Mufundisi, muparidzi uye mushumiri weBaptist, nhasi tichakuudza nezve hupenyu hunoshamisa hwa Billy Graham, mufundisi weevhangeri uyo akaita nhoroondo uye akakurudzira echelons epamusoro eUnited States.
Billy nemwanakomana wake, Franklin Graham.
Billy Graham: Kutanga
Musi waNovember 7, 1918, William Franklin Graham Jr., anozivikanwa pasi rose saBilly Graham, akazvarwa papurazi rakatsaurirwa kugadzirwa kwemukaka, iri muCharlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Kubva achiri mudiki kwazvo, Graham akaunzwa kuChechi yePresbyterian, kereke yeReformed ine mavambo eScotland, ayo anotongwa nezvirongwa kana magungano akaumbwa nevamiriri venharaunda, kazhinji vakuru.
Muna 1933, Prohibition payakapera mukati meUnited States, baba vake William Franklin Graham I, vakafunga kumanikidza iye nehanzvadzi yake kunwa doro rakawanda zvekuti vese vakapedzisira vachirutsa chinwiwa.
Ichi chiitiko chakaratidza hupenyu hwamufundisi nekusingaperi, nekuti kwaive kutanga kwekusemesa kwakasimba kuzvinwiwa nedoro izvo zvakatora hupenyu hwake hwese.
Muna 1934 paakanga achingova nemakore gumi nematanhatu ekuberekwa, Billy akafunga kutendeukira kuvhangeri kana zvimwe zvakafanana, akatendeukira kuna Kristu. Chiitiko ichi chakaitika panguva dzakateedzana zviitiko zvekumutsidzira zvakaitwa naMordecai Ham (muevhangeri), yakaitirwa mudunhu rake reCharlotte.
Sezvineiwo, Graham akapinda zviitiko izvi, achikurudzirwa nemushandi kubva kupurazi remhuri yake. Zvisinei nekutenda kwake, aisatenderwa kujoina boka rekereke remuno maive nenhengo dzese dzaive vadiki.
Studies
Muna 1936, akapedza kudzidza kubva kuSharon High School uye akatanga rwendo rwake paBob Jones College High School, yava kunzi University yeBob Jones, yemunhu akazvimiririra uye evhangeri.
Iye mukomana akangoita semester imwe chete kuyunivhesiti iyi, aisakwanisa kuwirirana nemutemo wepamutemo waidzidziswa makirasi, kana nemitemo yakasimbiswa.
Bob Jones Sr., director wesangano iri, akaraira Graham kanoverengeka kuti asamudzinge, murume uyu akatenda kuti jaya iri raive nezwi rinokwezva rinogona kushandiswa naMwari pachake kuendesa meseji yake.
KuCleveland, kwaive neyunivhesiti iyi (uye nanhasi), akasangana naMufundisi Charley Young weEastport Bible Church, uyo anotungamira nekufurira Billy panguva iyi yehupenyu hwake.
Pakazosvika 1937, akanga achidzidza paTrinity College, sangano rebhaibheri muFlorida, kwaanoti akagamuchira "kudanwa." Nekudaro, yaizove kuWheaton College, yakavakirwa muIllinois, kwaaizopedza kudzidza muna 1943 seanthropologist.
Panguva yekugara kwake pachikoro ichi, ndipo paanobvuma zvakasimba kuti Bhaibheri ndiro rinomiririra zvido zvaMwari (izwi raMwari). Henrietta Mears, director director weHollywood's First Presbyterian Church, anonzi akafurira danho iri.
Mhuri
Mugore rimwe chetero rekupedza kudzidza kwake, 1943, Graham akaroora Ruth Bell, waakasangana naye mumakirasi panguva yake paW Wheaton. Zvakangoitikawo, vabereki vaRuth vaive mamishinari maviri ePresbyterian vaive vachizadzisa zvisungo kuChina.
Muchato uyu wakapedziswa mwedzi miviri chete mushure mekupedza kudzidza uye pakupedzisira vakatamira kunogara mukabhini iri muBlue Ridge Mountains, yaive yakagadzirirwa naRuth pachake.
Pane mutemo unozivikanwa se "The Billy Graham Rule", mutemo wega wega wakagadzwa naReverend kuti asave ega nemukadzi asiri wake, nenzira iyi akafunga kudzivirira kusanzwisisana.
