List of Billy Graham's crusades
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Billy Graham's crusades were evangelistic campaigns conducted by Billy Graham between 1947 and 2005. 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 to ask Jesus to be their savior and pray together. The inquirers were often given a copy of the Gospel of John or a Bible study booklet. In Durban, South Africa, in 1973, the crowd of some 100,000 was the first large mixed-race event in apartheid South Africa.[1] In Moscow, in 1992, one-quarter of the 155,000 people in Graham's audience went forward at his call.[2] During his crusades, he has frequently used the altar call song, "Just As I Am". Many musical artists would accompany Graham on his crusades to sing either hymns or reflective songs including Cliff Barrows, Cliff Richard, Shelia Walsh, George Beverley Shea and George Hamilton IV.
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.[3] The longest Graham's evangelistic crusade took place in New York City in Madison Square Garden in 1957, which lasted 16 weeks.[4] The largest audience in the history of Graham's ministry assembled at Yoido Plaza in Seoul in South Korea in 1973 (1.1 million people).[5][6]
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.[7]
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Chronological list[]
Number | Date | City | Country |
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1947 | |||
1 | September 13–21 | Grand Rapids | United States |
2 | November 9–23[8] | Charlotte | United States |
1948 | |||
3 | Augusta | United States | |
4 | Modesto | United States | |
1949 | |||
5 | Miami | United States | |
6 | Baltimore | United States | |
7 | Altoona | United States | |
8 LA Crusade | September 25 – November 20 | Los Angeles | United States |
1950 | |||
9 | Boston | United States | |
10 | Columbia | United States | |
11 tour | states of New England | United States | |
12 | Portland | United States | |
13 | Minneapolis | United States | |
14 | Atlanta | United States | |
1951 | |||
15 tour | South States | United States | |
16 | Fort Worth | United States | |
17 | Shreveport | United States | |
18 | Cincinnati | United States | |
19 | Memphis | United States | |
20 | Seattle | United States | |
21 | Hollywood | United States | |
22 | Greensboro | United States | |
23 | Raleigh | United States | |
1952 | |||
24 | January 13 – February 10[9][10] | Washington, D.C. | United States |
25 tour | April–May | American cities | United States |
26 | Houston | United States | |
27 | Jackson | United States | |
28 tour | August | American cities | United States |
29 | Pittsburgh | United States | |
30 | Albuquerque | United States | |
1953 | |||
31 tour | cities of Florida | United States | |
32 | Chattanooga | United States | |
33 | St. Louis | United States | |
34 | Dallas | United States | |
35 tour | West Texas | United States | |
36 | Syracuse | United States | |
37 | Detroit | United States | |
38 | Asheville | United States | |
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 | United States | |
42 | New Orleans | United States | |
43 tour | West Coast | United States | |
1955 | |||
44 | March–April | Glasgow | Scotland |
45 tour | Cities of Scotland | Scotland | |
46 | May | 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 | United States | |
63 | Oklahoma City | United States | |
64 | Louisville | United States | |
1957 | |||
65 | May 15 – September 1 | New York | United States |
1958 | |||
66 | tour | Region of Caribbean Sea | |
67 | San Francisco | United States | |
68 | Sacramento | United States | |
69 | Fresno | United States | |
71 | Santa Barbara | United States | |
72 | Los Angeles | United States | |
73 | San Diego | United States | |
74 | San Antonio | United States | |
75[11] | September 21 – October 26 | Charlotte | United States |
1959 | |||
76 | February 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 | March 30 – April 6 | Wellington | New Zealand |
83 | April 1–8 | Christchurch | New Zealand |
84 | Canberra | Australia | |
85 | Launceston | Australia | |
86 | Hobart | Australia | |
87 | Little Rock | United States | |
88 | Wheaton | United States | |
89 | Indianapolis | United States | |
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 | Southern Rhodesia | |
100 | Salisbury | Southern Rhodesia | |
101 | Kitwe | Northern Rhodesia | |
102 | Moshi | Tanganyika | |
103 | Kisumu | Kenya | |
104 | Usumbura | Ruanda-Urundi | |
105 | Nairobi | Kenya | |
