2012 [2.8 MB] - Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

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INTERNET & MEDIAMoving to reach everylanguage on earthwith the GospelRight now, thousands onlineare 22searching for God. BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
INTERNET & MEDIASince our founding, Billy Graham has understood thecritical role new technologies could have in reachingthose who might otherwise never hear the message ofGod’s salvation. He went from being the first evangelist touse television on a national scope to helping pioneer theproduction of Christian films. Today, BGEA continues towork innovatively through the Internet and multimediaoutlets to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to asmany people as possible.INTERNETBGEA’s online outreach once againgrew to record levels in 2012. Wemaintain more than a dozen ministrywebsites, which together hosted morethan 6.3 million visits during the year—up 69 percent over 2011. These sitesfeature cutting-edge videos, inspiringarticles, compelling audio messages, anddownloadable witnessing tools. Nearly82,000 viewers encountered God’s Wordthrough live webcasts of Festivals orCove Seminars. Almost 2,000 of thosewho watched a Franklin Graham Festivalonline indicated they made commitmentsto Christ in response.We expanded our social networking reachin 2012, providing greater real-time accessto a global network of prayer partnersand others who follow the organization.By year’s end, 1.7 million people wereconnected with at least one BGEA ministryor project on Facebook, with more than100,000 following us on Twitter. Our videosgarnered 1.3 million YouTube views, andwe sent 15 million emails to subscribers ofministry updates.Behind the numbers are not only realpeople, but often other people they know.After discovering an online editorial aboutthe power of the cross, one grateful2012 MINISTRY REPORT23
Page 6 and 7: “I pray that thesharing of yourfa
Page 8 and 9: Will’s team then traveled 300 mil
Page 10 and 11: YOUTH MINISTRIESHelping build Chris
Page 12 and 13: Rock the Lakes evangelistic outreac
Page 14 and 15: MY HOPEproclaiming the hope of Jesu
Page 16 and 17: RAPID RESPONSE TEAMShowing the love
Page 18 and 19: THE BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARYState of th
Page 20 and 21: THE BILLY GRAHAM TRAINING CENTER AT
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Page 28 and 29: Guidance team personally answered m
Page 30 and 31: BOARD OF DIRECTORS2012Board Members
Page 32 and 33: Report of Independent AuditorThe Bo
Page 34 and 35: Consolidated Statement of Activitie
Page 36 and 37: notes to Consolidated Financial Sta
Page 52 and 53: What We BelieveThe Billy Graham Eva
Page 54: Always Good News.1 Billy Graham Par

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