Ruth naBilly vaiva nevana vashanu, vasikana vatatu, Virginia "Gigi" Graham akaberekwa 1945, Anne Graham Lotz akaberekwa 1948 uye muvambi weAnGeL Ministries, uye Ruth Graham muvambi waRuth Graham & Friends (akazvarwa 1950).
Nepo varume vaviri vari, Franklin Graham (b. 1952) mutungamiriri wesangano rakazvipira kune rubatsiro rwepasi rose, rinonzi Samaritan's Purse uye Billy Graham Evangelical Association; naNelson "Ned" Graham akaberekwa 1958, mufundisi weEast Gates International.
Vaviri ava vane vazukuru 19 uye vazukuru vazukuru makumi maviri nemasere, kusanganisira mumwe wevazukuru, Tullian Tchividjian, mufundisi paCoral Ridge Presbyterian Church muFlorida. Ruth Bell akafa musi wa28 Chikumi 14 aine makore makumi masere nemasere.
Ushumiri
Ari kukoreji, akashanda kakawanda semufundisi kuUnited Gospel Tabernacle Church, padhuze neAlma mater yake.
Zvakare, pakati pa1943-1944, akashanda semufundisi kuVillage Church iri muIllinois. Panguva ino, chirongwa cheredhiyo cheshamwari yake Torrey Johnson, uyo aive mufundisi kuMidwest Bible Church muChicago, aida mari nekukurumidza.
Nekudaro kuti varege kukanzura chirongwa ichi, Graham akatsigira mukereke yake kuitira kuti zviwanikwa zvemari zvavanowana zviitwe senzira yekutsigira mari.
Mufundisi akatanga kutarisira chirongwa ichi, achichengeta zita rekutanga nekuchimisazve musi waNdira 2, 1944 naGeorge Beverly Shea semaneja wenzvimbo yeredhiyo.
Muna 1945, akarega kuve chikamu chechirongwa cheredhiyo uye gare gare, muna 1947, akave mutungamiri weNorthwestern Bible College muMinnesota, aine makore makumi matatu, chinzvimbo chaakabata kusvika 30.
Billy pakutanga aishuvira kuve mufundisi muuto rake reArmed Forces, asi haana kukwanisa kuzviita mushure mekubata mumps. Mushure mekupora, akashanda semuvhangeri wekutanga musangano reYouth for Christ International (JPI), yakavambwa naCharles Templeton naTorrey Johnson.
Nekuda kweichi chinzvimbo chitsva, akakwanisa kufamba muUnited States yese uye achiona chikamu cheEurope, kunyangwe hazvo kudzidziswa kwake mune zvechitendero kwaive kushoma.
Nekuda kweizvozvo, Charles Templeton akaedza kufurira Graham kuti awane dhigirii repamusoro muzvidzidzo zvechitendero, asi vekupedzisira vakaramba kunyoresa chero chikoro.
Kusimuka
Muna 1949, Billy akazove munhu anokosha munyika yechitendero cheAmerica, achive anozivikanwa nekutenda kumusangano werumutsiriro muLos Angeles.
William Randolph Hearst, yaive yakabatana zvakanyanya nekucherechedzwa kwakawanikwa nemufundisi kubva pachiitiko ichi, sezvo mutori wenhau akatuma vapepeti venhau yake kuti vatsigire nekuiparadzira.
Hearst aifunga kuti Billy murume anoremekedzwa uye anoyemura kugona kwake kukuru kune vechidiki, nekuwedzera, aifunga kuti kuburikidza naye, zvaigona kuparadzira anti-komunisiti uye pfungwa dzekuchengetedza idzo mutori wenhau aive nadzo.
Kutenda kutsigiro yaHearst, mushandirapamwe wakatora mavhiki mashanu wakareba kupfuura zvawakaronga, uchigara vhiki sere musere. Chinhu chinonyanya kufarira ndechekuti varume vaviri ava havana kumbobvira vazivana pachavo.
Campañas
Pakutanga kwehushumiri hwake, aive akazvipira kunzvimbo dzekurendesa, nhandare, mapaki uye kunyangwe mumigwagwa yese, akaunganidza vanhu vanosvika zviuru zvishanu kuti vaimbe sechikamu chevaimbi.
