Evangelistic organization, founded in 1950 to: operate Billy Graham's ministry in a business-like way; provide a non-profit entity to receive donations for crusades and related ministries; plan and coordinate evangelistic meetings throughout the world; and with its agents and subsidiaries produce radio and television programs, films, DECISION magazine, and books and records. The BGEA was instrumental in: founding the magazine, CHRISTIANITY TODAY, and Wheaton College's Billy Graham Center; sponsoring a series of international and regional conferences on evangelism, beginning in 1966. It's headquarters was in Minneapolis, with offices in other U.S. and foreign cities. Harry Boyd Williams, born in 1933, was an ordained Baptist minister; employed as crusade director for the BGEA, 1963- (several years).
From the description of Records of BGEA Crusade Director, Harry Williams, 1963-1976. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 30419079
