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Rader, Paul, 212, 365, 373
rallies, Saturday-night, 92–93, 94–95, 98, 103, 117
Ramm, Bernard, 216
Rapture, the, 46, 112, 129, 296, 335, 341, 545, 579, 587–88
Rayburn, Sam, 23, 147, 149, 277
Reader’s Digest, 165, 376, 377, 640
Reagan, Nancy, 23, 472, 482
Reagan, Ronald, 23, 443, 507, 530, 534, 537, 623
Graham and, 481–82, 553, 636
Reardon, Tex, 553
Rees, Paul, 218
Reid, Gavin, 557, 558, 592
Religious Leaders for McGovern, 403–4
Republican party, 148, 152, 200, 212, 213, 219, 275, 284, 307–8, 375, 376, 404, 623, 660–61
Graham’s involvement, 150–54, 155–56, 181, 189, 195, 205–6, 211–12, 213, 250; see also specific presidents
Research Institute of America, 264
Restless Ones, The, 312–13, 471, 563
revival, “multicultural,” 638
revivals, 11, 45, 52, 64–65, 66, 109, 376
Finney and, 41–44
Great Awakening and, 34–37
Great Revival and, 36–41
Ham and, 65–67, 70, 101, 103, 111, 223, 391, 473, 515, 579
in Los Angeles, 115–23
Moody and, 45–48
in South, 36–39
Sunday and, 48–53, 64
Youth for Christ and, 94–99, 107–8, 109
Rhodes, Fred, 363–64
Rhodesia, 268–69
Rice, John R., 223–27, 228, 245, 281, 340
Rice University, 11–12, 173
Richard, Cliff, 328, 346
Richardson, Sid, 143, 144, 147, 150–51, 184, 305, 442
Riggs, Charlie, 230, 231, 324, 540
Riley, William Bell, 93, 104–5, 116, 380
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 278, 464–65
Rittenberg, Sidney, 619–20, 622
Roberts, Oral, 109, 347, 588
Berlin Congress and, 337–38
Nixon’s association with, 402–3, 405
TV ministry of, 258–59, 563, 575–76, 589
Robertson, A. Willis, 149
Robertson, Pat, 149–50, 480, 588, 658
Robison, James, 480
Roe v. Wade, 419
Romania, 533, 652
Romney, Mitt, 692–93
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 272, 442
Ross, Dick, 140, 141
Ross, Larry, 24, 557, 565, 606, 639, 640
Rowlandson, Maurice, 16, 324, 325, 331, 616–17
Rumsfeld, Donald, 395
Ruth and Billy Graham Children’s Health Center, 672
Rwanda, 648, 652
Safari for Souls, 264
St. John’s Baptist Association, 78
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 637
St. Stephen’s Presbyterian, 261–62
SALT 10 proposal, 508, 510, 512, 516, 600
Samaritan’s Purse, 15, 615, 645, 647, 650, 652, 653, 654, 657, 658, 660, 679, 681, 682, 692, 694
San Francisco, Calif., 245, 247, 256, 293
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 632
Sankey, Ira D., 46, 47
Sarajevo, Bosnia, 657
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 644, 650
Satan, 52, 139, 240, 329, 339, 383, 556, 658, 666
communism and, 118, 143, 169, 201
Fundamentalist claims about, 222, 227
Graham’s beliefs about, 160, 162, 167, 169, 442, 584, 586, 587, 595
Saturday Evening Post, 233–34, 401, 562
Second Coming:
Graham’s preachings on, 28, 80, 108, 112, 197, 210, 550, 587, 589, 601, 627
signs of, 46, 80, 587–88
as ultimate solution, 302, 322, 367, 368, 394, 430, 509–10, 515, 597, 599
Secret Service, U.S., 392–93
segregation, 171, 172–76, 197, 206, 239, 319, 369
Selma, Ala., 320
September 11, 2001, 658, 682–83
Shea, George Beverly, 89, 92–93, 96, 214, 238, 325, 351, 564, 578, 579, 682, 686
in crusade team, 28, 104, 110–11, 117, 133
Shriver, Sargent, 309–310, 349, 405
Shufelt, Stratton, 97–98, 99
Shuler, Jack, 97, 107, 115–16, 246
Shultz, George, 23–24
Siberian Six, 504–5, 516–20, 522, 523
Singapore, 468, 656
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (Edwards), 121
Sirica, John, 433, 435
Six Crises (Nixon), 288
Skaggs, Ricky, 647
Skinner, Tom, 369–70
slavery, 39, 41, 43, 370, 653
Smathers, George, 277, 285, 287, 303
