2012 [2.8 MB] - 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