“In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” — Luke 15:10 The moment of surrender. It can sometimes be tricky to recognize when God is moving in a heart. The stirring inside is not always visible. But there is a…
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For most of the events that the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) holds around the world, months of prayer and preparation culminate in one multi-day Festival or Celebration. But the Metro Manila Celebration with Will Graham has looked a little different. Eight days and nine events led up to this weekend’s large-scale events in the Philippines’ capital…
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Although Darwin is fairly quiet this time of year, the Graham Tour brought some buzz to the city with a free event at the Darwin Convention Centre. The capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, Darwin’s name is connected to the father of the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin. But after taking the stage, Franklin Graham assured the crowd
their lives weren’t created by happenstance.
It’s been 60 years since Billy Graham’s historic Australia Crusades of 1959. “Culture has changed, but I’m here to tell you God’s Word doesn’t change,” Franklin Graham said. Saturday began his six-city evangelistic Graham Tour around Australia, which will stop in many of the same cities where his father preached decades ago, ending with a two-day event in Sydney. Learn more about the Graham Tour.
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Darwin has been nearly destroyed four times. There were the Japanese bombings of World War II and three powerful cyclones in the past century, most recently Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Eve 1974. The city of 140,000 in Australia’s remote Northern Territory knows how to rebuild. There’s construction everywhere and modern skyscrapers shaping the city’s expanding…
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Dear Friend, On Saturday I will begin a six-city tour preaching the Gospel in Australia. My father preached across the continent exactly six decades ago on a marathon evangelistic tour that lasted four months. God did a mighty work. Over three million Australians attended those Crusade meetings, and it is estimated that half of Australia’s entire population…
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Billy Graham Rapid Response Team Deploys to Queensland Flooding After devastating floodwaters rushed through over 2,000 homes, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) has deployed to the city of Townsville, located 1,350 km north of Brisbane in Queensland. The team is providing emotional and spiritual care to those affected by the flood, which was…
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A Look Back at Billy Graham’s Groundbreaking 1959 Australia Crusade “For some reason I could not fully understand, although I believed it was the leading of the Holy Spirit, I had developed an overwhelming burden to visit the distant continent of Australia,” Billy Graham once wrote. …
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Extraordinary True Stories from the 1959 Billy Graham Crusade in Australia In the 1950s, during the early days of Billy Graham’s ministry, the young evangelist had what he called “an overwhelming burden to visit the distant continent of Australia.” As his Crusades in cities like New York and Los Angeles drew worldwide media attention, he…
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