Aiti kana apedza kuparidza vhangeri aipota achikoka vamwe vanhu vanozivikanwa nekubvunza, kuti vauye pamberi votaura nemupi wezano anobvisa madoubts ese, vopedzisa nemunamato.
Ivo vaibvunza vaiwanzove nekabhuku kane madingindira eBhaibheri kana kopi yeEvhangeri pachayo. Pakati peiyi mishandirapamwe, NBC yakapa kondirakiti yemamiriyoni emadhora kumufundisi, asi akairamba kuti aenderere mberi nerwendo rwake.
Kuparidza evhangeri harisi basa riri nyore, ndosaka saGraham, iwe unofanirwa kuve wakajeka nezvekuti nei uchizviita, nekuti izvo tinokukoka iwe kuti uverenge chinyorwa chinotevera: Paridza vhangeri.
Kutevera nyaya, mu1954, yaive pabutiro reTIME magazini. Kune rimwe divi, muna 1957, aive nemukana wekutungamira mamishini kwemasvondo gumi nematanhatu muMadison Square Garden muNew York.
Muna 1959, akaita mushandirapamwe wake wekutanga muLondon, kwaakakwanisa kugara kwemasvondo gumi nemaviri, nekuda kwekusazivikanwa kwaakawana uye kubudirira kwemamishini ake.
Billy Graham Evangelistic Sangano
Muna 1950, Graham akafunga kutsvaga Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, rakapfupikiswa AEBG, sangano risingabatsiri pakutanga dzimbahwe kuMinneapolis, vasati vaenda kuCharlotte.
Kubatana uku kunosanganisira kushanya kunozivikanwa seDecision America Tour, nhepfenyuro dzeterevhizheni, chiteshi paSiriusXM, magazini, uye kunyangwe timu yekukurumidza yekupindura inopa rutsigiro lwenjodzi.
Uye zvakare, iyo Billy Graham Raibhurari uye iyo Billy Graham Training Center chikamu chesangano. Muna 2011, hushumiri hweInternet hwevhangeri hwakatangwa, nechinangwa chekusvika kumakona ese epasi.
Hora reChisarudzo, chirongwa cheredhiyo chesvondo nevhiki chave pamhepo kweanopfuura makore makumi mashanu, mwedzi wega wega zvirongwa zvakasarudzika zvinotepfenyurwa zveAmerican neCanada terevhizheni, kune yavo chikamu, vana vane webhusaiti iyo yavanogona kuwana, Passageway.org .
Pamusoro peizvo zvataurwa pamusoro apa, vane chinyorwa chakaburitswa mumapepanhau akasiyana siyana eUS anonzi Mhinduro Yangu nekambani inogadzira mavhidhiyo inosangana nehushumiri.
Kodzero dzevanhu uye rusarura
Pakutanga kwemishandirapamwe yake, Graham haana kupa kukosha kwakanyanya kune zvese zvine chekuita nekusarura, akazotora chikamu muzviitiko zvakasarudzika kusvika mumakumi mashanu nekukwira kwemasangano ekusimudzira kodzero dzevanhu, akatanga kutaura munzvimbo dzakatsaurwa uye mune vamwe kwete.
Chimiro chake pazvinhu izvi chaipesana kwenguva yakanaka, semuenzaniso, muna 1953, akabvisa tambo dzakaparadzanisa vateereri, nepo mune mamwe marongero aive asingazive izvi zvese.
Mufundisi akasimbisa kuti Bhaibheri harina kutaura kana kuti rakanga riine chinhu chipi nechipi chokugovera pamusoro pokusarura, ikoku kusati kwaitika kunozivikanwa zvikurusa "Kutonga Kwemavara" mukurwisana nerusaruraganda muzvikoro.
Yakanga isiri iyo mushure memutongo uyu ndipo Graham paakatanga kupokana zvakasimba nekusarura uye rusarura, achitoenda kusvika pakutaura kuti aishushikana pese paanoona vachena uye vemuAfrica -America vakaungana pamuchinjikwa.
Muna 1957, Billy akakoka Martin Luther King Jr. kuti vatore chikamu mumushandirapamwe wemavhiki gumi nematanhatu wakaitika muNew York. Zvimwechetezvo, pakatanga kufamba kodzero dzekanzuru muma16, Billy akabvuma kubhadharisa mari yechibatiso kuti asunungure Mambo.
