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Poster advertising Youth for Christ meeting in Grand Rapids, MI with Billy Graham, 1947. After Billy Graham and the Youth for Christ team returned from their 1945 and 1946 tours of Europe, Graham began holding his own campaigns while still under the banner of Youth for Christ. Grand Rapids was his first in mid-September 1947, three years before the founding of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in September 1950. The week-long campaign began in the nondenominational Calvary Church (founded by M.R. DeHann, seating about 1,500 people) and concluded at the larger Civic Auditorium (seating 5,500) for its final four days. Records show that 30,000 attended the meetings with 500 inquirers coming forward for counsel, prayer and to express their decision to choose and follow Jesus Christ.
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Title:
Great Days with Billy Graham
Date Created:
1947
Description:
Poster advertising Youth for Christ meeting in Grand Rapids, MI with Billy Graham, 1947. After Billy Graham and the Youth for Christ team returned from their 1945 and 1946 tours of Europe, Graham began holding his own campaigns while still under the banner of Youth for Christ. Grand Rapids was his first in mid-September 1947, three years before the founding of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in September 1950. The week-long campaign began in the nondenominational Calvary Church (founded by M.R. DeHann, seating about 1,500 people) and concluded at the larger Civic Auditorium (seating 5,500) for its final four days. Records show that 30,000 attended the meetings with 500 inquirers coming forward for counsel, prayer and to express their decision to choose and follow Jesus Christ.
Subjects:
Evangelistic work--United States Evangelists Church work with youth
Location:
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Source:
Collection 224: J. Stratton Shufelt Papers (pc30), Wheaton Archives & Special Collections, Wheaton College, IL.
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Great Days with Billy Graham", A Sign Unto You, Wheaton College Archives and Special Collections
Reference Link:
https://exhibits.archives.wheaton.edu/a-sign-unto-you/items/poster_015.html
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