TRIBUTE
Billy Graham 1966
William Franklin Graham was born on November 7, 1918 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He grew up in a farming household that was strict but fair, governed by the culture of American Presbyterianism, although as a young adult he became a Baptist. These life lessons of Christian faith, hard work, and personal discipline would serve Billy well for his future role.
A travelling evangelist called Mordecai Ham came to town and invited this shy boy to “come forward to the front” and put his trust in Christ as his Lord and Saviour. Reluctantly, the last to his feet, on the last night, he did.
Billy was first and foremost a preacher. He cut his teeth preaching in Southern American Churches and eventually was used more and more as an evangelist on the southern “revival” circuit.