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President donald trump said graham was an ambassador for christ. It captures how a key segment of america feels about him also. It showcases billy grahams relationships with united states presidents, as well as other heads of state and world leaders. The life and times of the evangelist billy graham are the subject of.
I suspect that many of the photographs are new to even the persons who might have closely followed billy grahams career. Across the globe in europe, asia, north and south america, australia, and africa, his crusades have broken stadium attendance records. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. During nearly eight decades of ministry, god used billy to share the gospel with more people facetoface than anyone else in historynearly 215 million people in 185 countries and territories across the globe. Published by tehabi books, 2001, this first paperback edition has 277 pages.