106 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | |
107 | Cairo | Egypt | |
108 | Jerusalem | Jordan | |
109 | Washington, D.C. | United States | |
110 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | |
111 | Bern | Switzerland | |
112 | Zürich | Switzerland | |
113 | Basel | Switzerland | |
114 | Lausanne | Switzerland | |
115 | Essen | West Germany | |
116 | Hamburg | West Germany | |
117 | Berlin | West Germany | |
118[12] | New York (for Spanish Americans) | United States | |
1961 | |||
119 | Jacksonville | United States | |
120 | Orlando | United States | |
121 | Clearwater | United States | |
122 | St. Petersburg | United States | |
123 | Tampa | United States | |
124 | Bradenton–Sarasota | United States | |
125 | Tallahassee | United States | |
126 | Gainesville | United States | |
127 | Miami | United States | |
128 | Cape Canaveral | United States | |
129 | West Palm Beach | United States | |
130 | Peace River | United States | |
131 | Boca Raton | United States | |
132 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | |
133 | Manchester | England | |
134 | Glasgow | Scotland | |
135 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | |
136 | Minneapolis | United States | |
137 | Philadelphia | United States | |
1962 | |||
138 | January – February | tour | South America |
139 | Raleigh | United States | |
140 | Jacksonville | United States | |
141 | Chicago | United States | |
142 | Seattle | United States | |
143 | Fresno | United States | |
144 | Redstone Arsenal | United States | |
145 tour | September – October | Southern States | United States |
146 | El Paso | United States | |
1963 | |||
147 | May 12–26 | 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 | United States | |
1964 | |||
157 | Birmingham | United States | |
158 | Phoenix | United States | |
159 | San Diego | United States | |
160 | Columbus | United States | |
161 | Omaha | United States | |
162 | September | Boston | United States |
163 | October | Boston | United States |
164 | Manchester | United States | |
165 | Portland | United States | |
166 | Bangor | United States | |
167 | Providence | United States | |
168 | Louisville | United States | |
1965 | |||
169 | Honolulu, Oahu | United States | |
168 | Kahului, Maui | United States | |
169 | Hilo | United States | |
170 | Lihue, Kaua'i | United States | |
171 | Dothan | United States | |
172 | Tuscaloosa | United States | |
173 | Auburn University (Alabama) | United States | |
174 | Tuskegee Institute (Alabama) | United States | |
175 | Montgomery | United States | |
176 | Copenhagen | Denmark | |
177 | Vancouver | Canada | |
178 | Seattle | United States | |
179 | Denver | United States | |
180 | Houston | United States | |
1966 | |||
181 | Greenville | United States | |
182 | June | London | England |
183 | Berlin | West Germany | |
1967 | |||
184 | Ponce | Puerto Rico | |
185 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | |
186 | Winnipeg | Canada | |
187 | June | London | England |
188 | Turin | Italy | |
189 | July 7 | Zagreb | Yugoslavia |
190 | Toronto | Canada | |
191 | Kansas City | United States | |
192 | Tokyo | Japan | |
1968 | |||
193 | Brisbane | Australia | |
194 | Sydney | Australia | |
195 | Portland | United States | |
196 | San Antonio | United States | |
197 | Pittsburgh | United States | |
1969 | |||
198 | Auckland | New Zealand | |
199 | Dunedin | New Zealand | |
200 | Melbourne | Australia | |
201 | New York | United States | |
202 | Anaheim | United States | |
1970 | |||
203 | Dortmund | West Germany | |
204 | May 28 | Knoxville[13] | United States |
205 | New York | United States | |
206 | October 21–25 | Baton Rouge (Tiger Stadium, Louisiana State University) | United States |
1971 | |||
207 | Lexington | United States | |
208 | Chicago | United States | |
209 | Oakland | United States | |
210 | September 17–26 | Dallas | United States |
1972 | |||
211 | Charlotte | United States | |
212 | May | Birmingham | United States |
213 | July 14–23 | Cleveland | United States |
214 | Kohima | India | |
1973 | |||
215 | Durban | South Africa | |
216 | Johannesburg | South Africa | |
217 | Seoul | South Korea | |
218 | Atlanta | United States | |
219 | Minneapolis | United States | |
220 | Raleigh | United States | |
221 | St. Louis | United States | |
1974 | |||
222 | Phoenix | United States | |
223 | Los Angeles | United States | |
224 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | |
225 | Norfolk, Hampton | United States | |
1975 | |||
