List of Billy Graham's crusades

Billy Graham's crusades were evangelistic campaigns conducted by Billy Graham between 1947 and 2005.

Graham at his crusade (1966).

History

The first Billy Graham evangelistic campaign, held September 13–21, 1947, in the Civic Auditorium in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was attended by 6,000 people. He would rent a large venue, such as a stadium, park, or street.^[1] As the sessions became larger, he arranged a group of up to 5,000 people to sing in a choir. He would preach the gospel and invite people to come forward to ask Jesus "to be their savior" and pray together. The inquirers were often given a copy of the Gospel of John or a Bible study booklet. In Durban, South Africa, in 1973, the crowd of some 100,000 was the first large mixed-race event in apartheid South Africa.^[2] In Moscow, in 1992, one-quarter of the 155,000 people in Graham's audience went forward at his call.^[3]

In 1995, during the Global Mission event, he preached a sermon at Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan in Puerto Rico which was transmitted by satellite in 185 countries and translated into 116 languages. ^[4]

During his crusades, Billy Graham frequently used the altar call song "Just As I Am".^[5]

Countries in which Billy Graham preached are colored in blue.

Over 58 years, Billy Graham reached more than 210 million people (face to face and by satellite feeds).^[6] The New York Crusade of 1957 - the longest of Graham's evangelistic crusades took place in Madison Square Garden, which lasted 16 weeks.^[7] The largest audience in the history of Graham's ministry assembled at Yoido Plaza in Seoul in South Korea in 1973 (1.1 million people).^[8][9]

Graham's revival meetings were most commonly called "crusades", and were billed as such for decades, but Graham himself began calling them "missions" after the September 11 attacks due to a potentially offensive connotation of the word crusade among Muslims.^[10]

Concluding his last crusade in 2005 in New York, Graham had preached during 417 crusades, including 226 in the United States and 195 worldwide in over 50 countries, predominantly in Christendom.^[11][12]

