CHAPTER 14
Birthing Dreams
Make no little plans. Make the biggest
plan you can think of.
HARRY TRUMANThe entrepreneurial leader is always dreaming of what might be,
of what breakthrough device or new publication or ministry could
better people’s lives. Not all of us are entrepreneurs; many of us
who may think like one—and have lots of dreams—find we don’t
have the combination of opportunity, vision, resources, connec-
tions, or persistence to bring to reality what’s perking in our heads.
Billy Graham too had many limitations of time, energy, and
resources, yet somehow he was continually raising his sights, even
as he encouraged other entrepreneurs. For instance, in the early
1950s he traveled to war-devastated Korea with Bob Pierce,
endorsing his do-something-now vision for a suffering world.
Today the organization Pierce founded, World Vision, is the
planet’s largest relief agency. Billy became personally engaged
with countless ministries, whether established institutions such
as the Salvation Army or new ones such as Greater Europe Mis-
sion or TransWorld Radio. His multifaceted approach had many
results. For instance, according to Dr. Robert Evans, founder of
Greater Europe Mission, more than twenty-five evangelical orga-
nizations in Europe alone started as the direct or indirect result of
Billy’s meetings and influence.
Billy also, in a hands-on way, directly spun off or became a
primary catalyst for new enterprises. In 1979, even before the