The Billy Graham Library is a public museum and library documenting the life and ministry of Christian evangelist Billy Graham. The 40,000-square-foot (3,700Â m2) complex opened to the public on June 5, 2007. The library is located on the grounds of the international headquarters of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Charlotte, North Carolina, a few miles from where Graham was reared. The library is styled after a dairy barn, with a mechanical "talking" cow, to reflect Graham's farm-based childhood.
The main galleries within the library showcase numerous presentations, pictures, music, artifacts, and voices from throughout Graham's ministry. One gallery is entirely devoted to Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of the evangelist. There is a dairy bar café and bookstore called "Ruth's Attic." All visitors enter the Library through doors at the base of a 40-foot (12 m) glass cross. Also located on the Library grounds is the Prayer Garden, where Ruth Graham was buried on June 17, 2007.
Ruth Graham opposed being buried there, and instead preferred her home at the Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove near Asheville, North Carolina to be her final resting place until just before she died. In March 2009 Wilma "Billie" Barrows, the wife of Billy Graham's longtime Music Director Cliff Barrows, was interred on the Library grounds. In April 2013, Gospel singer and Graham's regular featured soloist George Beverly Shea was interred there as well. Barrows was buried next to his wife on the grounds after his death in November 2016.
Graham's funeral will be conducted on the grounds of the Library and is expected to be buried next to his wife on March 2, 2018 after his February 21, 2018 death.
See also
Touching Moments from Billy Graham's Funeral - "Just a few days ago, my father followed Jesus all the way to heaven." â€"Franklin Graham Watch emotional moments from Billy Graham's funeral, held on March 2, 2018 at The Billy Graham Library...
- List of Billy Graham's crusades
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References
- https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN3126885620070531
- http://www.newsobserver.com/lifestyles/religion/story/587336.html
- https://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2007-05-31-billy-graham-library_N.htm?csp=34
- http://christianpost.com/article/20070601/27737_Billy_Graham%3A_Friend_to_Presidents%2C_Pastor_to_Many.htm
- http://news14.com/content/special_edition/billy_graham_library_dedication/Default.aspx
External links
- Billy Graham Library
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
- Samaritan's Purse
- WinterBand Live?? at the Billy Graham Library (Christian Music Video)
