Billy Graham, 'America's Pastor' And Noted Evangelist, Dead At 99
Graham
viewed the Bible as the infallible word of God. He believed that Jesus led a sinless life and that all men were lost and would face God’s judgment. Most importantly, he was convinced he must use “every modern means of communication available” to spread the Gospel throughout the world, and did so in print, on radio and television, online and in person.
Graham’s sermons
promoted evangelism and
railed against “godless communism,” drugs, sex and violence. And for the next five decades, his electric personality connected with audiences in
more than 185 countries.
Graham was the first evangelist of note to speak behind the Iron Curtain, and during the Apartheid era he refused to visit South Africa until the government allowed integrated seating at his events. He
published dozens of best-selling books, including
Angels: God’s Secret Agents and
The Jesus Generation, and wrote a weekly column that was syndicated in hundreds of newspapers.
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