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==Career==

==Career==

Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Graham began his studies for the ministry at [[Bob Jones University]]. But he was unhappy with its confining creed and moved on to become one of 75 students at Florida Bible Institute in Dunedin (now Trinity Bible College), where he stayed two and a half years. There he came into contact with well-known evangelists including Gypsy Smith, William Evans and others. Success in the pulpit led Graham to baptism by immersion and ordination as an evangelist in the [[Southern Baptist Convention|Baptist Church]].  He transferred in 1940, to [[Wheaton College]] in Illinois, graduating in 1943. In 1944 Graham went on the road for the Youth for Christ movement and loved the traveling life so much that in the years ahead he spent little time at home, in Montreat, North Carolina, with his family.  Moving to Minneapolis, he served as president of Northwestern Schools (now Northwestern College), 1948-52 while continuing his revivals.

Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Graham began his studies for the ministry at [[Bob Jones University]]. But he was unhappy with its confining creed and moved on to become one of 75 students at Florida Bible Institute in Dunedin (now Trinity Bible College), where he stayed two and a half years. There he came into contact with well-known evangelists including Gypsy Smith, William Evans and others. Success in the pulpit led Graham to baptism by immersion and ordination as an evangelist in the [[Southern Baptist Convention|Baptist Church]].  He transferred in 1940, to [[Wheaton College]] in Illinois, graduating in 1943. In 1944 Graham went on the road for the Youth for Christ movement and loved the traveling life so much that in the years ahead he spent little time at home, in Montreat, North Carolina, with his family.  Moving to Minneapolis, he was chosen as the successor to [[William Bell Riley]] and served as president of Northwestern Schools (now Northwestern College), 1948-52 while continuing his revivals.

 

==Crusades==

==Crusades==

His message caught fire in the 1950s. The mass circulation national magazines (much more important in those days than today), including ''Life,'' ''Time'', ''Look,'' and ''Newsweek'' put Graham on their covers a dozen times. Advertising experts gave Graham awards two years in a row for being the most publicized person in America.  In the era of [[Jim Crow]], Graham reached across racial lines and sought integrated audiences.

His message caught fire in the 1950s. The mass circulation national magazines (much more important in those days than today), including ''Life,'' ''Time'', ''Look,'' and ''Newsweek'' put Graham on their covers a dozen times. Advertising experts gave Graham awards two years in a row for being the most publicized person in America.  In the era of [[Jim Crow]], Graham reached across racial lines and sought integrated audiences.