Nepo mavhiki gumi nematanhatu apfuura, veruzhinji vakauya vakaona reverend, vachiwedzera zvakanyanya, ndosaka vasingade kuve nechekuita nenyaya dzekusarura nezvematongerwo enyika, akasarudza kusaonekwa pachena naMambo.
Chimwe chezvombo zvine simba kwazvo zvaGraham yaigara iri mharidzo dzake, idzo dzakakwanisa kutora mamirioni avanhu, saka kana uchifarira musoro wenyaya uyu, tinya pane iyi link inotevera uye dzidza zvakawanda nezve Mharidzo inotsanangura.
Billy Graham nezvematongerwo enyika
Kunyangwe hazvo pakutanga aisada kuve nechekuita nezvematongerwo enyika, Billy aive weDemocratic Party uye haana kubvumidza zvizere kuti mutemo wechitendero wairevei, nekuti kwaari, Jesu aisave wemusasa wezvematongerwo enyika.
Muna 1979, akaramba kutora chikamu muMoral Majority, rakadzika uye rakachengetedza sangano rakagadzwa naPastor Jerry Falwell.
Kuna Graham, mumashoko ake amene “vaevhangeri havagoni kuwirirana zvizere neboka ripi neripi kana kuti munhu zvikurukuru.” Murangariro waReverend wakanga uri mutsigiri wokuparidzira kuvanhu vapi navapi vezvamatongerwe enyika.
Akatobvuma kuti anga asina kutevedzera pfungwa iyi pazviitiko zvakapfuura uye achiratidza kuti aizozviita mune ramangwana. Kwaari, vhangeri rakauya pakutanga kwezvose, kureva kuti, zvematongerwo enyika zvakatora nzvimbo yechipiri.
Mufundisi vevatungamiriri veUS
Billy Graham aive mufundisi vazhinji vevatungamiriri veAmerica vaivimba nevateereri vega. Harry S. Truman, ndiye aive mutungamiri wekutanga waaibata naye.
Muna 1950, panguva yehurumende yemutungamiriri wenyika iyi, akashanyira Oval Office nevamwe vafundisi vaviri kunotaura zvaimunetsa pamusoro pechikominisiti chakatambudza North Korea.
Pakubuda muhofisi iyi, vafundisi vakakurirwa nezvikumbiro zvevatori venhau, vakataura zvakadzama nezve musangano uyu uye vakatopfugama kuti vafotwe vachinamata muWhite House.
Aya maidi haana kuita kuti Truman asekese kwazvo, uyo anonzi makore akazotevera mubvunzurudzo, akataura kuna Graham semunhu akasimba uye akataura kuti haana kuvaka chero hushamwari naye.
Vatungamiriri vatsva
Mushure mechiitiko chake chekutanga, Graham akashanyira Oval Hofisi kazhinji kazhinji panguva yehutungamiriri hweEisenhower, uye akabvunza Eisenhower kuti atungamidze nyaya yaLittle Rock Nine.
Nekuda kwekuwedzera kwake kushingairira kutora chikamu nevezvematongerwo enyika, panguva iyi, Mufundisi anosangana naRichard Nixon, aimbova Mutungamiriri weUnited States uye aizove imwe yeshamwari dzake dzepedyo.
Pane dzinoverengeka, akaraira hunhu hwakaita saGerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, pakati pevamwe. NaJohn F. Kennedy zvaive zvakasiyana, vaitamba gorofu pamwe chete, asi mamiriro eKatorike emutungamiri akakunda hushamwari hunogona kuitika.
Munguva yemushandirapamwe wa1960, Graham akatsigira shamwari yake huru Nixon kurova Kennedy. Nixon akatenda kuti mufundisi aigona kunge akaita chinzvimbo chakakosha mune zvematongerwo enyika dai akasarudza nzira iyi pane kuita hushumiro.
Nekuti aive chipangamazano kuna Lyndon B. Johnson, akamuperekedza kuWhite House husiku hwekupedzisira hwehutungamiriri, sezvaakaita naNixon pahusiku hwake hwekutanga semutungamiri.
