Tag: Billy Graham

By micoots
17/11/2016 0

In Memory: The Man Who Brought Harmony to Billy Graham’s Ministry

Music director Cliff Barrows served for decades with a peaceful spirit and joyful song.

When I began work on A Prophet With Honor: The Billy Graham Story back in 1986, I made a list of people I wanted to interview. I asked, “How many of these are still alive and how many are still with the ministry?” The answer: “They are all still alive and they are all still with the ministry.” That wasn’t exactly true, but it was remarkably close. Nearly all the men who started out with Billy Graham in the 1..

By micoots
16/11/2016 0

FIRST-PERSON: The urban/rural divide

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FIRST-PERSON: The urban/rural divide

HAWESVILLE, Ky. (BP) — If the Nov. 8 election has taught us anything, it is the antithesis of Barack Obama's 2004 Democratic National Convention speech that catapulted the then-Illinois state senator to the national ..

By micoots
16/11/2016 0

An Oral History with Cliff Barrows (1923–2016)

Cliff Barrows passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at the age of 93.

Born in Ceres, California, Barrows attended Bob Jones University, graduating in 1944 with an AB in sacred music and Shakespearean drama.

Later that year he was ordained as a Baptist minister in California and became assistant pastor of Temple Baptist Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.

In 1945, Cliff and his wife, Billie (newly married), attended a Youth for Christ rally in Asheville, North Carolina, where a 26-year-old nam..

By micoots
15/11/2016 0

Cliff Barrows (1923-2016)

Cliff Barrows has gone to be with the Lord to whom he so often sang. A longtime associate of Billy Graham as his evangelistic choir director, Mr. Barrows was 93.

Here is a biographical overview from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association:

Mr. Barrows first met Mr. Graham while on his honeymoon with his first wife, Billie (deceased), near Asheville, N.C., in 1945. Music played a significant role in the programming of Billy Graham Crusades, for which Mr. Barrows was responsible since they for..

By micoots
15/11/2016 0

Cliff Barrows Just Moved from Choir Director to Member of Heavenly Choir

Billy Graham's long-time song leader and choir director passes into Glory

Every day when I come into my office at the Billy Graham Center, I walk through the main doors marked “Barrows Auditorium.” Once inside, I pass by the auditorium, which, to this day, is often filled with students and outside groups singing gospel, contemporary, and other songs which fill our spirits and lift our eyes to Jesus.

In fact, Cliff Barrows once said, “The Christian faith is a singing faith, and a good way ..

By micoots
14/11/2016 0

Billy Graham’s Granddaughter Hopes ‘Divided’ America Can Unite Through God After Elections

Cissie Graham Lynch, seen here with her father Franklin Graham, is calling for Christian Americans to pray for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.(Facebook/Cissie Graham Lynch)

Billy Graham's granddaughter Cissie Graham Lynch supported U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the elections, and now that he has won, the 30-year-old hopes Christian Americans will be able to get past their political divide and work together for a better future.

“We obviously have a divided cou..

By micoots
12/11/2016 0

Franklin Graham: ‘Donald Trump Is A Changed Man. I Trust Him’

Franklin Graham takes to the stage in Rhode Island during the Decision America tourBilly Graham Evangelistic Association

Donald Trump will put together the best team in Washington that America has seen for many years, influential US evangelist Franklin Graham said today.

In an interview with Christian Today, Graham said there was “no question” that God had a hand in the election of Trump as the next President of the United States, and predicted a “huge impact” from his nominations to the Supr..

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12/11/2016 0

Anne Graham Lotz on Donald Trump’s Victory: ‘Americans Have Spoken, But I Believe God Has Moved’

Anne Graham Lotz sees 'what happened in this election as being a tremendous movement of God in answer to prayer.'(annegrahamlotz.org)

Just like what He promised in 2 Chronicles 7:14, God heard and answered the prayer of the American people, resulting in Donald Trump winning the 2016 presidential election, according to Billy Graham's daughter and evangelist Anne Graham Lotz.

In, 2 Chronicles 7:14, God says, “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray..

By micoots
11/11/2016 0

What Do White Evangelicals Owe People of Color in Trump’s America They Helped Create?

We carry each other’s burdens now so we can cry out with one voice for eternity.

In 2010, visual artist Gene Schmidt embarked on a journey using Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, as his canvas. Schmidt used panels of scrap wood to recreate 1 Corinthians 13 and laid it out against buildings and along sidewalks throughout the city. His work of art is now displayed throughout Wheaton College’s campus. Every day, as I walk into the Billy Graham Center, I see a section of these scrap pieces…

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11/11/2016 0

Should #NeverTrump and Pro-Trump Evangelicals Reconcile?

Ed Stetzer analyzes the divisions in evangelical voting and where the movement goes from here.

Donald Trump is now the president-elect, the winner of at least 279 votes from the electoral college and 81 percent of the white evangelical vote, according to exit polls.

Many people—including white evangelical leaders—did not see Trump’s victory coming.

“I’m surprised,” said Ed Stetzer, who holds the Billy Graham Distinguished Chair for Church, Mission, and Evangelism at Wheaton College. “This is ..