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The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) is a non-profitChristianoutreach organization that promotes multimediaevangelism, conductsevangelistic crusades, and engages indisaster response. The BGEA operates the Billy Graham Training Center inAsheville, North Carolina, and theBilly Graham Library inCharlotte, North Carolina.[citation needed]
The organization was founded in 1950 byBilly Graham inMinneapolis, Minnesota; it later moved toCharlotte, North Carolina.[1]
The organization broadcast theHour of Decision radio show for more than sixty years.[2] In August 2018, six months after Graham's death, the BGEA launched the Billy Graham Channel onSiriusXM to broadcast Graham's sermons.[3]
Franklin Graham serves as president and CEO.[4] Several times a year, he and his son,Will Graham, preach atevangelistic crusades[5] modeled after those Billy Graham was known for holding.[citation needed]
The BGEA's internet evangelism ministry, Search for Jesus, was launched in 2011.[6] The outreach is aimed at sharing the Christian gospel with people around the world through websites in multiple languages. More than 50 million people have visited the websites since 2011, according to the BGEA.[7]
The organization produces a television special[8] each month, which is broadcast on TV stations across the United States[9] and posted online. The organization also publishesDecision magazine monthly.[citation needed]
The BGEA began an international evangelism project in 2002 called My Hope, in which Christians invite friends, neighbors, and relatives to their homes to watch a national telecast featuring Billy or Franklin Graham, translated into their language. BGEA claims that the project helped more than 9.8 million people "make decisions for Christ."[10]
Billy Graham and his ministry were also instrumental in foundingChristianity Today Magazine, the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, and the Internet Evangelism Coalition.[11]
BGEA's Charlotte headquarters is the site of theBilly Graham Library, which was formally dedicated on May 31, 2007, with former U.S. PresidentsJimmy Carter,George H. W. Bush, andBill Clinton in attendance. Former U.S. PresidentsGeorge W. Bush,Bill Clinton, andDonald Trump visited the Billy Graham Library to pay their respects following Billy Graham's death.[12]
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