Mushure mekukunda hutungamiriri mu1968, Graham akazova chipangamazano waNixon, achikwanisa kuronga nekutungamira mimwe mhemberero kuWhite House. Aigona kuve aive mumiriri kuIsrael, asi mufundisi havana kubvuma chinzvimbo ichi.
Nixon akapinda mune imwe yemishandirapamwe yaBilly, achive mutungamiri wekutanga weAmerica kuendesa mazwi mashoma pane evhangeri. Mushure meWatergate muna 1970, hukama pakati pevaviri hwakaramba husina kugadzikana, zvisinei, mushure mekusiya basa kwemutungamiriri wenyika, akavabvumidza kuti vagadziriswe.
Muna 1952, aive nemukana wekupa yekutanga chechi kuchechi kuti kuitwe kuCapitol, kunyanya, pamatanho.
Reagan, Bush naObama
Muna 1976, Graham akaiswa muchipatara nekuda kwedambudziko rehutano, panguva iyoyo akagashira runhare rwevatungamiriri vatatu, Ford, aive mutungamiri wenyika, Nixon (aimbova mutungamiriri wenyika) naCarter, uyo anga achangosarudzwa.
Ronald Reagan pachake akakoka reverendendi kuti aende kugadziriro yake, nenzira imwecheteyo yaakaenda kuGeorge HW Bush, uyo akamuperekedza panguva dzakakosha sekutanga kwePersian Gulf War.
Bill Clinton akafurirwawo naBilly, achiziva kuti akauya kuzopinda kumwe kurwira kwake ikoko muna 1959. Semufundisi, ndiye aive mukuru wekuviga kwaLyndon B. Johnson (1973).
Kune rimwe divi, aive ari pamusoro pebasa rekuviga raPat Nixon (aimbova mukadzi wekutanga) mu1993, kwegore rakazotevera kudzokorora basa pakuviga kweaimbova mutungamiri wenyika Nixon.
Muna 2004, kubviswa kwechiuno kwechangobva kuitika kwakamutadzisa kubva kumariro eRonald Reagan, chokwadi chakasimbiswa naBush panguva yekutaura kwake.
Kuora kwehutano hwake zvakare kwakaita kuti zvisaite kuti Graham atungamire mariro aGerald R. Ford muna 2007, pamwe neiya yaLady Bird Johnson (aimbova mukadzi wekutanga), muna Chikunguru wegore rimwe chetero.
Muna 2010, akatambira kushanyirwa naBarack Obama kumba kwake, naye kunze kwekuchinjana pfungwa, akagovana munamato wega.
Mutemo wezvekunze
Billy Graham, aipikisana nemitemo yemakomunisti, zvisinei, akafunga mutungamiri weNorth Korea wemakomunist Kim Il-sung, semurwi werusununguko rwenyika yake, achiuya kuzotsinhana zvipo nemwanakomana wemutungamiri uyu.
Kune rumwe rutivi, akatsigira Hondo Yemashoko uye Hondo yeVietnam, uyezve, aitenda kuti Hondo yeGulf yaidiwa kuti uwane "rugare rutsva" uye "nyika itsva".
Makore ekupedzisira ehupenyu
Graham ndiye wekutanga muevhangeri reverend kupa mazwi mashoma kubva kuI Iron Curtain, muganho pakati peWestern Europe neEastern Europe.
Kwenguva yakareba, akazvipira kuti afambe achitenderera pasirese, kunyanya kunzvimbo dziri muSoviet Union neEastern Europe, kuti aunze mazwi anoda rugare rwepasi rose.
Munguva yehutongerwe enyika, nguva dzesaruro dzakaomarara muSouth Africa, aisada kuenda kuno nyika kusvika kusarura kwamira, ndipo paive muna 1973 paakazadzisa mushandirapamwe wake wekutanga ikoko uye nekujekesa kushora kwake kwakasimba kune zvakaitika.
Akasvika kuUnited Kingdom muna1984, achitora nhandare uye dzimba dzemitambo kuti aite zviitiko zvake. Yakakwevera mapoka evanhu munzira yayo kuburikidza neSouth Korea neChina (1988).
Muna 1991, akatungamira chiitiko chakakura kwazvo cherudzi rwacho muCentral Park, ine vanhu vanofungidzirwa kuva mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu evatori vechikamu, achitoshanyira North Korea muna 250.000.
