Graham at his crusade (1966)
Billy Graham's crusades – evangelistic campaigns conducted by Billy Graham between 1947 and 2005. Graham called them crusades, after the medieval Christian forces who conquered Jerusalem. Billy Graham conducted 417 crusades in 185 countries and territories on six continents. The first Billy Graham evangelistic campaign, held September 13–21, 1947, in the Civic Auditorium in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was attended by 6,000 people. He would rent a large venue, such as a stadium, park, or street. As the sessions became larger, he arranged a group of up to 5,000 people to sing in a choir. He would preach the gospel and invite people to come forward (a practice begun by Dwight L. Moody ). Such people were called inquirers and were given the chance to speak one-on-one with a counselor, to clarify questions and pray together. The inquirers were often given a copy of the Gospel of John or a Bible study booklet. In Moscow , in 1992, one-quarter of the 155,000 people in Graham's audience went forward at his call.[ 1] altar call song, "Just As I Am ".
Over 58 years, Billy Graham reached more than 210 million people (face to face and by satellite feeds) in over 185 countries and territories on six continents.[ 2] New York City in Madison Square Garden in 1957, which lasted 16 weeks.[ 3] Seoul in South Korea in 1973 (ca. 1,1 million peoples).[ 4] [ 5]
Graham's revival meetings were most commonly called "crusades," and were billed as such for decades, but Graham himself began calling them "missions" after the September 11 attacks due to a potentially offensive connotation of the word "crusade " among Muslims . "Following September 11th, there was increased consciousness of other faiths in the U.S. that would find the term 'crusade' offensive," Graham spokeswoman Melany Ethridge told The Associated Press in 2002. [ 6]
Chronological list [ edit ]
Number
Date
City
Country
1947
1
Grand Rapids USA
2
Nov 9–23[ 7]
Charlotte USA
1948
3
Augusta USA
4
Modesto USA
1949
5
Miami USA
6
Baltimore USA
7
Altoona USA
8 LA Crusade
Sept 25 – Nov 20
Los Angeles USA
1950
9
Boston USA
10
Columbia USA
11 tour
states of New England
USA
12
Portland USA
13
Minneapolis USA
14
Atlanta USA
1951
15 tour
South States USA
16
Fort Worth USA
17
Shreveport USA
18
Cincinnati USA
19
Memphis USA
20
Seattle USA
21
Hollywood USA
22
Greensboro USA
23
Raleigh USA
1952
24
Jan 13 - Febr 10[ 8] [ 9]
Washington, D.C. USA
25 tour
April–May
American cities
USA
26
Houston USA
27
Jackson USA
28 tour
August
American cities
USA
29
Pittsburgh USA
30
Albuquerque USA
1953
31 tour
cities of Florida
USA
32
Chattanooga USA
33
St. Louis USA
34
Dallas USA
35 tour
West Texas
USA
36
Syracuse USA
37
Detroit USA
38
Asheville USA
1954
39 London Crusade
March 1 - May 29
London England
40 tour
Amsterdam , Berlin , Copenhagen , Düsseldorf , Frankfurt , Helsinki , Paris , Stockholm Netherlands , BRD , Denmark , Finland , France , Sweden
41
Nashville USA
42
New Orleans USA
43 tour
West Cost
USA
1955
44
March–April
Glasgow Scotland
45 tour
Cities of Scotland
Scotland
46
Mai
London England
47
Paris France
48
Zürich Switzerland
49
Geneva Switzerland
50
Mannheim West Germany
51
Stuttgart West Germany
52
Nuremberg West Germany
53
Dortmund West Germany
54
Frankfurt West Germany
55
American bases in Germany
West Germany
56
Rotterdam Netherlands
57
Oslo Norway
58
Göteborg Sweden
59
Aarhus Denmark
60
Toronto Canada
1956
61
tour
India and Far East
62
Richmond USA
63
Oklahoma City USA
64
Louisville USA
1957
65 NY Crusade
May 15 – Sept 1
New York USA
1958
66
tour
Region of Caribbean See
67
San Francisco USA
68
Sacramento USA
69
Fresno USA
71
Santa Barbara USA
72
Los Angeles USA
73
San Diego USA
74
San Antonio USA
75[ 10]
Sept 21 – Oct 26
Charlotte USA
1959
76
Febr 15 - March 15
