The Apostle Paul thanked God for friends who were his “partners in spreading the Good News about Christ” (Philippians 1:5, NLT). That’s how I, along with Franklin, feel about you.
We are deeply grateful for your friendship, prayers, and support, and we praise God that through our partnership with you, the Good News keeps spreading!
For example, just days ago in Brazil, thousands made decisions for Christ during an evangelistic Crusade led by Franklin, two-thirds of them age 18 or younger. Only weeks before that, in a three-day My Hope outreach, at least 50,000 people across the Dominican Republic responded to the Gospel, and reports are still pouring in.
Following the earthquake in Haiti, coal mine explosion in West Virginia, and other disasters this year such as floods in Tennessee, our Rapid Response Team chaplains have comforted and prayed one-on-one with thousands of people (11,000 in Haiti alone), and as a result, many men and women whose lives were overwhelmed by hopelessness have now found the eternal hope that comes only through Jesus Christ.
And at the Billy Graham Library, visitors make personal decisions for Christ daily–every report fills my heart with joy. On a recent Monday, 49 people told our volunteers about praying to receive Christ after hearing the Gospel during their tour. Visitors come from all over the world, and I hope you will have opportunity to visit as well.
In recent months I have felt a growing desire to preach in person again, even if just one more time. It may not be possible with my health, but I have begun preparing a message should God give me strength and opportunity. Meanwhile today, approaching age 92, my main personal ministry is prayer. The Bible tells us that prayer is “powerful and effective” (James 5:16, NIV), and I invite you to be my co-worker in this.
We Need Your Support
Your financial gift will help us to boldly preach the Gospel around the world and in our own nation. Please send a generous gift today.
Paul once wrote to church friends that “there is a wide-open door for a great work here” (1 Corinthians 16:9, NLT), and those words are still true for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in 2010. Through six decades, God has not reduced the opportunities He gives us to proclaim the Gospel. We have more openings right now for large-scale, effective evangelistic ministry than resources to carry it all out.
Franklin is passionate for the Gospel, and the worldwide team he leads accomplishes more than seems humanly possible. This is only because of God’s blessing. We ask for your continued financial support, even this month if you are able, because God is accelerating our work rather than slowing it.
The result of your prayers and gifts is that people who once were lost now follow the Lord. “As a result of your ministry, they will give glory to God” (2 Corinthians 9:13).
May God bless you in all the ways you serve Him.
Billy Graham
Please Pray with Me:
- Pray for my son Franklin and the BGEA team as they prepare for evangelistic Crusades in Latvia and Japan. These are not places where it is easy to proclaim the Gospel, but people there need Jesus.
- Pray that many young people will respond to the Gospel this summer during Rock the River Tour West, a series of youth-focused evangelistic events where Franklin will preach numerous times.
- Pray that God will continue to bless the Billy Graham Library as a ministry where lost people hear the Gospel and believers are encouraged in their faith.
- Pray for the upcoming My Hope World Evangelism Television project in the African nation of Malawi, as well as for less visible My Hope projects in four Asian nations where evangelism cannot be done so openly.
- Pray for God’s special wisdom for Franklin and the leadership team as they consider many opportunities for the Gospel in the months and years ahead.
- Pray that God will provide needed financial resources to take the Gospel to people He loves and wants to draw to Himself.
