A look back at Billy Graham’s crusade where 3.2 million people heard the Gospel

Over the course of the five-day Crusade, an estimated 3.2 million people heard the Gospel.

Billy Graham’s largest Crusade in the world was in Seoul, South Korea. Photo | BGEA.

By Our Reporter

Over 58 years, Billy Graham reached more than 210 million people (face to face and by satellite feeds) in over 185 countries and territories on six continents.

From May 30 to June 3, 1973, an estimated 3.2 million people attended his largest ever Crusade in Seoul, South Korea, with 1.1 million traveling—mostly by foot—to the final service on the airstrip at Yoi-do Plaza.

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association reported that some 75,000 people submitted cards showing they made a decision for Christ because of that Crusade.

“I have had the privilege of preaching the Gospel on every continent in most of the countries of the world. And I have found that when I present the simple message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ . . . He takes that message and drives it supernaturally into the human heart,” said Graham during his early days.

“I am not a great preacher, and I don’t claim to be a great preacher . . . I’m just communicating the Gospel in the best way I know how,” he added.

Graham died on February. 21, 2018.

Millions gathered along a mile-long airplane runway used during the Korean War to hear Billy Graham preach. Here’s Billy Graham with his wife, Ruth, in front of the crowd. Photo | BGEA
“The real story of the Crusades is not in the great choirs, the thousands in attendance, nor the hundreds of inquirers who are counseled. The real story is in the changes that have taken place in the hearts and lives of people.” —Billy Graham. Photo | BGEA.
Billy and Ruth Graham are welcomed into South Korea. Over the course of the five-day Crusade, an estimated 3.2 million people heard the Gospel. Photo | BGEA.

“Love one another,” Billy Graham told the crowd repeatedly after reading John 15:13.

“That is the message I want to leave you as I go back to America. Love one another in Korea.”

Billy Graham and his interpreter, Billy Kim, preach the Word of God to the masses. Photo | BGEA.

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