List of Billy Graham's crusades explained

Billy Graham's crusades were evangelistic campaigns conducted by Billy Graham between 1947 and 2005.

History

The first Billy Graham evangelistic campaign, held September 13–21, 1947, in the Civic Auditorium in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was attended by 6,000 people. He would rent a large venue, such as a stadium, park, or street.[1] As the sessions became larger, he arranged a group of up to 5,000 people to sing in a choir. He would preach the gospel and invite people to come forward to ask Jesus "to be their savior" and pray together. The inquirers were often given a copy of the Gospel of John or a Bible study booklet. In Durban, South Africa, in 1973, the crowd of some 100,000 was the first large mixed-race event in apartheid South Africa.[2] In Moscow, in 1992, one-quarter of the 155,000 people in Graham's audience went forward at his call.[3]

In 1995, during the Global Mission event, he preached a sermon at Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan in Puerto Rico which was transmitted by satellite in 185 countries and translated into 116 languages. [4]

During his crusades, Billy Graham frequently used the altar call song "Just As I Am".[5]

Over 58 years, Billy Graham reached more than 210 million people (face to face and by satellite feeds).[6] The New York Crusade of 1957 - the longest of Graham's evangelistic crusades took place in Madison Square Garden, which lasted 16 weeks.[7] The largest audience in the history of Graham's ministry assembled at Yoido Plaza in Seoul in South Korea in 1973 (1.1 million people).[8] [9]

Graham's revival meetings were most commonly called "crusades", and were billed as such for decades, but Graham himself began calling them "missions" after the September 11 attacks due to a potentially offensive connotation of the word crusade among Muslims.[10]

Concluding his last crusade in 2005 in New York, Graham had preached during 417 crusades, including 226 in the United States and 195 worldwide in over 50 countries, predominantly in Christendom.[11] [12]