226 | Albuquerque | United States | |
227 | Jackson | United States | |
228 | Brussels | Belgium | |
229 | Lubbock | United States | |
230 | Taipei | Taiwan | |
231 | Hong Kong | British Hong Kong | |
1976 | |||
232 | May 9–16 | Seattle | United States |
233 | Williamsburg | United States | |
235 | August 13–21 | San Diego | United States |
236 | October 14–24 | Pontiac, Michigan | United States |
1977 | |||
237 | Göteborg | Sweden | |
238 | Asheville | United States | |
239 | South Bend | United States | |
240 | tour | Hungary | |
241 | Cincinnati | United States | |
242 | Manila | Philippines | |
243 | India-Good News Festivals | India | |
1978 | |||
244 | Las Vegas | United States | |
245 | Memphis | United States | |
246 | Toronto | Canada | |
247 | Kansas City | United States | |
248 | Oslo | Norway | |
249 | Stockholm | Sweden | |
250 | Satellite crusade | Sweden | |
251 | Satellite crusade | Norway | |
252 | Satellite crusade | Island | |
253[14] | October 6–16 | tour | Poland |
254 | Singapore | Singapore | |
1979 | |||
255 | São Paulo | Brazil | |
256 | Tampa | United States | |
257 | 29 April – 20 May | Sydney | Australia |
258 | Nashville | United States | |
259 | August 11 | Milwaukee | United States |
260 | Halifax | Canada | |
1980 | |||
261 | Oxford | England | |
262 | Cambridge | England | |
263 | Indianapolis | United States | |
264 | Edmonton | Canada | |
265 | Wheaton | United States | |
266 | Okinawa | Japan | |
267 | Osaka | Japan | |
268 | Fukuoka | Japan | |
269 | Tokyo | Japan | |
270 | Reno | United States | |
271 | Las Vegas | United States | |
1981 | |||
272 | Mexico City | Mexico | |
273 | Villahermosa | Mexico | |
274 | Boca Raton | United States | |
275 | Baltimore | United States | |
276 | Calgary | Canada | |
277 | San José | United States | |
278 | Houston | United States | |
1982 | |||
279 | Blackpool | England | |
280 | Providence | United States | |
281 | Burlington | United States | |
282 | Portland | United States | |
283 | Springfield | United States | |
284 | Manchester | United States | |
285 | May 10–14 | Moscow | Soviet Union |
286 | Hartford | United States | |
287 | New Haven | United States | |
288 | Boston (Northeastern University) | United States | |
289 | Amherst (University of Massachusetts) | United States | |
290 | New Haven (Yale University) | United States | |
291 | Cambridge (Harvard University) | United States | |
292 | Newton (Boston College) | United States | |
293 | Cambridge (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | United States | |
294 | South Hamilton (Gordon-Convell Seminary) | United States | |
295 | Hanover (Dartmouth College) | United States | |
296 | Boston | United States | |
297 | New Orleans (South Baptist Convention Evangelistic Rally) | United States | |
298 | Boise | United States | |
299 | Spokane | United States | |
300 | Chapel Hill | United States | |
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 | Bahamas | |
1983 | |||
311 | Orlando | United States | |
312 | Tacoma | United States | |
313 | Sacramento | United States | |
314 | Oklahoma City | United States | |
1984 | |||
315 | Anchorage | United States | |
316 | May 12–19 | Bristol | England |
317 | May 26 – June 2 | Sunderland | England |
318 | June 9–12 | Norwich | England |
319 | June | Birmingham | England |
320 | July | Liverpool | England |
321 | July | 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 | United States | |
329 | Hartford | United States | |
330 | June 22–29 | Sheffield | England |
331 | July 19–28 | Anaheim | United States |
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. | United States | |
342 | Paris | France | |
343 | Tallahassee | United States | |
1987 | |||
344 | Columbia | United States | |
345 | Cheyenne | United States | |
346 | Fargo | United States | |
347 | Billings | United States | |
348 | Sioux Falls | United States | |
349 | Denver | United States | |
350 | Helsinki | Finland | |
1988 | |||
351 | Beijing | China | |
352 | Huai'an | China | |
353 | Nankin | China | |
354 | Shanghai | China | |
355 | Guangzhou | China | |
356 | Zagorsk | Soviet Union | |
357 | Moscow | Soviet Union | |
358 | Kiev | Soviet Union | |
359 | Buffalo | United States | |
360 | Rochester | United States | |
361 | Hamilton | Canada | |
1989 | |||
362 | Syracuse | United States | |
363 | London | England | |
364 | Budapest | Hungary | |
365 | Little Rock | United States | |
1990 | |||
368 | Berlin | West Germany | |
369 | Montreal | Canada | |
370 | Albany | United States | |
