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Falwell, Jerry, 480, 482, 563, 658
“family altar,” 61, 158
Far East Broadcasting Company, 423
Faubus, Orval, 251–52, 255
Federal Council of Churches, 51, 91, 282; see also National Council of Churches
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, 353, 375, 384, 476
Ferm, Lois, 14, 325, 577, 581
Ferm, Robert O., 228, 243, 294, 300–301, 311, 315, 316, 319, 324–26, 330, 468, 571–72, 577, 583, 610, 682
Filaret, Metropolitan, 503–5, 509–10, 515, 516, 519, 520, 530
Finney, Charles G., 37, 40–44, 47, 57, 94, 108, 135, 145, 146, 199, 206, 231, 551
First Baptist Church (Dallas), 156
Fleming, Carl, 217
Flessing, Roger, 563–64, 639
Florida Bible Institute, 71, 83, 105, 112, 134, 172, 196, 331, 569
Graham studies at, 72–75, 78–79, 81–82
Flushing Meadow, 686
Ford, Gerald, 441, 469–71
Ford, Jean (sister), 58, 61–62, 85, 209–10, 388, 610, 612, 613
Ford, Leighton, 209–10, 232, 259, 339, 362, 369, 380, 382, 388, 419, 443, 477, 613
BGEA and, 232, 369, 462–63, 580–81
Lausanne Congress role of, 449, 450, 451, 456, 458
LCWE involvement of, 460, 462
Forest Home, 115, 116, 117, 159
Forman, James, 368–69
Fort Worth, 143, 173, 381
Franklin, Kirk, 640
Free Press (London), 181
Fuller, Charles, 91, 123, 168, 215, 224, 247
Fuller School of World Mission, 453–55
Fuller Theological Seminary, 91, 168, 215, 218, 220, 224, 247, 379, 380, 415, 417
Fundamentalist Christianity, 52, 76, 90–91, 94, 112, 114–15, 171, 177, 185, 193–94, 203, 253, 281, 303, 323, 326, 332, 334, 422, 689
alcohol and, 69, 90, 162, 593
basic tenets of, 52, 185, 210–11, 221–22, 226
Bible colleges and, 68, 70–71, 81–82, 90–91, 93, 104–6
dispensationalism and, 46, 64, 211
Graham attacked by, 222–23, 224, 225–28, 232–33, 245, 299–300, 323–24, 340–41, 346, 409, 583
Graham’s involvement in, 68–75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 83, 221, 223, 224, 225, 226, 245, 247
Modernism vs., 90, 91, 103, 168, 210, 211, 222, 223–24, 226
New Evangelicalism vs., 210–11, 216, 218, 220–21, 225, 226, 227–28
opposition to, 184, 193–94, 438–39
rallies in, 92–93, 94–95, 98, 102
see also Evangelical Christianity; New Evangelicalism
Fundamentals, The: A Testimony of the Truth, 52
Gaebelein, Frank, 319
Gallup polls, 237, 247, 278, 352
Gandhi, Indira, 415
Geiger, Peter, 478–79
George Washington Carver Memorial Institute, 319
German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 191, 280, 451, 526–28, 625
Germany, 631–32
Germany, Federal Republic of (West Germany), 190–92, 280, 299, 331, 334, 337, 381, 386–87, 527, 625
Gesswein, Armin, 116, 123
Ghana, 265
Gibbs, Nancy, 687
Gingrich, Newt, 636
Global Mission, 632, 679
“Glory of the Cross, The,” 530
God:
chosen people of, 34, 76, 658
equality in sight of, 172, 173, 175, 268
forgiveness of, 30, 38, 99, 655, 658, 682
hands of, 76, 292, 332
love of, 46, 61, 337, 498, 585, 658, 661, 683
prayers addressed to, 29, 64, 86, 138–39, 155, 295, 298–99, 519