Chronological list

NumberDateCityCountry
1947
1September 13–21Grand RapidsUnited States
2November 9–23[13] CharlotteUnited States
1948
3AugustaUnited States
4ModestoUnited States
1949
5MiamiUnited States
6BaltimoreUnited States
7AltoonaUnited States
8 LA Crusade[14] September 25 – November 20Los AngelesUnited States
1950
9BostonUnited States
10ColumbiaUnited States
11 tourstates of New EnglandUnited States
12PortlandUnited States
13MinneapolisUnited States
14AtlantaUnited States
December 30, 31BostonUnited States
1951
15 tourSouth StatesUnited States
16Fort WorthUnited States
17ShreveportUnited States
18CincinnatiUnited States
19MemphisUnited States
20SeattleUnited States
21HollywoodUnited States
22GreensboroUnited States
23RaleighUnited States
1952
24January 13 – February 10[15] [16] Washington, D.C.United States
25 tourApril–MayAmerican citiesUnited States
26HoustonUnited States
27JacksonUnited States
28 tourAugustAmerican citiesUnited States
29PittsburghUnited States
30AlbuquerqueUnited States
1953
31 tourcities of FloridaUnited States
32ChattanoogaUnited States
33St. LouisUnited States
34DallasUnited States
35 tourWest TexasUnited States
36SyracuseUnited States
37DetroitUnited States
38AshevilleUnited States
1954
39 London CrusadeMarch 1 – May 29LondonEngland
40 tourAmsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Paris, StockholmNetherlands, West Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Sweden
41NashvilleUnited States
42New OrleansUnited States
43 tourWest CoastUnited States
1955
44March–AprilGlasgowScotland
45 tourCities of ScotlandScotland
46MayLondonEngland
47ParisFrance
48ZürichSwitzerland
49GenevaSwitzerland
50MannheimWest Germany
51StuttgartWest Germany
52NurembergWest Germany
53DortmundWest Germany
54FrankfurtWest Germany
55American bases in GermanyWest Germany
56RotterdamNetherlands
57OsloNorway
58GothenburgSweden
59AarhusDenmark
60TorontoCanada
1956
61tourIndia and Far East
62RichmondUnited States
63Oklahoma CityUnited States
64LouisvilleUnited States
1957
65 NY CrusadeMay 15 – September 1New YorkUnited States
1958
66tourRegion of Caribbean Sea
67San FranciscoUnited States
68SacramentoUnited States
69FresnoUnited States
71Santa BarbaraUnited States
72Los AngelesUnited States
73San DiegoUnited States
74San AntonioUnited States
75[17] September 21 – October 26CharlotteUnited States
1959
76February 15 – March 15MelbourneAustralia
77March 29 – April 4AucklandNew Zealand
78April 12 – May 10SydneyAustralia
79May 15–22PerthAustralia
80May 17–31BrisbaneAustralia
81AdelaideAustralia
82March 30 – April 6WellingtonNew Zealand
83April 1–8ChristchurchNew Zealand
84CanberraAustralia
85LauncestonAustralia
86HobartAustralia
87Little RockUnited States
88WheatonUnited States
89IndianapolisUnited States
1960
90MonroviaLiberia
91AccraGhana
92KumasiGhana
93LagosNigeria
94IbadanNigeria
95KadunaNigeria
96EnuguNigeria
97JosNigeria
98BrazzavilleCongo
99BulawayoSouthern Rhodesia
100SalisburySouthern Rhodesia
101KitweNorthern Rhodesia
102MoshiTanganyika
103KisumuKenya
104UsumburaRuanda-Urundi
105NairobiKenya
106Addis AbebaEthiopia
107CairoEgypt
108JerusalemJordan
109Washington, D.C.United States
110Rio de JaneiroBrazil
111BernSwitzerland
112ZürichSwitzerland
113BaselSwitzerland
114LausanneSwitzerland
115EssenWest Germany
116HamburgWest Germany
117BerlinWest Germany
118[18] New York (for Spanish Americans)United States
1961
119JacksonvilleUnited States
120OrlandoUnited States
121ClearwaterUnited States
122St. PetersburgUnited States
123TampaUnited States
124Bradenton–SarasotaUnited States
125TallahasseeUnited States
126GainesvilleUnited States
127MiamiUnited States
128Cape CanaveralUnited States
129West Palm BeachUnited States
130Peace RiverUnited States
131Boca RatonUnited States
132Fort LauderdaleUnited States
133ManchesterEngland
134GlasgowScotland
135BelfastNorthern Ireland
136MinneapolisUnited States
137PhiladelphiaUnited States
1962
138January – FebruarytourSouth America
139RaleighUnited States
140JacksonvilleUnited States
141ChicagoUnited States
142SeattleUnited States
143FresnoUnited States
144Redstone ArsenalUnited States
145 tourSeptember – OctoberSouthern StatesUnited States
146El PasoUnited States
1963
147May 12–26ParisFrance
148LyonFrance
149ToulouseFrance
150MulhouseFrance
151MontaubanFrance
152NancyFrance
153DouaiFrance
154NurembergWest Germany
155StuttgartWest Germany
156Los AngelesUnited States
1964
157BirminghamUnited States
158PhoenixUnited States
159San DiegoUnited States
160ColumbusUnited States
161OmahaUnited States
162SeptemberBostonUnited States
163OctoberBostonUnited States
164ManchesterUnited States
165PortlandUnited States
166BangorUnited States
167ProvidenceUnited States
168LouisvilleUnited States
1965
169Honolulu, O'ahuUnited States
168Kahului, MauiUnited States
169HiloUnited States
170Lihue, Kaua'iUnited States
171DothanUnited States
172TuscaloosaUnited States
173Auburn University (Alabama)United States
174Tuskegee Institute (Alabama)United States
175MontgomeryUnited States
176CopenhagenDenmark
177VancouverCanada
178SeattleUnited States
179DenverUnited States
180HoustonUnited States
1966
181GreenvilleUnited States
182JuneLondonEngland
183BerlinWest Germany
1967
184PoncePuerto Rico
185San JuanPuerto Rico
186WinnipegCanada
187JuneLondonEngland
188TurinItaly
189July 7ZagrebYugoslavia
190TorontoCanada
191Kansas CityUnited States
192TokyoJapan
1968
193BrisbaneAustralia
194SydneyAustralia
195PortlandUnited States
196San AntonioUnited States
197PittsburghUnited States
1969
198AucklandNew Zealand
199DunedinNew Zealand
200MelbourneAustralia
201New YorkUnited States
202AnaheimUnited States
1970
203DortmundWest Germany
