GRANT WACKER

The key to Rev Billy Graham’s success was his uncanny ability to adopt trends in the wider culture, and then use them for his evangelistic and moral reforms.

Over the years, [Rev. Billy] Graham’s fundamentalist former friends excoriated him for many things including his stance on civil rights and working with mainstream Protestants, but they especially deplored his reproachment with Catholics. His enemies knew his heart.

The key to Rev Billy Graham’s success was his uncanny ability to adopt trends in the wider culture, and then use them for his evangelistic and moral reforms.

Over the years, [Rev. Billy] Graham’s fundamentalist former friends excoriated him for many things including his stance on civil rights and working with mainstream Protestants, but they especially deplored his reproachment with Catholics. His enemies knew his heart.