Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
US Hispanic Protestant churches are young, growing and largely new to the country
By Alejandra Molina — January 30, 2023
(RNS) — 'We see more and more English-speaking churches either planting a Hispanic church or adding a service in Spanish to their current congregation,' said Giancarlo Montemayor with Lifeway Recursos.
A new Billy Graham archive opens on the late evangelist’s birthday
By Yonat Shimron — November 7, 2022
(RNS) — The two-story building, constructed with the latest preservation standards and environmental controls, cost $13 million and sits across the road from the Billy Graham Library.
Religious right groups’ tax-status changes demean both church and state
By Jacob Lupfer — July 13, 2022
(RNS) — No honest person would call the political organization a church.
British borough apologizes for removing bus ads promoting Franklin Graham festival
By Yonat Shimron — July 16, 2021
(RNS) — A judge ruled the removal of the ads was an unjustified interference in freedom of expression and ordered the borough and its transportation provider to post an apology.
UK judge: Council discriminated in removing bus ads promoting Franklin Graham festival
By Yonat Shimron — April 1, 2021
(RNS) — The judge said the borough council’s actions ‘discriminated on the ground of religion’ and showed ‘wholesale disregard for the right to freedom of expression.’
Trump taxes report highlights nearly $400,000 payment from Billy Graham group
By Jack Jenkins — September 28, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A new report from The New York Times citing Trump’s tax information raises questions about the potential conflicts of interest in making money off his religious allies while in office.
Billy Graham statue to replace that of white supremacist in US Capitol
By Yonat Shimron — August 3, 2020
(RNS) — The 10-foot, 10-inch-tall statue of the renowned evangelist will replace a statue of Charles Aycock that both the state of North Carolina and the US House want removed.
‘More than individual sin’ — Black pastors urge evangelicals to admit systemic racism
By Yonat Shimron — July 2, 2020
(RNS) — While liberal Christians have embraced the idea of social or collective sin, especially when it comes to racism, white evangelicals have typically resisted such notions as unbiblical. A Black Southern Baptist pastor is now calling them out on it.
Billy Graham archives to move from Wheaton College to his North Carolina library
By Adelle M. Banks — March 29, 2019
(RNS) — 'This is part of our continuing consolidation in Billy Graham’s hometown,' said evangelist Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the BGEA and son of Billy Graham.
Defending Islam, gays and Blackpool, Brits oppose Franklin Graham’s UK visit
By Rosie Dawson — September 12, 2018
(RNS) — Blackpool’s two ministers to Parliament have also expressed their concern, with one suggesting that Graham’s comments amounted to 'hate speech.'
Why Putin is an ally for American evangelicals
By Melani McAlister — September 4, 2018
(The Conversation) — In the 21st century, evangelical conservatives aren’t promoting their agenda by smuggling Bibles behind the Iron Curtain, but by harnessing Putin’s reputation as a leader in the resurgent global Right.
Billy Graham to be laid to rest after ‘last crusade’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 1, 2018
(RNS) — In keeping with Billy Graham's pioneering use of new media, his funeral will be streamed live on the BGEA website, with coverage beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern on Friday (March 2).
Billy Graham helped give white evangelicals a pass on civil rights — scholars
By Christine A. Scheller — March 1, 2018
(RNS) — While he is remembered for speaking out against racism and segregation during his later revivals, some scholars argue that he gave white evangelicals a safe alternative to civil rights engagement.
Franklin Graham calls persecution of Christians ‘genocide’
By Lauren Markoe — May 10, 2017
(RNS) The controversial preacher and son of the Rev. Billy Graham described violence against Christians in the Middle East and Africa as part of a larger, global antagonism toward the faith.
Cliff Barrows, Billy Graham’s song leader for six decades, dies at 93
By Mark A. Kellner — November 15, 2016
(RNS) Graham, Barrows and soloist George Beverly Shea -- who died in 2013 -- were an inseparable team.
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