Graham's popular appeal was the result of his extraordinary charisma, his forceful preaching, and his simple, homespun message: anyone who repents of sins and accepts Jesus Christ will be saved.

Franklin Graham Franklin Graham serves as president and CEO. Several times a year, he and his son, Will Graham, preach at evangelistic crusades modeled after those Billy Graham was known for holding. The BGEA's internet evangelism ministry, Search for Jesus, was launched in 2011.

Graham was battling numerous health issues that included acute kidney failure, congestive heart failure, diabetes, and hearing loss. Graham was in deteriorating health throughout the last decades of his life. He received a liver transplant in 2002 due to hepatitis C and cirrhosis.

He preached at Baptist and Brethren churches in other North Florida communities of Bostwick, Peniel, Welaka and Green Cove Springs. "I walked the streets practicing my sermons," Graham wrote of his days in Palatka. "I found a nearby church that was empty during the day and fine-tuned my sermons there.

1. "When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost." 2. "My home is in Heaven.

Graham scoured the world on his preaching tours, which he called "crusades." His life goal was to help others find the Lord.

(November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. He was a prominent evangelical Christian figure, and according to a biographer, was "among the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.

215 million people Preaching. Billy Graham preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ to some 215 million people who attended one of his more than 400 Crusades, simulcasts and evangelistic rallies in more than 185 countries and territories.

To be sure, Graham admitted that he did not look forward to the dying process itself. He said he had seen “some of the terrible things that happen to people that are dying. I don't want that.”

Billy preached the Good News to some 215 million people in live audiences in 185 countries and territories at more than 400 crusades, missions and evangelistic rallies. Millions more heard him on the radio and watched him on television and film. He founded two magazines, Christianity Today and Decision.

The Billy Graham Training Center Bible: New King James Version.

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