saving grace of, 37, 38, 50, 76, 128, 159, 166, 228, 646, 656, 666
uniqueness of, 657
Word of, 32, 38, 63–64, 81, 101, 112, 117, 118, 144, 161, 195, 348, 494, 495, 506, 588, 655, 664, 668, 669
work and will of, 85, 86, 100, 110, 112, 115, 294–96, 380, 427, 471, 472, 507, 512, 526, 571, 576, 644, 650, 651, 660, 674, 681
Goldenson, Leonard, 236
Golden Word Award, 665
Goldwater, Barry, 307–8
Gomes, Peter, 641
Good News of the Gospel, 66, 108, 159, 337, 447, 550, 563, 592, 627
Goodwill Games, 634
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 538, 609, 634
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 379–81, 476
Gough, Hugh, 179, 258
Grace Community Church (Auburn, Wash.), 671–72
Graham, Anne (daughter), see Lotz, Anne
Graham, Billy:
on abortion, 419, 594, 670
adolescence of, 63–67
on alcohol use, 593, 656
ambassadorial role of, 275, 395–96, 399, 537, 633–37
American foreign policy and, 195, 202, 275, 283, 410, 483, 535, 656–57
on angels, 586–87
anthropology and, 86–87, 114, 175–76, 195, 530
anti–Semitism, 684–85
author’s relationship with, 12–15, 406
book royalties of, 573, 574
books written by, 134, 498, 534, 552, 574, 586–87, 598, 599
Capitol Hill visits of, 23, 26, 147, 149
Catholic attacks on, 234–35
as celebrity, 23, 156, 242, 247–50, 272, 526, 609–611
as charismatic leader, 603–9
childhood of, 57, 58–60, 61–63
children of, 15, 95, 105, 157–58, 204, 248–50, 296–99, 307, 348, 384–85, 465, 466, 547, 572, 589, 608–9; see individual listings: Franklin, 644–61; Anne, 662–71; Ned, 671–72; GiGi, 672–73; Ruth (Bunny), 672–76
conversions of, 66–67, 119–22, 172, 514
on corporal punishment, 60, 157, 164
criticism of, 31, 190–94, 232, 250–51, 264–67, 300, 319, 330–31, 342–43, 411, 420–21, 468, 471, 532, 593
desegregation and, 171, 172–76, 251–54, 255, 268, 301–2
on divorce, 595–96, 673
as “duped by Soviets,” 523–26
ethical standards of, 95, 110–11, 143–44, 272
evangelization by, see Billy Graham Crusades; Youth for Christ International
on family, 163–64, 595, 667, 670
family life of, 131–32, 157–58, 248–50, 296–98, 348, 384–85, 390, 465–66, 479–80, 672
financial arrangements of, 110, 128, 140, 143
first sermons preached by, 26, 70, 74–75
fiscal rectitude of, 472, 475–76, 477–80, 569, 572–73
on free-enterprise system, 143, 144, 181, 481, 596
Fuller Brush sales and, 69–70
God’s callings to, 73, 75, 76–77, 102, 115, 139, 431, 443, 465, 500, 526, 619, 625–26
on heaven and hell, 129–30, 159, 187, 585–86
Honor America Day and, 376–77
honorary degrees of, 106, 499, 610
humility of, 185–86, 191–92, 408, 410, 459–60, 521, 611
ill health of, 93–94, 134, 191, 259–60, 295–96, 311–12, 316–17, 344, 352, 357, 379, 406, 423, 458, 585, 613, 631, 665, 682; see also Parkinson’s disease
last crusade, 685–86
leadership style of, 105, 208, 210, 232–33, 336, 570–71, 578, 644
legislatures addressed by, 132, 133, 162
liberal attacks on, 232–33
loud clothing of, 95, 99, 127, 129, 130, 131, 135, 144, 164, 392