204May 28Knoxville[19] United States
205New YorkUnited States
206October 21–25Baton Rouge (Tiger Stadium, Louisiana State University)United States
1971
207LexingtonUnited States
208ChicagoUnited States
209OaklandUnited States
210September 17–26DallasUnited States
1972
211CharlotteUnited States
212MayBirminghamUnited States
213July 14–23ClevelandUnited States
214KohimaIndia
1973
215DurbanSouth Africa
216JohannesburgSouth Africa
217SeoulSouth Korea
218AtlantaUnited States
219MinneapolisUnited States
220RaleighUnited States
221St. LouisUnited States
1974
222PhoenixUnited States
223Los AngelesUnited States
224Rio de JaneiroBrazil
225Norfolk, HamptonUnited States
1975
226AlbuquerqueUnited States
227May 11, Mother's DayJacksonUnited States
228BrusselsBelgium
229LubbockUnited States
230TaipeiTaiwan
231Hong KongBritish Hong Kong
1976
232May 9–16SeattleUnited States
233WilliamsburgUnited States
235August 13–21San DiegoUnited States
236October 14–24PontiacUnited States
1977
237GothenburgSweden
238AshevilleUnited States
239South BendUnited States
240tourHungary
241CincinnatiUnited States
242ManilaPhilippines
243India-Good News FestivalsIndia
1978
244Las VegasUnited States
245MemphisUnited States
246TorontoCanada
247Kansas CityUnited States
248OsloNorway
249StockholmSweden
250Satellite crusadeSweden
251Satellite crusadeNorway
252Satellite crusadeIsland
253[20] October 6–16tourPoland
254SingaporeSingapore
1979
255São PauloBrazil
256TampaUnited States
25729 April – 20 MaySydneyAustralia
258NashvilleUnited States
259August 11MilwaukeeUnited States
260HalifaxCanada
1980
261OxfordEngland
262CambridgeEngland
263IndianapolisUnited States
264EdmontonCanada
265WheatonUnited States
266OkinawaJapan
267OsakaJapan
268FukuokaJapan
269TokyoJapan
270RenoUnited States
271Las VegasUnited States
1981
272Mexico CityMexico
273VillahermosaMexico
274Boca RatonUnited States
275BaltimoreUnited States
276CalgaryCanada
277San JoséUnited States
278HoustonUnited States
1982
279BlackpoolEngland
280ProvidenceUnited States
281BurlingtonUnited States
282PortlandUnited States
283SpringfieldUnited States
284ManchesterUnited States
285May 10–14MoscowSoviet Union
286HartfordUnited States
287New HavenUnited States
288Boston (Northeastern University)United States
289Amherst (University of Massachusetts)United States
290New Haven (Yale University)United States
291Cambridge (Harvard University)United States
292Newton (Boston College)United States
293Cambridge (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)United States
294South Hamilton (Gordon-Convell Seminary)United States
295Hanover (Dartmouth College)United States
296BostonUnited States
297New Orleans (South Baptist Convention Evangelistic Rally)United States
298BoiseUnited States
299SpokaneUnited States
300Chapel HillUnited States
301WittenbergEast Germany
302DresdenEast Germany
303GörlitzEast Germany
304StendalEast Germany
305StralsundEast Germany
306BerlinEast Germany
307PragueCzechoslovakia
308BrnoCzechoslovakia
309BratislavaCzechoslovakia
310NassauBahamas
1983
311OrlandoUnited States
312TacomaUnited States
313SacramentoUnited States
314Oklahoma CityUnited States
1984
315AnchorageUnited States
316May 12–19BristolEngland
317May 26 – June 2SunderlandEngland
318June 9–12NorwichEngland
319JuneBirminghamEngland
320JulyLiverpoolEngland
321JulyIpswichEngland
322SeoulSouth Korea
323LeningradSoviet Union
324TallinnSoviet Union
325NovosibirskSoviet Union
326MoscowSoviet Union
327VancouverCanada
1985
328Fort LauderdaleUnited States
329HartfordUnited States
330June 22–29SheffieldEngland
331July 19–28AnaheimUnited States
332SuceavaRomania
333Cluj-NapocaRomania
334OradeaRomania
335AradRomania
336TimișoaraRomania
337SibiuRomania
338BucharestRomania
339PécsHungary
340BudapestHungary
1986
341Washington, D.C.United States
342ParisFrance
343TallahasseeUnited States
1987
344ColumbiaUnited States
345CheyenneUnited States
346FargoUnited States
347BillingsUnited States
348Sioux FallsUnited States
349JulyDenverUnited States
350HelsinkiFinland
1988
351BeijingChina
352Huai'anChina
353NanjingChina
354ShanghaiChina
355GuangzhouChina
356ZagorskSoviet Union
357MoscowSoviet Union
358KyivSoviet Union
359BuffaloUnited States
360RochesterUnited States
361HamiltonCanada
1989
362SyracuseUnited States
363LondonEngland
364BudapestHungary
365Little RockUnited States
1990
368BerlinWest Germany
369MontrealCanada
370AlbanyUnited States
371UniondaleUnited States
372Hong KongBritish Hong Kong
1991
373Seattle, TacomaUnited States
374EdinburghScotland
375AberdeenScotland
376GlasgowScotland
377East RutherfordUnited States
378New York (Central Park)United States
379Buenos AiresArgentina
1992
380PyongyangNorth Korea
381PhiladelphiaUnited States
382PortlandUnited States
383MoscowRussia
1993
384March 17–21EssenGermany
385June 2-6PittsburghUnited States
386ColumbusUnited States
1994
387TokyoJapan
388BeijingChina
389PyongyangNorth Korea
390ClevelandUnited States
391AtlantaUnited States
1995
392San JuanPuerto Rico
393Global mission
394TorontoCanada
395SacramentoUnited States
1996
396World Television Series
397MinneapolisUnited States
398CharlotteUnited States
1997
399San AntonioUnited States
400San JoseUnited States
401San FranciscoUnited States
402OaklandUnited States
1998
403June 25–28OttawaCanada
404TampaUnited States
1999
405IndianapolisUnited States
406St. LouisUnited States
2000
407June 1–4NashvilleUnited States
408JacksonvilleUnited States
2001
409LouisvilleUnited States
410FresnoUnited States
2002
411CincinnatiUnited States
412DallasUnited States
2003
413San DiegoUnited States
414Oklahoma CityUnited States
2004
415Kansas CityUnited States
416Los AngelesUnited States
2005
417New YorkUnited States

