MONTREAT, N.C. — Evangelist Billy Graham has been honored with the American Bible Society’s first Heroes of the Faith Lifetime Achievement Award.
“Dr. Graham, you have anchored your life and ministry in the Scriptures,” said Paul G. Irwin, society president, at a recent ceremony in Montreat, N.C. “With your Bible held high, you would pronounce, ‘the Bible says,’ establishing the authority with which you spoke and unleashing your intensity of conviction.”
Graham, 87, expressed his appreciation for the award.
“I am honored and overwhelmed, and I feel hope that not long from now I can present this to Jesus,” he said. “It is His Spirit that takes that Word and applies it to our hearts.”
Graham’s ministry and the Bible society have cooperated since 1957. Some of the society’s biblical texts have been distributed at his crusades.
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