media response to, 98–98, 107–8, 121–22, 123, 129, 131, 132, 133–34, 144, 367, 636
newspaper columns of, 142, 159, 162–63, 235, 560, 602
on nuclear disarmament, 507–10, 515–16, 531, 599–600
on organized labor, 168–69, 187, 598
Pentagon prayer sessions of, 150
personal circle, 208–10, 577–80, 681–82
political patronage and, 132–34, 135–37, 144, 147–53, 178, 181–82, 184, 195, 199–200, 272, 330, 636
popularity of, 135, 144, 146, 156, 184, 186, 190, 198–99, 211, 272, 390, 636
prayer and, 76, 81, 112, 161–62, 178, 198–99, 213–14, 216, 284, 297, 308, 310–11, 325, 358–59, 361, 509, 519, 634, 636, 659, 683
on preaching, 529–30, 632, 640, 677, 689
preaching style of, 28–29, 77–78, 79–80, 85, 93, 99–100, 102, 108, 117–18, 121, 127, 129–32, 164–67, 187, 232, 237, 267, 589–90, 592, 640, 645, 666–67
press conferences and, 23–24, 109, 128–29, 169, 180, 193, 196, 307, 352, 419, 499, 522, 524–25, 545
purpose of ministry as seen by, 94, 112, 134, 140, 184, 250, 344, 379, 407, 431, 462, 498, 535, 563, 603, 605, 626
on race relations, 169, 171–76, 205–7, 238–40, 301–2, 318–21, 349, 357, 368–69, 370, 371, 387, 416, 420–21, 683–84
racist attacks on, 239, 239–40, 253, 255
radio ministry of, 77, 89, 94, 133, 137–42, 227; see also Hour of Decision
on rape, 419–20, 421
on religious freedom, 522–23, 531–32
religious upbringing of, 61–62, 63, 65
Revised Standard Version and, 223–24
seminary projects of, 256–57, 347–48, 379–82
on sex, 162–63, 263, 593–94
sexual temptation and, 110, 593, 605–6
socialism statements, 180–81, 187, 234, 495, 596
spiritual renewal of, 101–2, 176
in struggle against poverty, 349, 596–97
and technology, 679–80
telegrams sent to, 307–8, 391–92
on Ten Commandments, 429, 440
theology of, 61, 70, 128, 159–61, 164, 177–78, 190–91, 194, 197, 271–72, 300, 302, 350, 421, 442, 583–89, 625, 655
United Nations as seen by, 170–71
violent threats against, 553–54
Western Springs pastorate of, 87–90
on world peace, 500–501, 503, 507–8, 509–10, 512, 514, 515, 531, 599–600, 620
writing of sermons of, 589–91, 607
youth ministry and, 382–84, 402, 494–95, 498, 638–41, 646; see also Youth for Christ International; Youth Night Graham, Bunny (daughter); see Dienert, Bunny Graham, Carol, 671
Graham, Catherine (sister), 58, 60, 62, 63, 66, 76, 388, 477
Graham, Clyde (uncle), 58, 69
Graham, Crook (grandfather), 57, 58–59
Graham, Frank (father), 57, 123
Graham’s relationship with, 58–65, 68, 70, 83, 89, 141
Graham, Franklin (son), 15, 157, 248, 296–97, 353, 384–85, 566, 572, 640, 642
BGEA, 644, 646–52, 660–61, 679–82
crusades and “festivals,” 644–46, 679
on father, 640, 645
at inauguration, 659–60
and Islam, 683–84
ministry of, 461, 530, 534, 547, 602, 614–16, 644–47, 651–55
public statements of, 654–59, 683–84
Samaritan’s Purse, 645, 647, 650, 652–54, 657, 658, 660–61, 679, 681–82
Graham, GiGi (Virginia, daughter), see Tchvidjian, GiGi
Graham, Jean (sister), see Ford, Jean
Graham, Mel (nephew), 651
