Records of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Limited (Great Britain), 1953-1984.

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Records of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Limited (Great Britain), 1953-1984.

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Correspondence, memos, reports, press releases, telegrams, crusade materials, film orders and more from the BGEA office in London. These records document the BGEA's evangelistic meetings in the United Kingdom and Europe; the impact of the BGEA on British Christianity, the distribution, promotion and showings in the UK, Europe, Africa, Australia and elsewhere of the films of World Wide Pictures; production and distribution of the British edition of DECISION magazine, and interaction with the British office with the BGEA headquarters in the United States, including Billy Graham and other senior executives of the BGEA. The files also document activities and influence of the Evangelical church and network in the United Kingdom in the 20th century. Much of the correspondence is from the head of the office, Maurice Rowlandson, but there is also material from others, including Alan Stephens' replies written by to people writing to Billy Graham for counseling.There is also a transcript of an interview with U.S. President Gerald Ford. This collection is one of several which forms the Records of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

57 boxes (29.6 cubic feet)

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Graham, Billy, 1918-2018

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Evangelist, radio preacher, and author; born William Franklin Graham on November 18, 1918 in Charlotte, N.C.; graduated from Florida Bible Institute (1940 and Wheaton College (1943); ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, 1940; achieved national prominence in 1949 through his evangelistic meetings in Los Angeles; founded Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1952; had extensive evangelistic ministry throughout the world, 1949- ; authored many books and received many awards and honors; organiz...

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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Black, Cyril, Sir.

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President of the London Baptist Association; member of Parliment; participant in the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's 1955 All-Scotland and London Crusades and the 1966 London Crusade. From the description of Crusade papersof Sir Cyril Black, 1955-1971. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 31743315 ...

Olford, Stephen F.

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Dain, Arthur John, 1912-

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Missionary and Anglican bishop; born 1912; missionary in India, 1936-1940; co-secretary of the World Evangelical Fellowship, 1950-1959; federal secretary of the Church Missionary Society, Australia, 1959-1965; Assistant bishop, Diocese of Sydney, 1965-?; chairman of the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization. From the description of Crusade papers of Arthur John Dain, 1955-1956. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 31743302 ...

Wilson, George M., 1913-1999

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Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

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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; sponsor...

International Congress on World Evangelization (1974 : Lausanne, Switzerland)

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Billy Graham Euro '70 (1970 : Dortmund, Germany)

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World Wide Pictures, Inc.

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Religious film production company; formed in 1951 as a Billy Graham Evangelistic Association subsidiary to produce and distribute films, most of which would combine a fictional or true story of a person's conversion with scenes from an actual BGEA crusade; most films were available for distribution to churches, but occasionally to the general public through release in commercial theaters; WWP's presidents were Dick Ross and William Brown; until 1988, production was done in WWP's Burbank, CA, off...

Smyth, Walter Herbert.

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Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Limited (Australia)

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Berryman, Barry.

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Wilson-Haffenden, Donald James, 1900-

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British major general; chairman of the executive committee for Billy Graham's British crusades in 1954, 1966 and 1967. From the description of Crusade papers of Donald James Wilson-Haffendon, 1954-1968. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 31743296 ...

Landreth, Gordon J. T.

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Criswell, W. A. 1909-2002.

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Billy Graham Greater London Crusade (1955 : London, England)

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Billy Graham Greater London Crusade (1966 : London, England)

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Pollock, John, 1924-2012

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Author; born 1923; biography of Graham was published in 1966; a second version, which was really a continuation and dealth with events after 1966, was published in 1979. From the description of Billy Graham : Man of decision : the authorized biography, [between 1960 and 1966]. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 30419082 ...

Billy Graham All-Britain Crusade (1967 : London, England)

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Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Limited (Great Britain)

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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 minstries; 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; sponsor...

Ford, Leighton

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Graham, Ruth Bell.

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Richard, Cliff

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Spree '73 (1973 : London, England)

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Rowlandson, Maurice.

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Stephens, C. Alan.

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Billy Graham Greater London Crusade (1954 : London, England)

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Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967

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Muntz, John Palmer, 1897-

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Pastor; born March 20, 1897; served as pastor of the Baptist Church of Chaffee, New York (1922-1924) and the Cazenovia Park Baptist Church in Buffalo (1924-1963); director of Winona Lake Christian Assembly, 1939-1958; played a part in founding Youth for Christ International; officer of various evangelistic or missionary agencies including World Evangelical Fellowship, Conservative Baptist Association, American Association of Jewish Evangelism, World Radio Fellowship, Child Evangelism Fellowship,...

Eurofest '75 (1975 : Brussels, Belgium)

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