Reverend, mai wa'azi da Baptist minista, a yau za mu gaya muku game da m rayuwa na Billy Graham, babban malamin bishara wanda ya kafa tarihi kuma ya rinjayi mafi girman sassa na Amurka.
Billy tare da dansa, Franklin Graham.
Billy Graham: Matakai na Farko
A ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 1918, an haifi William Franklin Graham Jr., wanda aka fi sani da Billy Graham a duk duniya a wata gona da aka keɓe don samar da madara, dake birnin Charlotte, North Carolina, a ƙasar Amurka.
Tun yana ƙarami, an gabatar da Graham zuwa Cocin Presbyterian, Ikilisiyar Reformed wadda ta samo asali a Scotland, wadda ke tafiyar da zama ko taruka da suka ƙunshi wakilan al'umma, gabaɗaya dattawa.
Lokacin da a cikin 1933, haramcin a cikin Amurka ya ƙare, mahaifinsa, William Franklin Graham I, ya yanke shawarar tilasta shi da 'yar uwarsa su sha giya mai yawa har dukansu biyu suka ƙare suna amai da abin sha.
Wannan hujja ta nuna alamar rayuwar reverend har abada, tun da yake alama ce ta farkon ƙiyayya ga kwayoyi da barasa wanda ya dade a duk rayuwarsa.
A shekara ta 1934, sa’ad da yake ɗan shekara 16 kawai, Billy ya yanke shawarar tuba zuwa bishara ko kuma abin da yake iri ɗaya ne, ya zama Kristi. Wannan gaskiyar ta faru ne a lokacin jerin abubuwan farfaɗo da Mordekai Ham (mai bishara), wanda aka gudanar a ƙasarsa ta Charlotte.
Ya kamata a lura cewa Graham ya halarci waɗannan abubuwan, wanda ma'aikaci a gonar danginsa ya ƙarfafa shi. Duk da hukuncin da aka yanke masa, ba a ba shi damar shiga ƙungiyar cocin da dukan ’yan’uwa matasa ba ne.
Karatu
A 1936, ya sauke karatu daga Sharon High School kuma ya fara tafiya a Bob Jones College, yanzu Bob Jones University, mai zaman kansa makarantar bishara.
Yaron ya yi semester daya ne kawai a wannan jami'a, bai iya tafiya da halalcin da ake koyar da darajoji da su ba, ballantana kuma a bi ka'idojin da aka kafa.
Bob Jones Sr., darektan cibiyar, ya shawarci Graham a lokuta da yawa da kada a kore shi, mutumin ya yi imanin cewa saurayin yana da murya mai ban sha'awa da Allah da kansa zai iya amfani da shi wajen isar da sakonsa.
A Cleveland, inda wannan jami'a ta kasance (kuma har yanzu) tana nan, ya sadu da Fasto Charley Young na Cocin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Eastport, wanda ke jagorantar da kuma rinjayar Billy a wannan lokacin rayuwarsa.
A shekara ta 1937, yana karatu a Kwalejin Trinity, wata cibiyar Littafi Mai Tsarki a Florida, inda ya ce ya sami "kira." Koyaya, zai kasance a Kwalejin Wheaton, wanda ke tushen Illinois, inda zai kammala karatunsa a 1943 a matsayin masanin ilimin ɗan adam.
Yayin zamansa a wannan makaranta, shine lokacin da ya yarda da gaske cewa Littafi Mai-Tsarki shine wakilcin nufin Allah (maganar Allah). Henrietta Mears, darektan ilimi na Cocin Presbyterian na farko a Hollywood, an ce ta rinjayi wannan shawarar.
Iyali
A wannan shekarar ta kammala karatunsa, 1943, Graham ya auri Ruth Bell, tare da wanda ya hadu a cikin azuzuwan lokacin da yake a Wheaton. Ba zato ba tsammani, iyayen Ruth biyu ne masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje na Presbyterian da suke hidima a ƙasar Sin.
An yi auren watanni biyu kacal da kammala karatunsu kuma a ƙarshe suka koma wani gida a cikin Dutsen Blue Ridge da Ruth da kanta ta tsara.