Graham, Melvin (brother), 58, 61–63, 66, 69, 76, 388–90, 477, 612, 613, 686
Graham, Morrow (mother), 57, 58, 71, 72, 79, 89, 123, 147, 359, 364, 477
religion and, 57, 61, 63–65, 68
Graham, Ned (Nelson, son), 205, 250, 297, 384, 607, 608–9, 671–73, 689
Graham, Ruth “Bunny” (daughter), 157, 250, 296, 384, 466, 566, 673, 676–77, 691
Graham, Ruth (wife), 95, 97, 131, 140, 157, 285, 296, 328, 382, 397, 425, 441, 461, 470, 475, 541, 553, 622, 636, 647, 648, 672
family life of, 131, 157–58, 203, 248–50, 296–98, 384–85, 390, 465–66, 479–80, 573–74, 608, 663, 672
Graham’s relationship with, 85–86, 88, 94, 105, 131, 145, 181–82, 193, 196, 198, 216, 248–49, 306, 310, 311, 465, 589, 599, 605, 607, 618, 619
ill health of, 86, 88, 465–66, 470
Little Piney Cove and, 203–5, 573, 672
religion and, 83–86, 157–58, 457–58, 465, 607–8
Wheaton College days of, 84–87
Graham, Will (grandson), 661
Graham University, 347–48
Grason, 142
Great Awakening, 34–36, 41, 44, 128
Great Commission, 183, 222, 228, 447, 451, 545
Greater London Crusade, 177, 324
BGEA support of, 177, 178, 187–88
clerical response to, 177–78, 183, 184–85
lasting impact of, 188–89, 192
media response to, 178–79, 180, 181, 186, 187
preparations for, 177, 178–82
socialism statements and, 179–81
Greater Washington Crusade, 23–31, 551, 554
“Great Reconciliation, The,” 318–19
Great Revival, 36–42
Greenbrier Resort, 691
Greensboro, N.C., 156, 173
Greenspahn, Rabbi Fred, 658–59
Greenville, S.C., 323–24
GTV, 261
Gustafson, Roy, 112, 461, 682
Haig, Alexander, 396, 399, 438
Haile Selassie, 270, 337, 340
Haldeman, H. R., 363, 366, 371, 376, 391, 395–96, 399–401, 434, 438
Graham’s contract with, 398, 400–401, 403, 405–6, 432, 443, 684
Hall, McLain, 477
Halverson, Richard, 26–27
Ham, Mordecai, 65, 67, 70, 101, 103, 111, 223, 391, 473, 579
Hamblen, Stuart, 116, 119–20, 122, 611
Hammarskjöld, Dag, 200
Handbook of Unreached Peoples, 453–54
Han Kyung Chile, 422, 423, 426
Haqq, Akbar Abdul-, 202, 328, 411, 412, 413, 422, 540
Haraszti, Alexander, 16, 526, 528, 534, 536, 537, 580, 633, 682
helps crusades, 484–85, 487–90, 491–93, 497–98, 500, 528–29, 533–34, 624
as Graham’s adviser, 500–511, 514, 517–18
Graham’s contact with, 490–92, 495
Siberian Six and, 519–21
Harper, Redd, 145
Harringay Arena, 177, 179, 182, 183, 197, 647
Hartman, Arthur, 505, 507, 516, 517, 520
Hartzell, Wesley, 97
Harvard University, 641
Harvey, Paul, 219, 257, 285
Hatfield, Mark, 358–59, 362, 398, 406
Hayes Barton Baptist Church, 663
Haymaker, Willis, 132–33, 175, 178, 182, 230, 473
Hearst, William Randolph, 102, 134
Graham supported by, 97–98, 120–21
Heart Is a Rebel, The, 242
heaven, 129–30, 159, 187, 239, 267, 585–86, 655, 659, 664, 682, 689
hell, 130, 187, 454, 585, 646, 655, 682
Helms, Ernie Lee, 393–94
Helms, Jesse, 434
Henry, Carl F. H., 168, 210, 214, 257, 449, 583
Christianity Today and, 218–20, 221, 228, 333–34
World Congress on Evangelism and, 334, 336, 338, 339, 340, 342
Herter, Christian, 275
Hickey, William, 186
