Billy Graham was involved in the Fourth Great Awakening, which mainly took place through the years of 1960 and 1980 (press.uchicago.edu). Some still believe that we are currently living in the Fourth Awakening but, the bulk of the Christian challenging of social norms was solely between those 20 years. Some people have a tough time accepting the ideas of the Fourth Great Awakening as a true “awakening.” This is because the changes and outcomes of the awakening and the actions of the concerning scholars were said to be nowhere proportionate to the changes of the first three awakenings. It also did not affect how the nation as a whole defines its culture nor did it signify an uproar against a rival religious view. The First Great Awakening was
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He was born to a family on a dairy farm out in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 7th, 1918 (britannica.com). His parents were strict Calvinists and the spark of his interest in theology and Christian thought came from when he was sixteen years old and attended a series of revival meetings, preached by evangelist, Mordecai Ham (britannica.com). Ham influenced Graham into pursuing learning more about the Gospel and led him want to teach the truth and revival of the Gospel like Ham was doing. Although young, these meetings and sermons spoke to Graham and had a profound impact on him as a teenager. Graham joined Southern Baptist Convention Church and there, was anointed in 1939. He spent time at several colleges and ended with a bachelor’s in theology and a bachelor 's in anthropology (wheaton.edu). Graham has lived quite the life and has met twelve presidents all the way from Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama and the charismatic preacher has spoken to more than 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories. While Graham was speaking at a Mississippi revival in 1952, he removed the ropes that divided the continuously separated blacks and whites of his audience (wheaton.edu). This act, along with others, led to Graham and Martin Luther King Jr. to become close friends and even allies. Billy Graham was the one thousandth person to have a star installed for him on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
He was born to a family on a dairy farm out in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 7th, 1918 (britannica.com). His parents were strict Calvinists and the spark of his interest in theology and Christian thought came from when he was sixteen years old and attended a series of revival meetings, preached by evangelist, Mordecai Ham (britannica.com). Ham influenced Graham into pursuing learning more about the Gospel and led him want to teach the truth and revival of the Gospel like Ham was doing. Although young, these meetings and sermons spoke to Graham and had a profound impact on him as a teenager. Graham joined Southern Baptist Convention Church and there, was anointed in 1939. He spent time at several colleges and ended with a bachelor’s in theology and a bachelor 's in anthropology (wheaton.edu). Graham has lived quite the life and has met twelve presidents all the way from Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama and the charismatic preacher has spoken to more than 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories. While Graham was speaking at a Mississippi revival in 1952, he removed the ropes that divided the continuously separated blacks and whites of his audience (wheaton.edu). This act, along with others, led to Graham and Martin Luther King Jr. to become close friends and even allies. Billy Graham was the one thousandth person to have a star installed for him on the Hollywood Walk of Fame