Akwai wata ka'ida da aka fi sani da "The Billy Graham Rule", dokar ta sirri da Reverend ya kafa don kada ya kasance tare da macen da ba matarsa ba, ta wannan hanyar ya yi tunanin guje wa rashin fahimta.
Ruth da Billy suna da 'ya'ya biyar, 'yan mata uku, Virginia "Gigi" Graham an haife shi 1945, Anne Graham Lotz an haife shi 1948 kuma wanda ya kafa AnGeL Ministries, da Ruth Graham wanda ya kafa Ruth Graham & Abokai (an haife shi 1950).
Yayin da mutanen biyu suke, Franklin Graham (b. 1952) darektan wata kungiya da aka sadaukar don taimakon kasa da kasa, wanda ake kira Jakar Samariya da Ƙungiyar Bishara ta Billy Graham; da Nelson "Ned" Graham haifaffen 1958, fasto na East Gates International.
Ma'auratan suna da jikoki 19 da jikoki 28, ciki har da daya daga cikin jikoki, Tullian Tchividjian, limamin cocin Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church a Florida. Ruth Bell ta mutu a ranar 14 ga Yuni, 2007 tana da shekara 87.
Ma'aikatar
Yayin da yake halartar koleji, ya yi hidima sau da yawa a matsayin Fasto a Cocin United Gospel Tabernacle, kusa da almajiransa.
Hakanan, tsakanin 1943-1944, ya yi aiki a matsayin Fasto a Cocin Village da ke Illinois. A wannan lokacin, shirin rediyo na abokinsa Torrey Johnson, wanda Fasto ne a Cocin Midwest Bible Church da ke Chicago, yana matukar bukatar tallafi.
Domin kada ya soke shirin, Graham ya ba da shawarar a cikin cocinsa domin a yi amfani da albarkatun tattalin arzikin da suka samu a matsayin hanyar samun kuɗi.
Reverend ya fara kula da shirin, yana kiyaye ainihin sunan kuma ya sake sabunta shi a ranar 2 ga Janairu, 1944 tare da George Beverly Shea a matsayin manajan yankin rediyo.
A cikin 1945, ya daina kasancewa cikin shirin rediyo har daga baya, a cikin 1947, ya zama shugaban Kwalejin Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Arewa maso yammacin Minnesota, yana da shekaru 30, mukamin da ya rike har zuwa 1952.
Da farko, Billy ya yi burin zama limami a rundunar sojojin ƙasarsa, amma hakan ya gagara bayan ya kamu da cutar sankarau. Bayan murmurewa, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai bishara na farko a cikin ƙungiyar Matasa don Christ International (JPI), Charles Templeton da Torrey Johnson suka kafa.
Godiya ga wannan sabon matsayi, ya sami damar tafiya ko'ina cikin Amurka kuma ya ga wani yanki na Turai, ko da yake horar da ilimin tauhidi yana da iyaka.
Bayan haka, Charles Templeton yayi ƙoƙari ya rinjayi Graham don samun digiri mafi girma a ilimin tauhidi, amma na karshen ya ƙi shiga kowace cibiya.
Tashi
A cikin 1949, Billy ya zama babban jigo a duniyar addinin Amurka, ya zama sananne don shirya farfaɗo a Los Angeles.
William Randolph Hearst, yana da alaƙa ta kut-da-kut da amincewar da mai martaba ya samu daga wannan taron, tun lokacin da ɗan jaridar ya ba da umarni ga editocin jaridarsa don tallafawa da yada shi.
Hearst ya yi la'akari da cewa Billy mutum ne mai mutuntawa kuma yana sha'awar irin ƙarfin da yake da shi na tasiri ga matasa, bugu da ƙari, ya yi imanin cewa ta hanyarsa, za a iya yada ra'ayoyin 'yan gurguzu da masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da ɗan jaridar yake da shi.
Godiya ga goyon bayan Hearst, yakin ya dauki tsawon makonni biyar fiye da yadda aka tsara tun farko, wanda ya dauki makonni takwas gaba daya. Abu mafi ban sha'awa shi ne cewa mutanen biyu ba su taɓa sanin juna ba.
