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Mordecai Fowler Ham Jr. (April 2, 1877 – November 1, 1961), was an American Independent Baptist evangelist, a Christian fundamentalist and temperance movement leader. He entered the ministry in 1901 and in 1936 began his long radio evangelistic career.
Edward Kimball (July 29, 1823 – June 5, 1901) was an American Sunday School teacher known for converting 19th-century evangelist Dwight L. Moody to Christianity. Kimball also assisted churches across the United States in eliminating significant financial debts.
Mordecai Ham (1877–1961, US), tent revivalist who preached the sermon that converted Billy Graham [106] John Harper (1872–1912, S/E), preacher John Harris (c. 1725–1801, E), preacher and controversialist
Albert McMakin, who worked on the Graham farm, persuaded him to go see evangelist Mordecai Ham. [13] According to his autobiography, Graham was 16 when he was converted during a series of revival meetings that Ham led in Charlotte in 1934. [24] [25] After graduating from Sharon High School in May 1936, Graham attended Bob Jones College.
In addition to Billy Graham, other speakers included Martin Luther King (July 18), Mordecai Ham (May 29), and other preachers and evangelists. Popular American soloists such as George Beverly Shea, Ethel Waters, and Jerome Hines provided music ministry. [28]
His grandson, Mordecai F. Ham Jr., who is perhaps best known for leading Billy Graham to Christ, would later be ordained into ministry at then Drakes Creek Baptist Church. Drakes Creek became Burton Memorial in memory of founding member William Burton and in appreciation to the generous offer to build a new sanctuary by his grandson.
After Hamblen's conversion, William Randolph Hearst sent a telegram to all his newspaper editors: "Puff Graham." [3] As a result, within five days Graham gained national coverage. [14] [15] With such media attention, the crusade event ran for eight weeks—five weeks longer than planned. Graham became a national figure. [16]
Born Again is a 1978 American biographical drama film directed by Hollywood veteran Irving Rapper depicting the involvement of Charles Colson in the Watergate scandal, his subsequent conversion to Christianity and his prison term.