The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham

CHAPTER 15 Building Bridges A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. I ...

Billy’s marriage to Ruth was just one of many boundary broadening initiatives, and it led to his appreciation and eventual relia ...

tioning his ministry to reach the broadest possible spectrum. And sixty years later, thousands of congregations have taken that ...

about his new position: “A cardinal will never starve because of all the events over which he must preside; he would never again ...

sort of a new day.” And his bridge building helped usher in that new day. Historian George Marsden observed that the encounter b ...

B’nai Brith. Billy developed a friendship with Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum of the American Jewish Committee, the two of them inviting e ...

made strongly negative comments about Jewish control of media “and what they are doing to this country.” The Jewish community wa ...

many intellectuals made it clear they had no sympathy for Billy. Yet he sought out several of the most prominent theologians who ...

In 1963 when Billy was holding meetings in Los Angeles, he invited Helmut Thielicke to sit with him on the platform. Thielicke, ...

Billy’s gospel simplistic and insufficient, and his critiques were prominently published in national magazines. When the Protest ...

But he came back “with his tail between his legs,” recalled Billy. “Niebuhr simply refused to see me.” He never did succeed in m ...

Anchored to the Rock.” And his natural inclination was to dis- miss the British clergy as neither geared to the times nor anchor ...

pointed out “that God wants us to have compassion on those who are suffering and do what we can to help.” J. I. Packer, a Britis ...

“I remember the day our press conference took place in the King David Hotel,” Cliff continued. “One government official asked to ...

had been touched by God, and he was welcome in Israel. Now that was a stellar case of divine wisdom given him. But I saw that ha ...

Bring People Together Bridge building also means emphasizing ways that people can work together, not just work independently. Ri ...

Points to Ponder BILLY GRAHAM: Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. THE ...

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CHAPTER 16 Igniting Other Leaders Every generation is strategic. BILLY GRAHAM “I have spent my life in the wake of Billy Graham, ...

bigger. He did so through hundreds of connections like his con- tacts with Kesler, and in worldwide meetings such as his confer- ...