Word: evangelist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Evangelist Billy Graham brings the word to Budapest
...both stage and screen versions of The Member of the Wedding. In 1951 she published His Eye Is on the Sparrow, a frank, resentful, sordid account of her life and religiosity ("The Catholic religion gives you a beautiful image to cuddle"). Rededicating herself to Christ, she sang regularly for Evangelist Billy Graham's crusades during the '60s. Although Waters made millions during her career, she was a soft touch and died poor. Said she: "Where I come from, people don't get close enough to money to keep a working acquaintance with...
...toward the end of his prison term in Mexico that Ervil came to the attention of the U.S. Secret Service. In the fall of 1976, before Ervil's release, an organization called the Society of American Patriots was formed. Letters from the group were sent to Evangelist Billy Graham and Presidential Candidate Jimmy Carter, among others, threatening them with death if they did not intercede to free Ervil. The Secret Service traced the letters back to two of Ervil's wives, who had rented a post office box in Pasadena in the society's name...
...point, the Rev. Bob Mumford, a nondenominational evangelist from California, halted his speech at the Arrowhead Stadium, where the Kansas City Chiefs play football, and called time out for "a Holy Ghost break." He began to shout: "Glory to God! Jesus is Lord." The audience rose and joined in. The Scoreboard flashed JESUS IS LORD and then displayed an illuminated portrait of Christ. As the excitement built, a gurgling sound rose from the audience: "Ye ked ee aky shangda." The Charismatics were celebrating the New Testament-period practice of glossolalia, or speaking in tongues...
...Stapleton; 46, danced a bit and inspired some affectionate smooching from the guest of honor, who finds her "one of the most beautiful women I've ever met." Stapleton also spent part of the evening in the disco vestibule with Rader's father Paul a Southern Baptist evangelist. The whole attair, she said, "was very enjoyable and very enlightening...