HE TWEETED HE WANTS TO FOCUS ON
STRENGTHING BACKGROUND CHECKS.
THE MAN CREDITED WITH
CONVERTING MILLIONS TO
CHRISTIANITY IS BEING
REMEMBERED THIS EVENING AROUND
THE WORLD.
THE REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM
DIED THIS MORNING AT THE AGE OF
99.
HE CAME INTO MY LIFE AND
TRANSFORMED ME AND CHANGED ME.
I HAVE SEEN HIM CHANGE
THOUSANDS OF LIVE .
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD ATTENDED HIS
CRUSADES, READ HIS TEACHINGS
AND LISTEN TO HIS WEEKLY RADIO
PROGRAM.
HE WAS CONFIDENT TO 12
PRESIDENTS.
HE TRAVELED THE GLOBE TO SPREAD
HIS GOSPEL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE
HE STARTED IN THE TWIN CITIES.
Reporter: BEFORE REVEREND
BILLY GRAHAM EARNED ENERGY FAME
-- INTERNATIONAL FAME HE SERVED
IN ROSEVILLE IN BIBLE COLLEGE
FROM 1942 TO 1952.
TODAY IT IS KNOWN AS THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH WESTERN.
THE NEWEST BUILDING ON CAMPUS
IS NAMED AFTER REVEREND GRAHAM.
Reporter: CRUSADES LIKE THAT
ONE AT THE METRO DOME IN 1996
DREW HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE TO SEE AND HEAR REVEREND
BILLY GRAHAM.
THE INDIVIDUAL CAN HAVE
PEACE AND JOY AND FORGIVENESS
AND ASSURANCE.
Reporter: HE SPOKE ABOUT
FAITH AND HOPE IN A WAY THAT
PEOPLE FOUND EASY TO
UNDERSTAND.
HE WAS A MAN OF CHARACTER
AND A MAN OF GOD FIRST AND
FOREMOST.
HE HAD A UNIQUE WAY OF TAKING
THE WORD OF GOD AND MAKING IT
APPROACHABLE FOR PEOPLE.
Reporter: THE BUILDING WHERE
THE CAFETERIA IS LOCATED IS
CALLED BILLY GRAHAM LIFE
COMMONS.
REVEREND GRAHAM WAS 28 YEARS
OLD WHEN HE BECAME THE
PRESIDENT HERE.
DURING HIS YEARS HERE
ENROLLMENT GREW DRASTICALLY.
Reporter: HE LAUNCHED THE
CHRISTIAN RADIO STATION, WHICH
HAS GROWN AND THRIVED.
HE TRAVELED THE WORLD WITH
CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES
CAPTURING HIS WORDS OF COMFORT.
HE IS REMEMBERED AS CHARISMATIC
BUT HUMBLE.
IT HELPED GIVE THE
FOUNDATION FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.
HE BECOME TO BE KNOWN AS
AMERICA'S PASTOR.
Reporter: WITH HIS DEATH
SOMES SADNESS, BUT ALSO SOME
PEACE.
TO HEAR THE WORDS WELCOME
HOME GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED.
Reporter: THE FALL THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN IS
PLANNING TO HONOR REVEREND
GRAHAM'S ACHIEVEMENTS WITH A
CELEBRATION DURING HOMECOMING
WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER.
ANGELA DAVIS WCCO 4 NEWS.
REVEREND GRAHAM'S MINISTRY
WAS HEADQUARTERED IN
MINNEAPOLIS 50 YEARS BEFORE