Chronological list

Number	Date	City	Country
1947
1	September 13–21	Grand Rapids	United States
2	November 9–23[13]	Charlotte	United States
1948
3		Augusta	United States
4		Modesto	United States
1949
5		Miami	United States
6		Baltimore	United States
7		Altoona	United States
8 LA Crusade[14]	September 25 – November 20	Los Angeles	United States
1950
9		Boston	United States
10		Columbia	United States
11 tour		states of New England	United States
12		Portland	United States
13		Minneapolis	United States
14		Atlanta	United States
	December 30, 31	Boston	United States
1951
15 tour		South States	United States
16		Fort Worth	United States
17		Shreveport	United States
18		Cincinnati	United States
19		Memphis	United States
20		Seattle	United States
21		Hollywood	United States
22		Greensboro	United States
23		Raleigh	United States
1952
24	January 13 – February 10[15][16]	Washington, D.C.	United States
25 tour	April–May	American cities	United States
26		Houston	United States
27		Jackson	United States
28 tour	August	American cities	United States
29		Pittsburgh	United States
30		Albuquerque	United States
1953
31 tour		cities of Florida	United States
32		Chattanooga	United States
33		St. Louis	United States
34		Dallas	United States
35 tour		West Texas	United States
36		Syracuse	United States
37		Detroit	United States
38		Asheville	United States
1954
39 London Crusade	March 1 – May 29	London	England
40 tour		Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Paris, Stockholm	Netherlands, West Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Sweden
41		Nashville	United States
42		New Orleans	United States
43 tour		West Coast	United States
1955
44	March–April	Glasgow	Scotland
45 tour		Cities of Scotland	Scotland
46	May	London	England
47		Paris	France
48		Zürich	Switzerland
49		Geneva	Switzerland
50		Mannheim	West Germany
51		Stuttgart	West Germany
52		Nuremberg	West Germany
53		Dortmund	West Germany
54		Frankfurt	West Germany
55		American bases in Germany	West Germany
56		Rotterdam	Netherlands
57		Oslo	Norway
58		Gothenburg	Sweden
59		Aarhus	Denmark
60		Toronto	Canada
1956
61		tour	India and Far East
62		Richmond	United States
63		Oklahoma City	United States
64		Louisville	United States
1957
65 NY Crusade	May 15 – September 1	New York	United States
1958
66		tour	Region of Caribbean Sea
67		San Francisco	United States
68		Sacramento	United States
69		Fresno	United States
71		Santa Barbara	United States
72		Los Angeles	United States
73		San Diego	United States
74		San Antonio	United States
75[17]	September 21 – October 26	Charlotte	United States
1959
76	February 15 – March 15	Melbourne	Australia
77	March 29 – April 4	Auckland	New Zealand
78	April 12 – May 10	Sydney	Australia
79	May 15–22	Perth	Australia
80	May 17–31	Brisbane	Australia
81		Adelaide	Australia
82	March 30 – April 6	Wellington	New Zealand
83	April 1–8	Christchurch	New Zealand
84		Canberra	Australia
85		Launceston	Australia
86		Hobart	Australia
87		Little Rock	United States
88		Wheaton	United States
89		Indianapolis	United States
1960
90		Monrovia	Liberia
91		Accra	Ghana
92		Kumasi	Ghana
93		Lagos	Nigeria
94		Ibadan	Nigeria
95		Kaduna	Nigeria
96		Enugu	Nigeria
97		Jos	Nigeria
98		Brazzaville	Congo
99		Bulawayo	Southern Rhodesia
100		Salisbury	Southern Rhodesia
101		Kitwe	Northern Rhodesia
102		Moshi	Tanganyika
103		Kisumu	Kenya
104		Usumbura	Ruanda-Urundi
105		Nairobi	Kenya
106		Addis Abeba	Ethiopia
107		Cairo	Egypt
108		Jerusalem	Jordan
109		Washington, D.C.	United States
110		Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
111		Bern	Switzerland
112		Zürich	Switzerland
113		Basel	Switzerland
114		Lausanne	Switzerland
115		Essen	West Germany
116		Hamburg	West Germany
117		Berlin	West Germany
118[18]		New York (for Spanish Americans)	United States
1961
119		Jacksonville	United States
120		Orlando	United States
121		Clearwater	United States
122		St. Petersburg	United States
123		Tampa	United States
124		Bradenton–Sarasota	United States
125		Tallahassee	United States
126		Gainesville	United States
127		Miami	United States
128		Cape Canaveral	United States
129		West Palm Beach	United States
130		Peace River	United States
131		Boca Raton	United States
132		Fort Lauderdale	United States
133		Manchester	England
134		Glasgow	Scotland
135		Belfast	Northern Ireland
136		Minneapolis	United States
137		Philadelphia	United States
1962
138	January – February	tour	South America
139		Raleigh	United States
140		Jacksonville	United States
141		Chicago	United States
142		Seattle	United States
143		Fresno	United States
144		Redstone Arsenal	United States
145 tour	September – October	Southern States	United States
146		El Paso	United States
1963
147	May 12–26	Paris	France
148		Lyon	France
149		Toulouse	France
150		Mulhouse	France
151		Montauban	France
152		Nancy	France
153		Douai	France
154		Nuremberg	West Germany
155		Stuttgart	West Germany
156		Los Angeles	United States
1964
157		Birmingham	United States
158		Phoenix	United States
159		San Diego	United States
160		Columbus	United States
161		Omaha	United States
162	September	Boston	United States
163	October	Boston	United States
164		Manchester	United States
165		Portland	United States
166		Bangor	United States
167		Providence	United States
168		Louisville	United States
1965
169		Honolulu, O'ahu	United States
168		Kahului, Maui	United States
169		Hilo	United States
170		Lihue, Kaua'i	United States
171		Dothan	United States
172		Tuscaloosa	United States
173		Auburn University (Alabama)	United States
174		Tuskegee Institute (Alabama)	United States
175		Montgomery	United States
176		Copenhagen	Denmark
177		Vancouver	Canada
178		Seattle	United States
179		Denver	United States
180		Houston	United States
1966
181		Greenville	United States
182	June	London	England
183		Berlin	West Germany
1967
184		Ponce	Puerto Rico
185		San Juan	Puerto Rico
186		Winnipeg	Canada
187	June	London	England
188		Turin	Italy
189	July 7	Zagreb	Yugoslavia
190		Toronto	Canada
191		Kansas City	United States
192		Tokyo	Japan
1968
193		Brisbane	Australia
194		Sydney	Australia
195		Portland	United States
196		San Antonio	United States
197		Pittsburgh	United States
1969
198		Auckland	New Zealand
199		Dunedin	New Zealand
200		Melbourne	Australia
201		New York	United States
202		Anaheim	United States
1970
203		Dortmund	West Germany
204	May 28	Knoxville[19]	United States
