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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.

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.

Graham biographer: Many ‘little Billy Grahams’ succeed evangelist

By Adelle M. Banks — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — William Martin says there won't be a 'next Billy Graham.'

Billy Graham never lived in Texas but belonged to a Dallas church for 54 years

By Bobby Ross Jr. — February 21, 2018
DALLAS (RNS) — Why did Graham place membership at a church nearly 1,000 miles from his home in Montreat, N.C.?

Billy Graham, Louis Zamperini and the two nights in 1949 that changed their lives

By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 9, 2014
(RNS) The preaching in that rented circus tent in Los Angeles changed Louis Zamperini, then 32 -- who put away the bottle and devoted his life to Jesus. It also changed the preacher, Billy Graham, and the future course of American evangelicalism.

George Beverly Shea, the voice of Billy Graham crusades, dies at 104

By Adelle M. Banks — April 17, 2013
(RNS) George Beverly Shea, Billy Graham’s soloist on crusade stages for more than half a century, died Tuesday at age 104.

Why is Billy Graham so involved in the 2012 elections?

By Adelle M. Banks — October 22, 2012

(RNS) Billy Graham has been featured in ads supporting a North Carolina anti-gay marriage referendum and supporting “biblical values” in the upcoming national election. Why has the famed evangelist – who has said he learned hard lessons about being too political – getting so involved in the 2012 elections? By Adelle M. Banks.

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