Campañas
A farkon hidimarsa, ya sadaukar da kansa wajen ba da hayar gidaje da filayen wasanni da wuraren shakatawa da ma tituna gaba daya, ya zo ya tara mutane sama da dubu biyar domin yin waka a matsayin kungiyar mawaka.
Sa’ad da ya gama wa’azin bishara, yakan gayyaci wasu mutane da aka fi sani da masu tambaya, su zo su yi magana da mai ba da shawara wanda zai kawar da duk wani shakka, ya kammala da addu’a.
Yawanci, masu tambayar suna da ɗan littafin da ya yi magana game da batutuwan Littafi Mai Tsarki ko kwafin Bishara kanta. Ana cikin wannan kamfen ne NBC ta ba wa mai martaba kwangilar miliyoyin daloli, amma ya ki ci gaba da tafiye-tafiyensa.
Yin wa’azin bishara ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba, shi ya sa, kamar Graham, dole ne ka fayyace dalilin yin hakan, don haka muna gayyatar ka ka karanta talifi mai zuwa: Yi wa'azin bishara.
Bayan labarin, a cikin 1954, ta kasance a bangon mujallar TIME. A gefe guda kuma, a cikin 1957, ya sami damar jagorantar mishan na makonni 16 a muhimmin Lambun Madison Square a New York.
A shekarar 1959, ya gudanar da yakin neman zabensa na farko a birnin Landan, inda ya samu damar zama na tsawon makonni 12, sakamakon irin shaharar da ya samu da kuma nasarar da ya samu.
Ƙungiyar Bishara ta Billy Graham
A cikin 1950, Graham ya yanke shawarar kafa ƙungiyar bishara ta Billy Graham, wacce aka rage ta AEBG, ƙungiya ce mai zaman kanta wacce asalin hedikwata ce a Minneapolis, kafin ya koma Charlotte.
Haɗin gwiwar ya haɗa da yawon shakatawa da ake kira Decision America Tour, watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin, tashar tashar SiriusXM, mujallu har ma da gaggawar mayar da martani wanda ke ba da tallafi a cikin yanayin bala'i.
Bugu da kari, dakin karatu na Billy Graham da Cibiyar Horar da Billy Graham wani bangare ne na kungiyar. A cikin 2011, an ƙaddamar da hidimar bishara ta kan layi, tare da burin isa kowane lungu na duniya.
Hour of Decision, shiri ne na mako-mako na rediyo na kungiyar da ya kwashe sama da shekaru hamsin ana watsa shirye-shirye na musamman a kowane wata a gidajen talabijin na Amurka da Canada, a nasa bangaren, yara suna da gidan yanar gizon da za su iya shiga, wato Passageway. .org.
Ban da abin da aka ambata, suna da wani shafi da aka buga a jaridu da yawa a Amurka mai suna Amsa Ta da kuma wani kamfani da ke shirya bidiyo da ke da alaƙa da ma’aikatar.
Hakkokin jama'a da wariyar launin fata
A farkon kamfen ɗinsa, Graham bai ba da mahimmanci ga duk abin da ya shafi rarrabuwa ba, ya zo ne don shiga cikin abubuwan da suka bambanta har zuwa shekaru hamsin tare da haɓaka ƙungiyoyin 'yancin ɗan adam, ya fara magana a cikin keɓaɓɓun wurare kuma a wasu ba haka ba. .
Matsayinsa a kan waɗannan batutuwa ya saba wa wani lokaci mai kyau, misali, a cikin 1953, ya kawar da igiyoyin da suka raba jama'a, yayin da a wasu yanayi ya yi watsi da waɗannan cikakkun bayanai.
Reverend ya tabbatar da cewa Littafi Mai-Tsarki bai yi magana ba ko kuma yana da wani abin da zai ba da gudummawa game da rarrabuwa, wannan kafin sanannen “Hukuncin Brown” game da wariyar launin fata a makarantu.
Bayan wannan hukuncin ne Graham ya fara tsananin adawa da wariyar launin fata da wariyar launin fata, har ya kai ga cewa ya kan tashi a duk lokacin da ya ga bakar fata da fararen fata sun taru a gaban giciye.
