Today in History

February 22, 1954
Billy Graham Takes a Bombshell.
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For two years Billy Graham had been planning a Greater London Crusade, to kick off March 1st, 1954. This crusade was the greatest test of his ministry up to that point. The British were suspicious of the Yank and his "hot gospel." An Anglican Bishop predicted Billy would return to American with his tail between his legs. Even backers were uneasy. Nothing could shake spiritually dull England, they thought. Crusade in outlying regions first, they urged. Graham refused. God did not need a pilot program.............

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