Smith, Gipsy, 73, 74, 132
Smith, Michael W., 639, 640, 691
Smith, Tedd, 26, 133, 578, 581, 639
Smith, Wilbur, 215, 218
Smyth, Walter, 145, 258, 376, 413, 450, 535, 578, 579–80, 682, 686
Amsterdam conferences and, 539, 546–47
Eastern European crusades and, 486–87, 488, 489–90, 493, 496, 497, 503, 517–18
Social Gospel, 51, 157, 332, 349, 456, 615
socialism, 180–81, 187, 217, 495, 500, 596
Socialist Christian League, 180
Sockman, Ralph, 227
Soldier Field, 96–97, 292–93
Songs in the Night, 88–89, 93
Soper, Donald, 185
Souls in Conflict, 259
South Africa, 264, 269, 417–21, 675
Graham boycott of, 269, 416–18
Graham rallies in, 418–20, 438
Southern Baptist Convention, 173, 368, 485–86, 508, 663, 669–70
Southern Baptists, 78, 156, 172, 254, 448, 471, 662, 665, 667
Southern Baptist Youth Revival Movement, 109, 139
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 370, 421
Southworth, Mike, 632
Soviet crusade (1982):
negotiations for, 500–505
official invitation for, 502–6, 511
propaganda value of, 501–2, 505, 507
schedule of, 511–12, 513–14, 516
Siberian Six and, 504–5, 516–19
Soviet crusade (1984), 529–32
Soviet Union, 118, 129, 133, 146, 167, 409, 482, 483–84, 491, 525, 675
Baptist Church in, 500, 503, 509, 511, 512, 513–14, 530
Evangelical Christianity, 500–501, 512–13
freedom of religion in, 501, 514, 516, 517, 522–26, 531–32, 533–34
Graham as “duped” by, 523–26
Graham’s visits to, 263–64, 511–19, 528–32, 622
Jews in, 501, 503, 532
Orthodox Church in, 500–501, 502–3, 511–12, 514, 517, 520, 529–30, 532, 622
Siberian Six in, 504–5, 516–20
Sparkman, John, 491
Springsteen, Bruce, 637
Stadium Druzba, 633
Stadiums, 633, 639, 640, 641, 642
Stoddard, Solomon, 33–34
Stone, Barton, W., 37
Stone of Witness, 115
Stop Hunger, 658
Stott, John, 456, 457, 459, 463, 582, 603, 642, 669
street preachers, 48, 77, 329, 408
Stringfellow, George, 436
Sudan, 266, 653, 657
Sulphur Springs, Fla., 77, 79
Sunday, Billy, 48–52, 61–62, 68, 133, 135, 156, 171, 223, 258
Graham compared with, 89, 121, 123, 134, 655
New York revival of, 52, 57, 64–65, 127, 230–32
Sunday, Nell “Ma,” 49, 50, 68, 608
Sunday Graphic, 185
“Sundayisms,” 50
Sunday Standard (Madras), 203
Sunday Times (London), 188
Supreme Court, U.S., 175, 176, 205, 206, 251, 302, 368, 429, 636
Swaffer, Hannen, 180, 186
Swaggart, Jimmy, 469, 563, 575, 576, 606
Sweden, 190, 467–68
Sword of the Lord, 223–24, 226
Sydney, Australia
, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 382
Symington, Stuart, 181–82
tabernacles, 49, 50, 69–70
Taipei, Taiwan, 396
Taiwan (ROC), 231, 396, 399, 448, 466, 617
Tampa, Fla., 71, 72
Tampa Gospel Tabernacle, 74, 75, 77, 81, 87
Tanzania, 268
Tappan, Arthur, 41, 43
Tappan, Lewis, 41, 43
Target, George W., 327
TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network), 677, 680
Tchividjian, Ara, 297
Tchividjian, GiGi (daughter), 95, 157, 158, 248–50, 297–98, 384, 465, 671–72, 673, 674, 677, 689
Tchividjian, Stephan Nelson (grandson), 691
Tchividjian, Stephan, 297–99, 465, 671, 673
telegram campaigns, 308
teleprompters, 401
television evangelism, 24, 30, 561, 588–89
scandals and, 547, 575–76
television relays, 329, 381, 385–86, 387–88
Templeton, Charles “Chuck,” 92, 107, 115–16, 156, 224, 613
Graham’s discussion with, 113–16
and Youth for Christ International, 94, 95–96, 97–101, 112–13
Templeton Award, 510
Temple University, 379–80
Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 66
Texas Monthly, 12
Thielman, Calvin, 307, 338, 339, 686
Third Day, 640
This Is Your Life, 247
This Week with David Brinkley, 524
