葛培理1918年11月7號2018年2月21號)係一位美國神學家自傳作者、同埋傳教士,亦同時有份支持民權運動[1][2]。佢嘅佈道廣播傳揚到世界各地,無論係喺美國甚至全世界,都係一位基督教嘅重要人物。

葛培理
姓名原文Billy Graham
出生日1918年11月7號 喺Wikidata改呢個
出生地莎樂 喺Wikidata改呢個
本名William Franklin Graham Jr.
死亡日2018年2月21號 喺Wikidata改呢個 (99歲)
死亡地Montreat 喺Wikidata改呢個
死因柏金遜症 喺Wikidata改呢個
國籍美國 喺Wikidata改呢個
識嘅語言英文 喺Wikidata改呢個
信奉浸信會 喺Wikidata改呢個
母校Wheaton College、Bob Jones University、Trinity College 喺Wikidata改呢個
職業神學家、autobiographer、cleric、preacher、Christian minister 喺Wikidata改呢個
政黨民主黨 喺Wikidata改呢個
配偶Ruth Bell Graham 喺Wikidata改呢個
仔女Franklin Graham、Anne Graham Lotz 喺Wikidata改呢個
網站billygraham.org

由佢喺1947年開始做播道,到喺2005年退休呢60幾年期間,佢經常會搞大型嘅活動嚟廣傳福音信息,有啲到依家都仲重播緊[3]。佢由1950-1954年主持過電視節目“Hour of Decision”。

即使佢係嚟自美國南部,但係佢堅持拒絕喺佢嘅活動實施種族隔離[4],反而同馬丁路德金一齊喺1957年紐約市做過播道會,嚟表明種族之間嘅合一。葛培理呼籲嚟自唔同背景嘅人,唔可以繼續容許人與人之間嘅仇恨去扎根,因爲呢個係,違反神嘅心意,反為應該著重同高舉作爲基督徒嘅身份[5]。除此之外,雖然佢自己本身係浸信會出身,但係佢亦同主流新教天主教嘅教會保持良好關係,鼓勵屬於呢啲教會嘅聽眾,唔需要湧去浸信會嘅教堂,反為應該留喺自己嘅教會侍奉[6]

葛培理曾經做過 Gallup英文Gallup最敬佩的人英文Gallup's most admired man and woman poll”61次,令佢喺任何事嘅觀點,對社會都有重大嘅影響。喺佢一世之中,葛培理去過185個國家做播道會,估計總共有超過2.1億人參與[7]。而喺佢嘅電視播道,估計有20億人聼過佢嘅節目,其中有320萬人公開接受耶穌做個人救主[8]

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  1. "Why Billy Graham Was a Champion of the Civil Rights Movement". Crosswalk.com (英文). 喺2023-10-21搵到.
  2. "Billy Graham and Racial Equality" (PDF). Billy Graham Evangelical Association. 2014.
  3. Swank jr, J. Grant. "Billy Graham Classics Span 25 Years of Gospel Preaching for the Masses". TBN. 原著喺October 22, 2013歸檔. 喺April 25, 2013搵到.
  4. Ellis, Carl (February 24, 2018). "Preaching Redemption Amidst Racism: Remembering Billy Graham". Christianity Today. 原著喺February 27, 2018歸檔. 喺March 3, 2018搵到.
  5. "Billy Graham on Racism". (美國英文). 2018-01-08. 喺2024-01-16搵到.
  6. Sweeney, Jon M. (February 21, 2018). "How Billy Graham shaped American Catholicism". America. 喺April 2, 2018搵到. A few years later, in 1964, Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston (who, as archbishop, had even endorsed a Graham crusade in Boston in 1950) met with Mr. Graham upon returning from Rome and the Second Vatican Council, declaring before a national television audience that Mr. Graham's message was good for Catholics.
  7. "Media: Bios – William (Billy) F. Graham". Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 原著喺January 31, 2007歸檔.
  8. Molly Worthen (February 4, 2015). "Evangelical Boilerplate". The Nation. Retrieved 2 April 2023. "[...] during his sixty years of full-time evangelism, 215 million people heard him preach in person, and another 2 billion tuned in to telecasts. His radio (and later television) show Hour of Decision reached 20 million homes in the 1950s..."