William Franklin Graham IV (born January 30, 1975) is an American Christian evangelist. He is the executive director of the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove and associate evangelist of the

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) is a non-profit Christian outreach organization that promotes multimedia evangelism, conducts evangelistic crusades, and engages in disaster response. The BGEA operates the Billy Graham Trainin ...

. Graham is the third generation of Grahams to preach under the banner of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). He is a grandson of

Billy Graham William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. He was a prominent evangelical Christi ...

and the oldest son of

Franklin Graham William Franklin Graham III (born July 14, 1952) is an American evangelist and missionary. He frequently engages in Christian revival tours and political commentary. He is president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and ...

Early years

The oldest of the four children of evangelist

and wife Jane Graham, Will Graham grew up in a farm house in the mountains of

Boone, North Carolina Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University and the headquarters for the disaster a ...

, along with his two brothers and one sister. He was introduced to Christianity by his father. He graduated from

Liberty University Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia ( Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Lib ...

in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in religion and in 2001 graduated from

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It was created in 1950 to meet a need in ...

with a master of divinity degree.

Ministry

Since beginning his evangelistic ministry with youth-oriented, one-day events in Canada, Graham has spoken to audiences across North and South America, Australia, India, and other parts of Asia. Graham's first crusade-style event took place in 2006 in

Leduc, Alberta Leduc ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and is part of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. History Leduc was established in 1891, when Robert Telford, a settler, who had bough ...

. His first celebration on U.S. soil came later that year in

Gastonia, North Carolina Gastonia is the largest city in and county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is the second-largest satellite city of the Charlotte area, behind Concord. The population was 80,411 at the 2020 census, up from 71,741 in 20 ...

. Since then, he has held evangelistic outreaches in Australia, Canada, England, Tanzania, India, Romania, the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, Scotland, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Mexico and many American states. Graham also serves BGEA as executive director of the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove in Asheville, North Carolina. The Cove offers multi-day seminars and one-day events on a variety of Christian subjects and features nationally-recognized speakers. In 2018 Will Graham played the role of his grandfather

in the motion picture '' Unbroken: Path to Redemption''. Graham's first book, ''Redeemed: Devotions for a Longing Soul'' a devotional book, was published by Thomas Nelson in 2018. It features stories centered on the life-changing power of a relationship with God.

Family

Graham and his wife, Kendra, have two daughters, Christine Jane (CJ), Rachel Austin (Rae), and a son, William Franklin Graham V (Quinn).

References

External links

Will Graham Profile

Will Graham: The Next Generation
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