Sezvo aida kuti evhangeri isvike pasi rose, akaita nhamburiko yokusimudzira kudzidziswa kwavaevhangeri vatsva. Mune mumwe wemisangano yekudzidzisa iyi, wakaunza pamwechete vanhu vanobva kunyika dzinodarika zana nemakumi mashanu nenomwe, uri musangano une vanhu vakawanda vanobva kunyika dzakasiyana.
Mushure mekurwiswa nemagandanga munaGunyana 11, 2001, Graham kubva kumunamato wakaitirwa kuWashington National Cathedral, chiitiko chakapindwa nehunhu hwakakosha hweAmerica saMutungamiri Bush pachake.
Muna June 2005, akatanga izvo, maererano nemashoko ake pachake, zvaizova “mushandirapamwe wake wokupedzisira” muUnited States, mushandirapamwe wakatora mazuva matatu.
Nekudaro, anodzoka munaKurume 2006 kuzopemberera Mutambo weTariro, muNew Orleans, mushure mekurwiswa neHurricane Katrina, chiitiko chaakatungamira nemwanakomana wake.
Kuora kwehutano hwako
Nekuda kwekushatiswa kwehutano hwake nguva dzese, Graham anosarudza kuita kuti pamudyandigere wake ubudirire. Izvo zvinofanirwa kucherechedzwa kuti muhupenyu hwake hwese akatambura nekenza yeprostate, hydrocephalus, pneumonia uye kutsemuka kwechiuno.
MunaAugust 2005, pamakore makumi masere nemasere ekuberekwa uye nerubatsiro rwekufamba, akaisa dombo rekutanga muraibhurari yakavhurwa mukukudzwa kwake, mune yake yekuzvarwa Charlotte.
Munguva yeMetro Maryland Franklin Graham Mutambo, wakaitirwa muOriole Park, akatora chikamu nemazwi mashoma izvi muna 2006. Kwegore ra2007, gakava rakatanga pakati pemhuri yake nezvekuti ndeipi nzvimbo yakanaka yekuviga vese iye nemukadzi wake, Ruth.
Graham sezviri pachena aida kuvigwa nemukadzi wake muraibhurari ine zita rake, asi mwanakomana wake mudiki, Ned, haana kuzviona sezvakakodzera.
Ned akatsigira zvido zvaamai vake zvekuvigwa mumakomo padhuze neAsheville, North Carolina. Kune rake divi, Franklin, akatsigira pfungwa yababa vake, yekuvigwa muraibhurari.
Pakupedzisira, mushure mekufa kwaRuth Graham muna 2007, mhuri yakashuma kuti vose vaizovigwa muraibhurari. Muna August wegore rino, Graham akapinzwa muchipatara kuti arape kubuda ropa muura, asi mamiriro ake ezvinhu akanga akagadzikana nguva dzose.
Mamwe matambudziko ehutano
Muna 2010, Billy Graham ane makore makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe ane kunzwa kwekumusoro uye kurasikirwa kwekuona anoita kuti aonekwe mukugadziriswa kwemaraibhurari.
Kwapera gore, muna Chivabvu 11, 2011, Mufundisi vakagamuchirwa muchipatara cheAsheville, semhedzisiro yemabayo iyo isina kufambira mberi kune vakwegura kubva musi wa15 wemwedzi mumwecheteyo yavakaburitswa.
Mushure mekunetseka kakawanda nematambudziko ake ehutano, muna Kukadzi 21, 2018, Reverend Billy Graham vakashaikira kumba kwavo vaine makore makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe, vachitambirwa naMutungamiri Donald Trump.
Graham akaparidza evhangeri kuvanhu vazhinji pasi rese, achisvika kuvateereri vanosvika mazana maviri negumi nemashanu vevatori vechikamu munyika dzese zana nemakumi masere neshanu, nhaka yake inoshamisa nhasi inoramba iri munhoroondo yeAmerica.
Awards
Kwemakore, Reverend Graham vakaverengerwa pane akasiyana zvinyorwa zvehunhu hunozivikanwa mukati nekunze kweUnited States.
Akaonekwa kanoverengeka pane runyorwa rwevanoyemurwa vanhu veGallup Organisation, kambani yakazvipira kuongorora uye kuraira kuburikidza neongororo, izvi zvakaitika pakati pa1950 na1990.