205		New York	United States
206	October 21–25	Baton Rouge (Tiger Stadium, Louisiana State University)	United States
1971
207		Lexington	United States
208		Chicago	United States
209		Oakland	United States
210	September 17–26	Dallas	United States
1972
211		Charlotte	United States
212	May	Birmingham	United States
213	July 14–23	Cleveland	United States
214		Kohima	India
1973
215		Durban	South Africa
216		Johannesburg	South Africa
217		Seoul	South Korea
218		Atlanta	United States
219		Minneapolis	United States
220		Raleigh	United States
221		St. Louis	United States
1974
222		Phoenix	United States
223		Los Angeles	United States
224		Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
225		Norfolk, Hampton	United States
1975
226		Albuquerque	United States
227	May 11, Mother's Day	Jackson	United States
228		Brussels	Belgium
229		Lubbock	United States
230		Taipei	Taiwan
231		Hong Kong	British Hong Kong
1976
232	May 9–16	Seattle	United States
233		Williamsburg	United States
235	August 13–21	San Diego	United States
236	October 14–24	Pontiac	United States
1977
237		Gothenburg	Sweden
238		Asheville	United States
239		South Bend	United States
240		tour	Hungary
241		Cincinnati	United States
242		Manila	Philippines
243		India-Good News Festivals	India
1978
244		Las Vegas	United States
245		Memphis	United States
246		Toronto	Canada
247		Kansas City	United States
248		Oslo	Norway
249		Stockholm	Sweden
250		Satellite crusade	Sweden
251		Satellite crusade	Norway
252		Satellite crusade	Island
253[20]	October 6–16	tour	Poland
254		Singapore	Singapore
1979
255		São Paulo	Brazil
256		Tampa	United States
257	29 April – 20 May	Sydney	Australia
258		Nashville	United States
259	August 11	Milwaukee	United States
260		Halifax	Canada
1980
261		Oxford	England
262		Cambridge	England
263		Indianapolis	United States
264		Edmonton	Canada
265		Wheaton	United States
266		Okinawa	Japan
267		Osaka	Japan
268		Fukuoka	Japan
269		Tokyo	Japan
270		Reno	United States
271		Las Vegas	United States
1981
272		Mexico City	Mexico
273		Villahermosa	Mexico
274		Boca Raton	United States
275		Baltimore	United States
276		Calgary	Canada
277		San José	United States
278		Houston	United States
1982
279		Blackpool	England
280		Providence	United States
281		Burlington	United States
282		Portland	United States
283		Springfield	United States
284		Manchester	United States
285	May 10–14	Moscow	Soviet Union
286		Hartford	United States
287		New Haven	United States
288		Boston (Northeastern University)	United States
289		Amherst (University of Massachusetts)	United States
290		New Haven (Yale University)	United States
291		Cambridge (Harvard University)	United States
292		Newton (Boston College)	United States
293		Cambridge (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)	United States
294		South Hamilton (Gordon-Convell Seminary)	United States
295		Hanover (Dartmouth College)	United States
296		Boston	United States
297		New Orleans (South Baptist Convention Evangelistic Rally)	United States
298		Boise	United States
299		Spokane	United States
300		Chapel Hill	United States
301		Wittenberg	East Germany
302		Dresden	East Germany
303		Görlitz	East Germany
304		Stendal	East Germany
305		Stralsund	East Germany
306		Berlin	East Germany
307		Prague	Czechoslovakia
308		Brno	Czechoslovakia
309		Bratislava	Czechoslovakia
310		Nassau	Bahamas
1983
311		Orlando	United States
312		Tacoma	United States
313		Sacramento	United States
314		Oklahoma City	United States
1984
315		Anchorage	United States
316	May 12–19	Bristol	England
317	May 26 – June 2	Sunderland	England
318	June 9–12	Norwich	England
319	June	Birmingham	England
320	July	Liverpool	England
321	July	Ipswich	England
322		Seoul	South Korea
323		Leningrad	Soviet Union
324		Tallinn	Soviet Union
325		Novosibirsk	Soviet Union
326		Moscow	Soviet Union
327		Vancouver	Canada
1985
328		Fort Lauderdale	United States
329		Hartford	United States
330	June 22–29	Sheffield	England
331	July 19–28	Anaheim	United States
332		Suceava	Romania
333		Cluj-Napoca	Romania
334		Oradea	Romania
335		Arad	Romania
336		Timișoara	Romania
337		Sibiu	Romania
338		Bucharest	Romania
339		Pécs	Hungary
340		Budapest	Hungary
1986
341		Washington, D.C.	United States
342		Paris	France
343		Tallahassee	United States
1987
344		Columbia	United States
345		Cheyenne	United States
346		Fargo	United States
347		Billings	United States
348		Sioux Falls	United States
349	July	Denver	United States
350		Helsinki	Finland
1988
351		Beijing	China
352		Huai'an	China
353		Nanjing	China
354		Shanghai	China
355		Guangzhou	China
356		Zagorsk	Soviet Union
357		Moscow	Soviet Union
358		Kyiv	Soviet Union
359		Buffalo	United States
360		Rochester	United States
361		Hamilton	Canada
1989
362		Syracuse	United States
363		London	England
364		Budapest	Hungary
365		Little Rock	United States
1990
368		Berlin	West Germany
369		Montreal	Canada
370		Albany	United States
371		Uniondale	United States
372		Hong Kong	British Hong Kong
1991
373		Seattle, Tacoma	United States
374		Edinburgh	Scotland
375		Aberdeen	Scotland
376		Glasgow	Scotland
377		East Rutherford	United States
378		New York (Central Park)	United States
379		Buenos Aires	Argentina
1992
380		Pyongyang	North Korea
381		Philadelphia	United States
382		Portland	United States
383		Moscow	Russia
1993
384	March 17–21	Essen	Germany
385	June 2-6	Pittsburgh	United States
386		Columbus	United States
1994
387		Tokyo	Japan
388		Beijing	China
389		Pyongyang	North Korea
390		Cleveland	United States
391		Atlanta	United States
1995
392		San Juan	Puerto Rico
393			Global mission
394		Toronto	Canada
395		Sacramento	United States
1996
396			World Television Series
397		Minneapolis	United States
398		Charlotte	United States
1997
399		San Antonio	United States
400		San Jose	United States
401		San Francisco	United States
402		Oakland	United States
1998
403	June 25–28	Ottawa	Canada
404		Tampa	United States
1999
405		Indianapolis	United States
406		St. Louis	United States
2000
407	June 1–4	Nashville	United States
408		Jacksonville	United States
2001
409		Louisville	United States
410		Fresno	United States
2002
411		Cincinnati	United States
412		Dallas	United States
2003
413		San Diego	United States
414		Oklahoma City	United States
2004
415		Kansas City	United States
416		Los Angeles	United States
2005
417		New York	United States

