
He transferred to Florida Bible Institute
He graduated from Florida Bible Institute with a Bachelors
Degree in Theology
He moved to Illinois to finish his training
He went to Wheaton College to finish his training
He met his wife at Wheaton and her name was Ruth
McCue Bell
Ruth's parents were missionaries so he lived with them in
China until he was 17 years old
Billy got married on August 19, 1943
He had 5 children also
Accomplishments
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Billy Graham preached at First Baptist Church in
Western Springs, Illinois
He quit preaching at the First Baptist Church and
went to “Youth for Christ “
He worked for “Youth for Christ” for several years
before he got voted to be president of North western
Christian schools in Minnesota
In 1952 he got invited to preach a “Christ For
Greater los Angels”
Billy received awards like the” Ronald Reagan
presidential foundation freedom” and the
“congressional gold medal” and the “speaker of the
year”
Billy spoke out against communism strongly
Billy graham opened up (BGEA) which is short for
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Billy was friends with all of the united states
president from Dwight E. Eisenhower to George W.
Bush
Retirement
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He retired in 2005
He is 93 years old still living
Ruth died of pneumonia in 2007
Sources cited
• http://www.biography.com/people/billy-graham9317669
Curator’s offiCe
My name is Weston. I was born on November 5, 2001. My
hobby is playing sports. My favorite sport is football and I
have a brother and dad and mom. I go to Salem Elementary
in North Carolina.