See also

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. CBN, Remembering the Billy Graham Crusades That Led People to Jesus, cbn.com, USA, February 24, 2018
  2. Web site: Billy Graham (1918–2018): Prophet of World Christianity?. Stanley. Brian. Brian Stanley (historian). March 2, 2018. Centre for the Study of World Christianity. en-GB. April 13, 2020.
  3. Nancy . Gibbs . Richard N. . Ostling . https://web.archive.org/web/20070621232638/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979573,00.html . God's Billy Pulpit . 2007-06-21 . Time . 1993-11-15 . 2011-11-07 .
  4. Andrew S. Finstuen, Anne Blue Wills, Grant Wacker, Billy Graham: American Pilgrim, Oxford University Press, UK, 2017, p. 104
  5. Web site: 2018-02-21 . 'Just As I Am' was Billy Graham's signature hymn . 2023-11-16 . Religion News Service . en-US.
  6. Book: Long, Michael G. . The legacy of Billy Graham: critical reflections on America's greatest evangelist . Westminster . John Knox Press . 2008 . 3 . 9780664236564 .
  7. Uta Andrea . Balbier . Billy Graham's Crusades in the 1950s: Neo-Evangelicalism Between Civil Religion, Media, and Consumerism . Bulletin of the GHI . German Historical Institute . 44 . Spring 2009.
  8. Web site: Prophecy and Politics . March 2006 . Christianity Today . 2011-11-21 .
  9. Web site: War and Peace in Korea . CCEL . 2011-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120413160046/http://www.ccel.us/billy.ch18.html . 2012-04-13 . dead .
  10. Web site: Billy Graham Is Back . cbsnews.com . 2002-10-18 . 2016-12-08 . 'Following September 11th, there was increased consciousness of other faiths in the U.S. that would find the term crusade offensive', Graham spokeswoman Melany Ethridge told The Associated Press in 2002 . Matt . Curry .
  11. Web site: Grossman . Cathy Lynn . Billy Graham reached millions through his crusades. Here's how he did it . 2023-11-16 . USA TODAY . en-US.
  12. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADES, billygraham.org, retrieved June 5, 2023
  13. Announcing the Billy Graham Revival . Charlotte's Own . November 9–23, 1947 .
  14. Book: Mel Larson . TASTING REVIVAL — at Los Angeles . Revival In Our Time: The Story of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Campaigns including Six of his Sermons . Van Kampen Press . 1950 . 11–27.
  15. Web site: 1952 Greater Washington Evangelistic Crusade - Film. wheaton.edu. December 8, 2016.
  16. Web site: The Archives Bulletin Board. wheaton.edu. December 8, 2016.
  17. Web site: The Coliseum Sermons From Billy Graham's 1958 Charlotte Evangelistic Meetings . 1958 . Billy Graham Center Archives . Wheaton College .
  18. Edward Mc Carthy . Graham's Sermon Causes Gang Leaders To Plan To Attend Church . The Gadsden Times . October 9, 1960 . December 7, 2011.
  19. Web site: Protest & Activism at UT - 40 YEARS ON. Bozeman, Barry . May 30, 2010 . September 22, 2019 . Knoxville 22 blog.
  20. Book: Michał Stankiewicz . Billy Graham w Polsce . Słowo Prawdy . Warszawa . 1979 .

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