Higby, Lawrence, 400, 402, 434
Hill, E. V., 370, 371, 377, 540, 572
Hinduism, 198, 199, 200, 203, 657, 660
His Land, 374
Hitler, Adolf, 104, 191–92, 255, 368, 370
“hitting the sawdust trail,” 49, 50, 53
Hodges, Luther, 206, 285
Hodierne, Robert, 475, 476–77, 479
Hoke, Donald, 346, 461, 462
Lausanne Congress and, 447, 450, 451, 452, 454–55, 458
Holley, Henry, 422–23, 464
Holy Spirit, 30, 34, 47, 159, 167, 199, 317, 498, 501, 534, 552, 588, 617, 659, 668, 689
work of, 38, 101, 121, 176, 542, 592, 593, 645
Holy Spirit, The (Graham), 534, 781
Honest to God (Robinson), 324
Hong Kong, 466, 631
Honor America Day, 376–77
Hoover, J. Edgar, 368
Hope, Bob, 353, 376, 432
“hot gospel,” 178<
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Hour of Decision, 140–43, 147, 149, 152, 154, 155, 158, 164, 183, 276, 376, 433, 475, 478, 562, 575
funding for, 138–40, 142
televised version of, 141, 236, 237
Houston, Sterling, 16, 25, 552, 571, 580
Houston, Tex., 147, 173, 316–17, 473, 660
Houston Astrodome, 316–17
Houston Press, 306
How to Be Born Again (Graham), 498
Hull, Roger, 230, 380, 473
Humphrey, Hubert, 310, 343, 359, 361
Hungarian crusade:
diplomatic negotiations for, 489, 491–92
Haraszti and, 484–94
official invitation for, 486–91, 493
propaganda value of, 492, 494
Hungary, 499
Catholic Church in, 484–85, 486, 489, 492, 494, 534
Council of Free Churches in, 486–87, 492–93, 495
Graham’s visits to, 489–94, 534, 624, 634
Jews in, 485, 488, 491, 492, 494
Ministry of Church Affairs in, 487, 489, 492, 493, 624
Reformed Church in, 484–89, 492, 494–95
Hunt, H. L., 306–7
Hussein, Saddam, 657
immorality, 110, 162, 174
India, 194–203, 231, 453, 615, 652, 657, 679, 680
Indian crusade, 194–203, 411
attendance during, 197, 198–99, 200
patronage and, 195, 199–200
preparations for, 194–95, 197
inquirers, 29, 30, 116, 133, 227, 231, 346, 382, 386, 426, 439, 466, 558, 559, 626
integration, 171, 172–76, 251–54, 255, 268, 301–2, 320, 370
in South Africa, 418, 420
Intelligence Digest, 181
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 476, 477
International Bulletin of Mission Research, 461
International Christian Leadership (ICL), 214, 364
International Conferences for Itinerant Evangelists (ICIE), 16, 540–42, 548
BGEA funding of, 540, 544, 549
Graham at, 541, 545, 546–47, 549–50
impact of, 541, 542, 543, 545–46, 549, 550
international representation at, 542–44, 546, 550
programs of, 541, 542, 543, 546, 547, 549–50
Third World participants in, 540–41, 543, 544, 548
International Congress on World Evangelization, see Lausanne Congress
International Missionary Council (IMC), 332
International News Service, 98, 121
invitation hymns, 29, 65, 187
invitations to accept Christ, 29, 41, 70, 130, 384, 542, 638, 644, 645, 667, 680
from Graham, 77–78, 85, 93, 102, 104, 113, 122, 139, 144, 167, 177, 182, 183, 191, 192, 193, 199, 209, 232, 244, 255, 267, 293, 294, 313, 346, 418, 424, 468, 498, 535, 558, 580, 592, 634
Iraq, 657