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William Ashley Sunday (November 19, 1862 [1] – November 6, 1935) was an American evangelist and professional baseball outfielder. He played for eight seasons in the National League before becoming the most influential American preacher during the first two decades of the 20th century. Born into poverty near Ames, Iowa, Sunday spent some years ...
The Los Angeles Crusade of 1949 was the first great evangelistic campaign of Billy Graham. It was organized by the Christian group Christ for Greater Los Angeles. [1] The campaign was scheduled for three weeks, but it was extended to eight weeks. [2] During the campaign Graham spoke to 350,000 people, by the end, [3] 3,000 of them decided to ...
The appeal of McPherson's revival events from 1919 to 1922 surpassed any touring event of theater or politics in American history. [74] She broke attendance records recently set by Billy Sunday [3] and frequently used his temporary tabernacle structures to hold her roving revival meetings. One such event was held in a boxing ring, and ...
Today’s Free Press Flashback recounts an extended visit to Detroit by Billy Sunday, America’s best-known evangelist of the World War I era. The fire-breathing preacher who captivated Detroit ...
OpEd: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus expressed the essence of Christian humanism. ... Billy Sunday, the country’s best-known evangelist in the early 20th century, preached a tough-guy Jesus ...
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.