Billy Graham
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.
How Ravi Zacharias changed the way evangelism is done
By Timothy Keller — May 29, 2020
(RNS) — Even in today’s ‘cancel culture,’ where disagreement typically leads to vitriol, Zacharias had a gift for disarming hostility with gentleness, humor and respect.
Franklin Graham vows UK tour will go on after planned venues back out
By Yonat Shimron — February 6, 2020
(RNS) — The tour is scheduled for late May through early June and was to feature eight venues in eight cities across the U.K. Thousands signed petitions objecting to his visit.
Memorial for Reinhard Bonnke, ‘the Billy Graham of Africa,’ draws thousands
By Mark I. Pinsky — January 4, 2020
ORLANDO, Fla.(RNS) — The Pentecostal pastor died Dec. 7 in Orlando, where he moved his international ministry, Christ for All Nations, in the early 2000s.
Christianity Today roils the evangelical waters
By Mark Silk — December 22, 2019
(RNS) — Whatever its effect on the impeachment debate, CT's editorial calling for Trump's removal started a fight over Billy Graham's legacy.
Christianity Today editor argues morally compromised Trump should be removed from office
By Jack Jenkins — December 19, 2019
(RNS) — 'It's just an unambiguous moment in which it is absolutely clear that there's just no question what (Trump) was trying to do,' Mark Galli said.
Billy Graham, Franklin Graham and the dangers of mixing religion and politics
By Jana Riess — October 15, 2019
(RNS) — How will Billy Graham be remembered? Is his son Franklin damaging that legacy? Historian and Graham biographer Grant Wacker weighs in.
Christian churches own up to the futility of converting the Jews
By A. James Rudin — September 27, 2019
(RNS) — Throughout history, church and political authorities have used horrendous physical, emotional and psychological pressures in fruitless conversion campaigns.
Anne Graham Lotz, a year after breast cancer diagnosis, says joy ‘never left me’
By Adelle M. Banks — September 24, 2019
(RNS) — ‘I feel like one reason God allowed me to have this is to show … that cancer is not punishment,’ Lotz said in an interview.
Tullian Tchividjian is back after sex scandal, but should he be?
By Yonat Shimron — September 4, 2019
(RNS) — The problem is that he had at least one sexual relationship with a congregant — a transgression that is increasingly understood as a violation of clergy boundaries.
Scholars fear Franklin Graham will cut off access to Billy Graham archives
By Tim Funk — June 3, 2019
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — Franklin Graham said plans are underway for a new research center, but no professional archivists or librarians appear to be in place.
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.
2018 in review: A year of reckoning for powerful religious figures
By Bob Smietana — December 28, 2018
(RNS) — A year ago Bill Hybels was the pastor of one of the nation's most influential megachurches, Theodore McCarrick was a prince of the Catholic Church, and Michael Curry was the relatively unknown head of a mainline Protestant denomination.
Happy 100th Birthday, Billy Graham
By Adelle M. Banks — November 6, 2018
(RNS) — As the calendar marks what would have been Graham’s 100th birthday on Wednesday, here are 10 quotes from the preacher and people who knew and admired him over his 99 years of life.
Will Graham: It’s ‘daunting’ to portray his famous granddad in ‘Unbroken’ sequel
By Adelle M. Banks — September 13, 2018
(RNS) — ‘I carry on what he's taught me on an everyday basis,’ said Will Graham. ‘That doesn't bother me. But trying to do it on a movie set is different.’