A cikin 1957, Billy ya gayyaci Martin Luther King Jr. don shiga yaƙin neman zaɓe na makonni 16 a New York. Hakazalika, lokacin da ƙungiyoyin kare hakkin jama'a suka fara a cikin 60s, Billy ya amince da bayar da belin don 'yantar da Sarki.
Yayin da wadancan makonni 16 suka shude, jama’ar da suka zo suka shaida mai martaba sun kara karuwa, shi ya sa ba ya son shiga cikin al’amuran wariyar launin fata da siyasa, ya zabi kada ya kara fitowa fili da Sarki.
Ɗaya daga cikin manyan makaman da Graham ke da shi a koyaushe shi ne wa'azinsa, waɗanda suka sami damar ɗaukar miliyoyin mutane, don haka idan kuna sha'awar wannan batu, danna kan hanyar haɗin da ke gaba don ƙarin koyo game da shi. huduba mai bayani.
Billy Graham da siyasa
Ko da yake da farko ba ya son a haɗa shi da siyasa, Billy yana jam’iyyar Democratic Party ne kuma bai amince da abin da hakkin addini yake nufi ba, tun da Yesu ba ya cikin kowane bangare na siyasa.
A cikin 1979, ya ƙaryata game da shigarsa a cikin Moral Manya, ƙungiyar masu tsattsauran ra'ayi da ra'ayin mazan jiya wanda Fasto Jerry Falwell ya kafa.
Ga Graham, a cikin kalmominsa "masu wa'azin bishara ba za su iya cikakken ganewa da wata ƙungiya ko mutum musamman ba." Tunanin Rabaran shine mai bayar da shawarar yin wa'azi ga mutanen kowace irin ra'ayi na siyasa.
Har ma ya yarda cewa bai yi imani da wannan tunanin ba a lokutan baya kuma ya nuna cewa zai yi a nan gaba. A gare shi, bishara ta zo da farko, wato siyasa ta zo na biyu.
Limamin Shugabannin Amurka
Billy Graham shine limamin cocin da da yawa daga cikin shuwagabannin Amurka suka dogara da shi don gudanar da masu sauraro. Harry S. Truman shi ne shugaban farko da suka yi hulɗa da shi.
A shekara ta 1950, lokacin gwamnatin wannan shugaban, tare da wasu fastoci guda biyu, ya ziyarci ofishin Oval don bayyana damuwarsa game da tsarin gurguzu da ya addabi Koriya ta Arewa.
Bayan barin ofis, fastocin sun mika wuya ga buƙatun manema labarai, sun yi magana dalla-dalla game da taron har ma sun durƙusa a ɗauki hoto suna addu'a a Fadar White House.
Wadannan abubuwan ba su sa Truman farin ciki sosai ba, wanda aka ce bayan shekaru da yawa a cikin wata hira, ya kira Graham a matsayin mai ban mamaki kuma ya yi iƙirarin cewa bai kulla abota da shi ba.
sababbin shugabanni
Bayan gwaninta na farko, Graham ya ziyarci Ofishin Oval akai-akai a lokacin shugabancin Eisenhower, yana tambayar Eisenhower ya mai da hankalinsa ga ƙarar Little Rock Nine.
Godiya ga yadda ya kara himma tare da jiga-jigan siyasa, a wannan lokacin, Reverend ya gana da Richard Nixon, shugaban Amurka a lokacin kuma wanda zai zama ɗaya daga cikin abokansa na kud da kud.
A lokuta da yawa, ya shawarci mutane na girman Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, da sauransu. Tare da John F. Kennedy ya bambanta, sun buga wasan golf tare, amma yanayin Katolika na shugaban ya yi nasara akan yiwuwar abota.
A lokacin yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na 1960, Graham ya goyi bayan babban abokinsa Nixon ya lashe tseren da Kennedy. Nixon ya yi imanin cewa Reverend zai iya taka muhimmiyar rawa a siyasa idan ya zaɓi wannan hanyar maimakon hidima.
Godiya ta tabbata cewa shi mai ba Lyndon B. Johnson shawara ne, a cikin daren karshe na shugabancinsa ya raka shi a fadar White House, kamar yadda ya yi da Nixon a daren farko na shugaban kasa.