Melbourne Australia
77
March 29 - April 4
Auckland New Zealand
78
April 12 - May 10
Sydney Australia
79
May 15–22
Perth Australia
80
May 17–31
Brisbane Australia
81
Adelaide Australia
82
Wellington New Zealand
83
Christchurch New Zealand
84
Canberra Australia
85
Launceston Australia
86
Hobart Australia
87
Little Rock USA
88
Wheaton USA
89
Indianapolis USA
1960
90
Monrovia Liberia
91
Accra Ghana
92
Kumasi Ghana
93
Lagos Nigeria
94
Ibadan Nigeria
95
Kaduna Nigeria
96
Enugu Nigeria
97
Jos Nigeria
98
Brazzaville Congo
99
Bulawayo Zimbabwe
100
Harare Zimbabwe
101
Kitwe Zimbabwe
102
Moshi Tanzania
103
Kisumu Kenya
104
Bujumbura Burundi
105
Nairobi Kenya
106
Addis Abeba Ethiopia
107
Cairo Egypt
108
Jerusalem Jordan
109
Washington, D.C. USA
110
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
111
Bern Switzerland
112
Zürich Switzerland
113
Basle Switzerland
114
Lausanne Switzerland
115
Essen West Germany
116
Hamburg West Germany
117
Berlin West Germany
118[ 11]
New York (for Spanish Americans)USA
1961
119
Jacksonville USA
120
Orlando USA
121
Clearwater USA
122
St. Petersburg USA
123
Tampa USA
124
Bradenton–Sarasota
USA
125
Tallahassee USA
126
Gainesville USA
127
Miami USA
128
Cape Canaveral USA
129
West Palm Beach USA
130
Peace River USA
131
Boca Raton USA
132
Fort Lauderdale USA
133
Manchester England
134
Glasgow Scotland
135
Belfast Northern Ireland
136
Minneapolis USA
137
Philadelphia USA
1962
138
Jan – Febr
tour
South America
139
Raleigh USA
140
Jacksonville USA
141
Chicago USA
142
Seattle USA
143
Fresno USA
144
Redstone Arsenal USA
145 tour
Sept – Oct
South States
USA
146
El Paso USA
1963
147
12–26 May
Paris France
148
Lyon France
149
Toulouse France
150
Mulhouse France
151
Montauban France
152
Nancy France
153
Douai France
154
Nuremberg West Germany
155
Stuttgart West Germany
156
Los Angeles USA
1964
157
Birmingham USA
158
Phoenix USA
159
San Diego USA
160
Columbus USA
161
Omaha USA
162
September
Boston USA
163
October
Boston USA
164
Manchester USA
165
Portland USA
166
Bangor USA
167
Providende USA
168
Louisville USA
1965
169
Honolulu , Oahu USA
168
Kahului , Maui USA
169
Hilo USA
170
Lihue , Kauaʻi USA
171
Dothan USA
172
Tuscaloosa USA
173
Auburn University (Alabama )USA
174
Tuskegee Institute (Alabama )USA
175
Montgomery USA
176
Copenhagen Denmark
177
Vancouver Canada
178
Seattle USA
179
Denver USA
180
Houston USA
1966
181
Greenville USA
182
London England
183
Berlin West Germany
1967
184
Ponce Puerto Rico
185
San Juan Puerto Rico
186
Winnipeg Canada
187
London England
188
Turin Italy
189
Zagreb Yugoslavia
190
Toronto Canada
191
Kansas City USA
192
Tokyo Japan
1968
193
Brisbane Australia
194
Sydney Australia
195
Portland USA
196
San Antonio USA
197
Pittsburgh USA
1969
198
Auckland New Zealand
199
Dunedin New Zealand
200
Melbourne Australia
201
New York USA
202
Anaheim USA
1970
203
Dortmund West Germany
204
Knoxville USA
205
New York USA
206
Baton Rouge USA
1971
207
Lexington USA
208
Chicago USA
209
Oakland USA
210
Dallas USA
1972
211
Charlotte USA
212
Birmingham USA
213
Cleveland USA
214
Kohima India
1973
215
Durban South Africa
216
Johannesburg South Africa
217
Seoul South Korea
218
Atlanta USA
219
Minneapolis USA
220
Raleigh USA
221
St. Louis USA
1974
222
Phoenix USA
223
Los Angeles USA
224
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
225
Norfolk , Hampton USA
1975
226
Albuquerque USA
227
Jackson USA
228
Bruxelles Belgium
229
Lubbock USA
230
Taipei Taiwan
231
Hong Kong British Hong Kong
1976
232
Seattle USA
233
Williamsburg USA
1977
237
Göteborg Sweden
238
Asheville USA
239
South Bend USA
240
tour
Hungary
241
Cincinnati USA
242
Manila Philippines
243
India-Good News Festivals
India
1978
244
Las Vegas USA
245
Memphis USA
246
Toronto Canada
247
Kansas City USA
248
Oslo Norway
249
Stockholm Sweden
250