371 | Uniondale | United States | |
372 | Hong Kong | British Hong Kong | |
1991 | |||
373 | Seattle, Tacoma | United States | |
374 | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
375 | Aberdeen | Scotland | |
376 | Glasgow | Scotland | |
377 | East Rutherford | United States | |
378 | New York (Central Park) | United States | |
379 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | |
1992 | |||
380 | Pyongyang | North Korea | |
381 | Philadelphia | United States | |
382 | Portland | United States | |
383 | Moscow | Russia | |
1993 | |||
384 | March 17–21 | Essen | Germany |
385 | Pittsburgh | United States | |
386 | Columbus | United States | |
1994 | |||
387 | Tokyo | Japan | |
388 | Beijing | China | |
389 | Pyongyang | North Korea | |
390 | Cleveland | United States | |
391 | Atlanta | United States | |
1995 | |||
392 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | |
393 | Global mission | ||
394 | Toronto | Canada | |
395 | Sacramento | United States | |
1996 | |||
396 | World Television Series | ||
397 | Minneapolis | United States | |
398 | Charlotte | United States | |
1997 | |||
399 | San Antonio | United States | |
400 | San Jose | United States | |
401 | San Francisco | United States | |
402 | Oakland | United States | |
1998 | |||
403 | June 25–28 | Ottawa | Canada |
404 | Tampa | United States | |
1999 | |||
405 | Indianapolis | United States | |
406 | St. Louis | United States | |
2000 | |||
407 | June 1–4 | Nashville | United States |
408 | Jacksonville | United States | |
2001 | |||
409 | Louisville | United States | |
410 | Fresno | United States | |
2002 | |||
411 | Cincinnati | United States | |
412 | Dallas | United States | |
2003 | |||
413 | San Diego | United States | |
414 | Oklahoma City | United States | |
2004 | |||
415 | Kansas City | United States | |
416 | Los Angeles | United States | |
2005 | |||
417 | New York | United States |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Stanley, Brian (March 2, 2018). "Billy Graham (1918–2018): Prophet of World Christianity?". Centre for the Study of World Christianity. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- ^ Nancy Gibbs & Richard N. Ostling, "God's Billy Pulpit", Time, November 15, 1993. [accessdate November 7, 2011]
- ^ Michael G. Long (2008). The legacy of Billy Graham: critical reflections on America's greatest evangelist. Westminster: John Knox Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780664236564.
- ^ Uta Andrea Balbier (Spring 2009). "Billy Graham's Crusades in the 1950s: Neo-Evangelicalism Between Civil Religion, Media, and Consumerism". Bulletin of the GHI. German Historical Institute. 44.
- ^ "Prophecy and Politics". Christianity Today. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ "War and Peace in Korea". CCEL. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ "Billy Graham Is Back". cbsnews.com. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
'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
- ^ "Announcing the Billy Graham Revival". Charlotte's Own. November 9–23, 1947.
- ^ "1952 Greater Washington Evangelistic Crusade - Film". wheaton.edu. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "The Archives Bulletin Board". wheaton.edu. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "The Coliseum Sermons From Billy Graham's 1958 Charlotte Evangelistic Meetings". Wheaton College. Billy Graham Center Archives. 1958. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ Edward Mc Carthy (October 9, 1960). "Graham's Sermon Causes Gang Leaders To Plan To Attend Church". The Gadsden Times. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ Bozeman, Barry (May 30, 2010). "Protest & Activism at UT - 40 YEARS ON". Knoxville 22 blog. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ (ed.) Michał Stankiewicz (1979). Billy Graham w Polsce. Warszawa: Słowo Prawdy.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
External links[]
- "BG Crusade Chronology" (PDF). BGEA. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- "BG Crusade cities". BGEA. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- "Select Chronology of Billy Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, up until Rev. Graham's Retirement in 2005, with a few later significant events". Billy Graham Center. Wheaton College. 2013.
- "Billy Graham's 1st TV Broadcast". Billy Graham Center. March 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
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