Bayan ya lashe zaben shugaban kasa a shekarar 1968, Graham ya zama mashawarcin Nixon, yana shiryawa da jagorantar wasu bukukuwan fadar White House. Zai iya zama jakada a Isra'ila, amma faston bai karɓi matsayin ba.
Nixon ya halarci daya daga cikin kamfen na Billy, inda ya zama shugaban Amurka na farko da ya gabatar da jawabi kan matakin bishara. Bayan Watergate a cikin 1970, dangantakar da ke tsakanin su ta kasance mai tsanani, amma, bayan da shugaban ya yi murabus, ya ba da izinin sake kafa su.
A cikin 1952, ya sami damar ba da hidimar addini ta farko da za a yi a cikin Capitol, musamman a kan matakala.
Reagan, Bush da Obama
A cikin shekara ta 1976, Graham ya kwanta asibiti saboda matsalar lafiya, a lokacin ya samu kiran shugabanni uku, Ford, wanda shi ne shugaban riko, Nixon (tsohon shugaban kasa) da Carter, wanda aka zaba kwanan nan.
Ronald Reagan da kansa ya gayyaci mai martaba don halartar bikin rantsar da shi, kamar yadda ya halarci na George HW Bush, ya raka shi a lokuta masu mahimmanci kamar farkon yakin Gulf Persian.
Billy kuma ya rinjayi Bill Clinton, yana mai yarda cewa ya zo ne don halartar wasu kamfen ɗinsa a baya a 1959. A matsayinsa na fasto, ya kasance shugaban jana'izar Lyndon B. Johnson (1973).
A daya hannun kuma, shi ne ke kula da hidimar jana'izar Pat Nixon (tsohuwar uwargidan shugaban kasa) a shekarar 1993, bayan shekara guda ya sake maimaita rawar da ya taka a jana'izar tsohon shugaban kasar Nixon.
A shekara ta 2004, wani dashen hip da aka yi kwanan nan ya hana shi gudanar da ayyukan jana'izar Ronald Reagan, gaskiyar da Bush ya bayyana a lokacin jawabinsa.
Rashin lafiya ya sake sa Graham ba zai iya gudanar da jana'izar Gerald R. Ford a shekara ta 2007 ba, da kuma Lady Bird Johnson (tsohuwar uwargidan shugaban kasa) a watan Yuli na wannan shekarar.
A shekarar 2010, Barack Obama ya kai masa ziyara a gidansa, baya ga musayar ra'ayi, ya yi addu'a ta sirri.
Manufar harkokin waje
Billy Graham ya yi adawa da manufofin gurguzu, duk da haka, ya dauki shugaban kwaminisanci na Koriya ta Arewa Kim Il-sung a matsayin mai fafutukar kwato 'yancin kasarsa, har ma da musayar kyaututtuka da dan wannan shugaba.
A daya bangaren kuma, ya goyi bayan yakin cacar baki da kuma yakin Vietnam, bugu da kari, ya yi imanin cewa yakin Gulf ya zama wajibi don samun “sabon zaman lafiya” da “sabon tsarin duniya”.
karshen shekaru na rayuwa
Graham shine mai bishara na farko da yayi magana daga Labulen ƙarfe, iyaka tsakanin Yammacin Turai da Gabashin Turai.
Ya dade yana sadaukar da kansa wajen yawo a duniya, musamman wurare a cikin Tarayyar Soviet da Gabashin Turai, domin kawo kalamai masu kira ga zaman lafiya a duniya.
A lokacin mulkin wariyar launin fata, lokacin da ake fama da tsananin wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu, bai so zuwa wannan kasa ba har sai da aka daina nuna wariyar launin fata, a lokacin ne a shekarar 1973 ya fara yakin neman zabensa na farko a can kuma ya fito fili ya nuna adawarsa ga abin da ya faru.
Ya isa Burtaniya a cikin 1984, yana mamaye filayen wasa da wuraren taro don aiwatar da abubuwan da ke faruwa. Ya jawo jama'a akan hanyarta ta Koriya ta Kudu da China (1988).