Thurmond, Strom, 133, 134, 254, 392
Tibet, 84, 85
Time, 98, 121, 123, 128, 133, 147, 149, 271, 272, 282, 361, 362, 369, 376, 441, 447, 478, 609
Times (London), 193
Timmerman, George Bell, 253–54
Today, 433, 655, 678
Tokyo, Japan, 346
Toronto, Ontario, 640, 647, 650
Trans-World Radio, 387
tribal religious practices, 265–66, 267–68, 270–71
Trotman, Dawson, 116, 145, 231
Trueblood, Elton, 363
Truman, Harry S., 98, 118, 132, 135–36, 147–49, 150, 151, 155, 251
Trump, Donald J., 694–95
Trump, Melania, 694
Tsingkiang, China, 83–84
Turin, Italy, 344–45
Tutu, Desmond, 633
Twenty-four Hours, 327–28
Unchurched American, The, 563
Underwood, Cecil, 74, 78
Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism, The (Henry), 168
Union Theological Seminary, 224, 233, 234, 394, 431
Unitarians, 127, 222
United Gospel Tabernacle, 87
United Nations, 146, 166, 170–71, 200, 217, 397
United Presbyterian Church, 448
United Press, 121
universalism, 333
“unreached peoples,” 452–54, 543
USA Today, 24
U.S. Center for World Mission, 455
U.S. Congress on Evangelism, 369–71
U.S. News & World Report, 192, 213, 220, 239, 285
U.S.S.R., see Soviet Union
Van Kampen, Robert, 87, 89–90, 134, 380, 572
Van Susteren, Greta, 694
Variety, 237
Vatican, 148, 149, 280, 342, 343, 363, 499, 507
Vaught, W. O., Jr., 254, 256
Vaus, Jim, 122
Venezuela, 291
Vereide, Abraham, 214
Vietnam War, 349–54, 356, 366, 372
American policy on, 336, 350, 352, 372–73, 382, 391, 432
Graham on, 317–18, 346, 349–54, 367, 371, 373, 387, 430–32
Graham’s visits to troops in, 350–51, 353–54, 487
missionary reports on, 371–73
opposition to, 317, 318, 353–54, 366–67, 368, 373–74, 373, 375, 377, 391, 392, 393–94
Vietnamese in, 350–51, 352, 371–72, 373
Vozrozhdeniye 92, 634
“Wake Up America,” 51
Wallace, George C., 320
Wall Street Journal, 638, 658
Walter Bennett Communications, 14–15, 139, 141, 557, 565, 566–67
Wang, Thomas, 461
War on Poverty, 309–10, 349, 596
Warren, Earl, 178, 214
Washington, D.C., 13–14, 24, 147–50, 153, 160, 166, 173, 217, 416, 422, 551, 653, 683
Washington, Walter, 27
Washington Post, 24, 310, 367, 478
Watergate affair, 428, 432, 433, 434
Graham’s responses to, 430, 433–34, 435, 436, 438–40, 441–42, 443
Nixon’s cover-up of, 433, 434–35, 436
secret tapes in, 434, 435, 438, 439, 440, 442
Waters, Ethel, 242
Watson, Marvin, 307
Watson, W. T., 72, 73–74, 79, 142, 144
Watts riots, 321
Weatherhead, Leslie, 185
Wiegel, Gustave, 221, 234
Weinberger, Caspar, 23
Wembley Stadium, 192, 197
Western Springs, Ill., 87–90
Western Springs Baptist Church (Village Church), 87–90
Westmoreland, William, 350, 352, 353
Wheaton College, 14, 68, 81–82, 122, 172, 256–57, 281, 298, 379, 476, 654–55, 674
Billy Graham Center at, 14, 257, 476, 524, 574, 611
Grahams at, 83–87, 88
White, John Wesley, 580, 590–91, 644, 649, 682, 697
Whitefield, George, 34–36, 57, 128, 130, 226
White House, 52, 171, 211, 305, 307, 308–10, 636, 647
Graham at, 134–36, 147–50, 361–62, 364–65, 429, 435, 436, 623–24
Graham briefed by, 275, 396, 399–401
Graham used by, 336, 352, 374, 376–77, 395–96, 398, 399–406, 443, 470
Why Conservative Churches Are Growing, 448
Williams, Bob, 16, 541–42, 580, 626–27, 631, 632, 643
Williams, Ralph, 561–62
Wilson, George, 93, 106, 682
BGEA and, 16, 140, 142, 180, 208, 294, 312–13, 369, 462, 472, 473–74, 479, 568–70, 571, 575, 578, 580, 617
and Youth for Christ International, 94, 95–98, 100, 104
Wilson, Grady, 26, 65, 67, 69–71, 80–81, 87, 134–35, 137, 140, 153, 242, 250, 259–60, 305, 477, 578, 579
crusade team and, 104, 110–12, 117, 120, 133, 134, 139, 185, 267, 269, 277, 306, 327, 465, 608