See also

• Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

References

1. CBN, Remembering the Billy Graham Crusades That Led People to Jesus, cbn.com, USA, February 24, 2018
2. Stanley, Brian (March 2, 2018). "Billy Graham (1918–2018): Prophet of World Christianity?". Centre for the Study of World Christianity. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
3. Gibbs, Nancy; Ostling, Richard N. (1993-11-15). "God's Billy Pulpit". Time. Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
4. Andrew S. Finstuen, Anne Blue Wills, Grant Wacker, Billy Graham: American Pilgrim, Oxford University Press, UK, 2017, p. 104
5. "'Just As I Am' was Billy Graham's signature hymn". Religion News Service. 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
6. Long, Michael G. (2008). The legacy of Billy Graham: critical reflections on America's greatest evangelist. Westminster: John Knox Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780664236564.
7. Balbier, Uta Andrea (Spring 2009). "Billy Graham's Crusades in the 1950s: Neo-Evangelicalism Between Civil Religion, Media, and Consumerism". Bulletin of the GHI. 44. German Historical Institute.
8. "Prophecy and Politics". Christianity Today. March 2006. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
9. "War and Peace in Korea". CCEL. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
10. Curry, Matt (2002-10-18). "Billy Graham Is Back". cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2016-12-08. 'Following September 11th, there was increased consciousness of other faiths in the U.S. that would find the term crusade offensive', Graham spokeswoman Melany Ethridge told The Associated Press in 2002
11. Grossman, Cathy Lynn. "Billy Graham reached millions through his crusades. Here's how he did it". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
12. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADES, billygraham.org, retrieved June 5, 2023
13. "Announcing the Billy Graham Revival". Charlotte's Own. November 9–23, 1947.
14. Mel Larson (1950). "TASTING REVIVAL — at Los Angeles". Revival In Our Time: The Story of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Campaigns including Six of his Sermons. Van Kampen Press. pp. 11–27.
15. "1952 Greater Washington Evangelistic Crusade - Film". wheaton.edu. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
16. "The Archives Bulletin Board". wheaton.edu. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
17. "The Coliseum Sermons From Billy Graham's 1958 Charlotte Evangelistic Meetings". Wheaton College. Billy Graham Center Archives. 1958.
18. Edward Mc Carthy (October 9, 1960). "Graham's Sermon Causes Gang Leaders To Plan To Attend Church". The Gadsden Times. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
19. Bozeman, Barry (May 30, 2010). "Protest & Activism at UT - 40 YEARS ON". Knoxville 22 blog. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
20. Michał Stankiewicz (1979). Billy Graham w Polsce. Warszawa: Słowo Prawdy.

Bibliography

• "BG Crusade Chronology" (PDF). BGEA. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
• "BG Crusade cities". BGEA. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
• "Select Chronology of Billy Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, up until Rev. Graham's Retirement in 2005, with a few later significant events". Billy Graham Center. Wheaton College. 2013.
• "Billy Graham's 1st TV Broadcast". Billy Graham Center. March 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
• Billy Graham sermons Billy Graham Center

External links

• Billy Graham Crusades New Georgia Encyclopedia