A cikin 1991, ya jagoranci babban taron irinsa a Central Park, tare da kimanin mahalarta 250.000, har ma sun ziyarci Koriya ta Arewa a 1992.
Tun da yake yana son bisharar ta isa ga dukan duniya, ya yi ƙoƙari ya ɗaukaka koyar da sababbin masu bishara. A daya daga cikin wadannan tarurrukan horarwa, ta hada mutane daga kasashe sama da 157, kasancewar taron da mafi yawan mahalarta daga kasashe daban-daban.
Bayan harin ta'addanci na ranar 11 ga Satumba, 2001, Graham na taron addu'o'in da aka gudanar a babban cocin Washington National Cathedral, taron da ya samu halartar wasu muhimman Amurkawa irin su shugaba Bush da kansa.
A watan Yuni 2005, ya fara abin da, bisa ga nasa kalaman, zai zama "kamfen ɗinsa na ƙarshe" a ƙasar Amurka, yaƙin neman zaɓe da ya ɗauki kwanaki uku.
Duk da haka, ya dawo a cikin Maris 2006 don bikin Bikin Fata, a New Orleans, bayan harin Hurricane Katrina, wani taron da ya jagoranta tare da ɗansa.
tabarbarewar lafiyar ku
Saboda tabarbarewar lafiyarsa akai-akai, Graham ya yanke shawarar yin ritayarsa mai inganci. Ya kamata a lura cewa a duk rayuwarsa ya sha wahala daga ciwon daji na prostate, hydrocephalus, ciwon huhu da kuma karaya.
A cikin watan Agustan 2005, yana da shekaru 86 kuma tare da taimakon mai tafiya, ya aza dutse na farko a ɗakin karatu da aka buɗe don girmama shi, a ƙasarsa ta Charlotte.
A lokacin bikin Metro Franklin Graham na Maryland, wanda aka gudanar a Oriole Park, ya shiga tare da wasu kalmomi a cikin 2006. A cikin 2007, muhawara ta tashi tsakanin iyalinsa game da abin da zai zama wuri mafi kyau don binne shi da matarsa, Ruth.
Da alama Graham ya so a binne shi kusa da matarsa a ɗakin karatu da ke ɗauke da sunansa, amma ƙaramin ɗansa, Ned, bai ɗauki hakan ba.
Ned ya goyi bayan burin mahaifiyarsa na binne shi a cikin tsaunuka kusa da Asheville, North Carolina. A nasa bangare, Franklin ya goyi bayan ra'ayin mahaifinsa na binne shi a ɗakin karatu.
A ƙarshe, bayan mutuwar Ruth Graham a shekara ta 2007, dangin sun ba da rahoton cewa za a binne su a ɗakin karatu. A cikin watan Agustan wannan shekara, an kwantar da Graham a asibiti don jinyar zubar jini a hanji, amma yanayinsa ya kasance a koyaushe.
karin matsalolin lafiya
A cikin 2010, Billy Graham mai shekaru 91 da ci gaban ji da hasarar gani ya bayyana a gyaran ɗakin karatu.
Bayan shekara guda, a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 2011, an kwantar da reverend a asibitin Asheville, sakamakon ciwon huhu da bai yi kamari ba tun a ranar 15 ga watan da aka sallame shi.
Bayan ya sha fama da matsalolin lafiyarsa, a ranar 21 ga Fabrairu, 2018, Reverend Billy Graham ya rasu a gidansa yana da shekaru 99, yana samun karramawa daga Shugaba Donald Trump.
Graham ya yi wa'azin bishara ga taron jama'a a duk faɗin duniya, inda ya kai ga mahalarta kusan miliyan 185 a cikin jimlar ƙasashe XNUMX, gadonsa mai ban mamaki yana rayuwa a tarihin Amurka a yau.
Awards
A cikin shekaru da yawa, Reverend Graham ya kasance cikin jerin sunayen mutane da aka sani a ciki da wajen Amurka.
Ya bayyana sau da yawa a cikin jerin mutanen da suka fi sha'awar Gallup Organisation, wani kamfani da aka sadaukar don bincike da shawarwari ta hanyar bincike, wannan ya faru tsakanin 1950 da 1990.