Iyi kambani imwechete, yakagadzira runyorwa rwevanhu vanoyemurwa zvakanyanya nevagari veAmerica mukati mezana ramakumi maviri remakore, mune iyi runyorwa Billy anotora chinzvimbo chechinomwe.
Chikoro chesekondari cheKaturike, Belmont Abbey College, chakamupa mu1967, dhigirii rekuremekedza pabasa rake, iri nguva yekutanga kuti izvi zviitike nemunhu wechiPurotesitendi.
Akakudzwa zvakare neMusangano wevaKristu nemaJuda mu1971 uye akazivikanwa neAmerican Jewish Committee, nekuda kwekushanda nesimba kwemufundisi kubatanidza hukama pakati pevaJudha nemaKristu.
Dare rakamuita akakodzera iyo National Interreligious Award, vakatora Graham seshamwari huru uye mubatsiri wemaJuda, kunyangwe ari muKristu.
Sezvo nguva idzi dzinopfuura, muCharlotte, kumusha kwamufundisi, zuva rakakosha rakatumidzwa mukumukudza, Billy Graham Day.
Basa rake muvhu reAmerica uye kutenderera pasirese akatakura mazwi evhangeri, pamwe nezviito zvake zvakanaka, zvakaita kuti Graham akudzwe kupfuura vamwe vese muUnited States, kusanganisira Presidential Medal of Freedom kubva kuReagan.
Akakudzwa zvakare neNorth Carolina Mubairo webasa rake reruzhinji uye na1996, aimbove-Mutungamiri Bill Clinton pamwe nemutungamiri weSeneti Bob Dole vakamupa Congressional Congressional Medal.
2000's
Muna 2000, Nancy Reagan pachake akapa Ronald Reagan Rusununguko Mubairo kuna Graham. Pamusoro peBilly Graham Raibhurari, muCharlotte neAsheville, kune migwagwa mikuru yakatumidzwa zita remufundisi.
Muna 2001, kunyanya muna Zvita, akagashirwa sa Honorary Knight Commander weOrder yeBritain Humambo, nekuda kwemipiro yakapihwa kwete chete kuhupenyu hwechitendero asiwo kuhupenyu hweveruzhinji kweanopfuura makore makumi matanhatu.
Aizivikanwa neBig Brother yeGore Mubairo, iyo Templeton Foundation Mubairo wekufambira mberi muChitendero, uye iyo Sylvanus Thayer Mubairo.
MuAsheville, kune yeVana Health Center yakatumidzwa zita rake uye yakapihwa mari nemhuri yake. Pamusoro pezvo, kuAlabama Baptist-Yakabatana Samford University, kune purofesa anonzi akudzwa.
Chinhu chimwe chete ichi chinoitika muSouthern Baptist Theological Seminary, nzvimbo iyo, kusiyana nechigaro, ine chikoro chese chine zita rekuti Billy Graham.
Saizvozvowo, paW Wheaton College, iyo yunivhesiti kwaakapedza kudzidza, iri iyo Billy Graham Center, inzvimbo yechikoro uko mabasa anoitwa nemufundisi panguva yezvidzidzo zvake.
Graham ane firimu rakagadzirwa mukukudzwa kwake, Billy: Makore Ekutanga, akaburitswa munaGumiguru 2008, ayo maererano nemwanakomana wake wechina, Franklin anga asina kubvumidzwa neBilly Graham Evangelistic Association, asi iyo hanzvadzi yake Gigi Graham yakabatana.
Billy akagamuchira akawanda madhigirii ekuremekedza, anopfuura makumi maviri kuti ave chaiwo, uye anotove nenyeredzi paHollywood Walk yeMukurumbira.
Pasina kupokana, zviito zvakanaka zvaBilly Graham zvevana, chinamato, zvematongerwo enyika nerunyararo ndiyo nhaka huru kwazvo yaangasiya pasi uye zvinomiririra zvakajeka charisma, hunhu uye kungwara kwemurume akaratidzira nhoroondo.
Chekupedzisira, kana saGraham iwe uchida kutevera zvakagadzirwa naMwari, zvakakosha kuti mweya wako uve wakasununguka, saka dzidza maitiro ekuzviita kuburikidza nechinyorwa chinotevera: Kusunungurwa pamweya.