Satellite crusade
Sweden
251
Satellite crusade
Norway
252
Satellite crusade
Island
253[ 12]
6–16 October
tour
Poland
254
Singapore Singapore
1979
255
São Paulo Brazil
256
Tampa USA
257
Sydney Australia
258
Nashville USA
259
Milwaukee USA
260
Halifax Canada
1980
261
Oxford England
262
Cambridge England
263
Indianapolis USA
264
Edmonton Canada
265
Wheaton USA
266
Okinawa Japan
267
Osaka Japan
268
Fukuoka Japan
269
Tokyo Japan
270
Reno USA
271
Las Vegas USA
1981
272
Mexico City Mexico
273
Villahermosa Mexico
274
Boca Raton USA
275
Baltimore USA
276
Calgary Canada
277
San José USA
278
Houston USA
1982
279
Blackpool England
280
Providence USA
281
Burlington USA
282
Portland USA
283
Springfield USA
284
Manchester USA
285
10–14 May
Moscow Soviet Union
286
Hartford USA
287
New Haven USA
288
Boston (Northeastern University )USA
289
Amherst (University of Massachusetts )USA
290
New Haven (Yale University )USA
291
Cambridge (Harvard University )USA
292
Newton (Boston College )USA
293
Cambridge (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)USA
294
South Hamilton (Gordon-Convell Seminary)USA
295
Hanover (Dartmouth College)USA
296
Boston USA
297
New Orleans (South Baptist Convention Evangelistic Rally)USA
298
Boise USA
299
Spokane USA
300
Chapel Hill USA
301
Wittenberg East Germany
302
Dresden East Germany
303
Görlitz East Germany
304
Stendal East Germany
305
Stralsund East Germany
306
Berlin East Germany
307
Prague Czechoslovakia
308
Brno Czechoslovakia
309
Bratislava Czechoslovakia
310
Nassau Bahama
1983
311
Orlando USA
312
Tacoma USA
313
Sacramento USA
314
Oklahoma City USA
1984
315
Anchorage USA
316
Bristol England
317
Sunderland England
318
Norwich England
319
Birmingham England
320
Liverpool England
321
Ipswich England
322
Seoul South Korea
323
Leningrad Soviet Union
324
Tallinn Soviet Union
325
Novosibirsk Soviet Union
326
Moscow Soviet Union
327
Vancouver Canada
1985
328
Fort Lauderdale USA
329
Hartford USA
330
Sheffield England
331
Anaheim USA
332
Suceava Romania
333
Cluj-Napoca Romania
334
Oradea Romania
335
Arad Romania
336
Timișoara Romania
337
Sibiu Romania
338
Bucharest Romania
339
Pécs Hungary
340
Budapest Hungary
1986
341
Washington, D.C. USA
342
Paris France
343
Tallahassee USA
1987
344
Columbia USA
345
Cheyenne USA
346
Fargo USA
347
Billings USA
348
Sioux Falls USA
349
Denver USA
350
Helsinki Finland
1988
351
Beijing China
352
Huai'an China
353
Nankin Chine
354
Shanghai China
355
Guangzhou China
356
Zagorsk Soviet Union
357
Moscow Soviet Union
358
Kiev Soviet Union
359
Buffalo USA
360
Rochester USA
361
Hamilton Canada
1989
362
Syracuse USA
363
London England
364
Budapest Hungary
365
Little Rock USA
1990
368
Berlin West Germany
369
Montreal Canada
370
Albany USA
371
Uniondale USA
372
Hong Kong British Hong Kong
1991
373
Seattle , Tacoma USA
374
Edinburgh Scotland
375
Aberdeen Scotland
376
Glasgow Scotland
377
East Rutherford USA
378
New York (Central Park )USA
379
Buenos Aires Argentina
1992
380
Pjongjang North Korea
381
Philadelphia USA
382
Portland USA
383
Moscow Russia
1993
384
Essen Germany
385
Pittsburgh USA
386
Columbus USA
1994
387
Tokyo Japan
388
Beijing China
389
Pjongjang North Korea
390
Cleveland USA
391
Atlanta USA
1995
392
San Juan Puerto Rico
393
Global mission
394
Toronto Canada
395
Sacramento USA
1996
396
World Television Series
397
Minneapolis USA
398
Charlotte USA
1997
399
San Antonio USA
400
San Jose USA
401
San Francisco USA
402
Oakland USA
1998
403
Ottawa Canada
404
Tampa USA
1999
405
Indianapolis USA
406
St. Louis USA
2000
407
Nashville USA
408
Jacksonville USA
2001
409
Louisville USA
410
Fresno USA
2002
411
Cincinnati USA
412
Dallas USA
2003
413
San Diego USA
414
Oklahoma City USA
2004
415
Kansas City USA
416
Los Angeles USA
2005
417
New York USA
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