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Lifeway Research: Billy Graham has a far-reaching legacy

November 9, 2017

By Bob Smietana NASHVILLE, Tenn.— In the fall of 1949, a little-known Baptist preacher launched a series of revival meetings at a “canvas cathedral” at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Hill Street in Los Angeles. The meetings were supposed to last three weeks. Instead, they continued for eight weeks, drawing more than 300,000 people and making Billy Graham a … [Read more...]

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