Wannan kamfani daya fitar da jerin sunayen mutanen da 'yan kasar Amurka suka fi sha'awarsu a karni na XNUMX, inda Billy ke matsayi na bakwai.
Makarantar sakandaren Katolika, Kwalejin Belmont Abbey, ta ba shi a cikin 1967, digiri na girmamawa saboda aikinsa, kasancewa karo na farko da hakan ya faru da wani ɗan Furotesta.
Har ila yau, taron Kirista da Yahudawa ya ba shi lambar yabo a shekarar 1971, kuma kwamitin Yahudawa na Amurka ya amince da shi, saboda irin namijin kokarin da Rabaran ya yi na hada alaka tsakanin Yahudawa da Kirista.
Kwamitin ya ba shi lambar yabo ta kasa-da-kasa, inda ta yi la'akari da Graham babban aboki kuma abokin Yahudawa, duk da kasancewarsa Kirista.
Yayin da wadannan lokuttan ke wucewa, a garin Charlotte, mahaifar faston, an sanya ranar musamman domin girmama shi, Ranar Billy Graham.
Ayyukansa a ƙasar Amurka da kuma duniya baki ɗaya yada kalmomin bishara, tare da kyawawan ayyukansa, ya sami Graham mafi girma na farar hula a Amurka, ciki har da lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa na 'Yanci daga Reagan.
Hakazalika, an karrama shi da lambar yabo ta Arewacin Carolina saboda ayyukan da ya yi a bainar jama'a kuma a shekara ta 1996, sannan shugaba Bill Clinton tare da shugaban majalisar dattijai Bob Dole suka ba shi lambar yabo ta majalisar wakilai.
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A cikin shekara ta 2000, Nancy Reagan da kanta ta ba da kyautar Ronald Reagan Freedom Award ga Graham. Baya ga ɗakin karatu na Billy Graham, a Charlotte da Asheville, akwai manyan hanyoyi masu suna bayan reverend.
A cikin 2001, musamman a cikin Disamba, ya sami karramawa a matsayin Kwamandan Daraja na Daraja na Biritaniya, saboda gudummawar da ba kawai ga rayuwar addini ba har ma da rayuwar jama'a sama da shekaru sittin.
An ba shi lambar yabo ta Babban Brother na Shekara, Kyautar Gidauniyar Templeton don Ci gaba a cikin Addini, da Kyautar Sylvanus Thayer.
A Asheville, akwai Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiyar Yara mai suna bayansa kuma danginsa ne ke ba da kuɗi. A gefe guda kuma, a Jami'ar Samford Baptist-Affiliated Samford, akwai kujera mai suna don girmama shi.
Haka abin yake faruwa a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Kudancin Baptist, wurin da, ba kamar farfesa ba, yana da makarantar gabaɗaya mai suna Billy Graham.
Hakazalika, a Kwalejin Wheaton, jami'ar da ya sauke karatu, Cibiyar Billy Graham tana nan, wurin da cibiyar take ayyukan da reverend ya gudanar a lokacin karatunsa.
Graham yana da fim ɗin da aka haɓaka don girmama shi, Billy: The Early Years, wanda aka saki a cikin Oktoba 2008, wanda a cewar ɗansa na huɗu, Franklin bai samu amincewar Billy Graham Evangelistic Association ba, amma wanda 'yar uwarsa Gigi Graham ta haɗa kai. .
Billy ya sami digiri na girmamawa, sama da 20 don zama daidai, har ma yana da tauraro a kan Tafiya na Hollywood.
Ba tare da shakka ba, kyawawan ayyukan Billy Graham ga yara, addini, siyasa da zaman lafiya sune mafi girman gadon da zai iya barin duniya kuma yana wakiltar kwarjini, mutuntaka da hankali na mutumin da ya kafa tarihi.
A ƙarshe, idan kamar Graham kana so ka bi tsarin Allah, yana da mahimmanci cewa ruhunka ya zama 'yanci, don haka koyi yadda za a cim ma shi ta labarin mai zuwa: 'yanci na ruhaniya.