Wilson, Jim, 298, 299
Wilson, T. W., 12, 27, 65, 67, 209, 246, 250, 572, 679, 682
as aide to Graham, 16, 24, 209, 294–96, 303, 338, 402, 469, 477, 504, 554, 562, 570–71, 577, 578, 604, 606, 607, 608, 612, 614, 616, 647
Youth for Christ International, 95–96, 106
Winona Lake, Ind., 94, 97, 209
Winter, Ralph, 453, 455
Winthrop, John, 32
Wirt, Sherwood, 256
Word of Life, 92
World Christian Encyclopedia, 453–54
World Christian Fundamentalist Association, 90
World Conference of Religious Workers . . . , see Moscow “peace” conference
World Congress on Evangelism, 331, 334–43
World Council of Churches, 197, 216, 221, 334, 341, 343, 346, 402, 525
evangelical challenges to, 447–48, 451, 454, 458
founding of, 149, 300, 333, 341, 448
Graham’s relationship to, 106–7, 300, 333, 336, 346, 349, 350, 362, 451–52
missionary movement and, 334, 335, 448
mission of, 334–36, 342, 447–48, 452
World Emergency Fund, 420, 597
World Evangelism and Christian Education
Fund (WECEF), 475–77, 479
world evangelization, 452, 454–55, 456–57
World Medical Missions, 615
World Vision, 153, 453–54
World Wide Pictures, 140, 242, 264, 265, 374, 562–63, 614
World Wide Publications, 369, 386
WPIX-TV, 236
Wyrtzen, Jack, 92, 134, 225
Wys
zynski, Stefan Cardinal, 496–97
Yale University, 39, 232
Yankee Stadium, 238, 241
Yeltsin, Boris, 634
YMCA, 44, 45–46, 49
Yoido Plaza, 422–23, 426
Young Life, 476
Youth for Christ International, 91, 94–95, 127, 137, 141, 145, 165, 418, 423, 462, 569
Fundamentalism and, 92–93, 94, 103
Graham and, 94, 95–103, 107–8, 109, 110, 130, 137, 178, 208, 209, 333, 386, 638
international campaigns, 98, 99–102, 177
Johnson (Torrey) and, 94–105
media support for, 98, 120–21
patriotism and, 96–97, 98, 102
Templeton and, 93–94, 95–96, 97–100, 112–13
Wilson (George) and, 94, 96–97, 100, 104
Wilson (T. W.) and, 95–96, 106
Youth Night, 639–41, 646
Yugoslavia, 345–46, 381, 386, 388, 483, 488
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 345–46, 386, 388
Zamperini, Louis, 122
Zhang Wenjin, 619, 620, 621
Zoba, Wendy Murray, 657
Photos
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Billy Frank (back row, second from left) stands out among his Sharon High School classmates, 1936.
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Billy Frank (about 1935).
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The Canvas Cathedral, at the corner of Washington and Hill streets in Los Angeles, 1949.
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America’s Sensational Young Evangelist addresses a crowd of forty thousand in the University of South Carolina stadium, Columbia, South Carolina, 1950.
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Graham warns a gathering of New York church leaders that no place is “more ripe for judgment, or closer to catastrophe than this city,” 1951.
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Graham’s dynamic speaking style electrifies an English audience in London’s Albert Hall, 1952.
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Graham addresses an audience of U.S. soldiers at Christmastime in Korea, 1952.
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An open-air service in London’s Trafalgar Square, 1954, draws an estimated twelve thousand people, the largest crowd to gather there since V-E day.
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On the closing day of the 1954 London crusade, at Wembley Stadium, Graham addresses the largest crowd ever assembled in Great Britain for a religious event.