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Guidance team personally answered morethan 20,000 letters and emails, whichincluded providing spiritual encouragementand responding to prayer requests.DECISION MAGAZINEBGEA’s Decision magazine continued tochallenge and inspire readers in morethan 80 countries. The award-winningpublication faithfully blends evangelism,discipleship, and stories of transformedlives, while providing biblical insight intonews and current events.Decision printed more than 3.2 millioncopies in 2012, an average of over 291,000copies per month. Approximately 19,000copies were sent at no charge toprison chaplains eachmonth for distribution inmore than 200 correctionalinstitutions. Hundredsof blind and sightimpairedpeoplereceived Decisioneither in Braille oron audiotape, andthe Decision emaildevotional was sentto more than 68,000subscribers each week.Decision’s digital edition,available at a reducedsubscription price,features rich contentsuch as audio and video in addition towhat appears in the print edition. Decisionalso publishes an iPad edition, which canbe purchased from the iTunes newsstandstore and contains bonus multimediacontent and extra stories and photos.We are humbled by—and give God thanksfor—responses like this one from a readerin New York City: “I just finished readingthe latest issue of Decision magazine, andevery page touched my heart and upliftedmy spirit; it provided comfort through themost difficult time in my life.” Anotherreader wrote, “I have been readingDecision for as long as I can remember.It may be the stage of life I am in now,but the content of every page is gold tome. … My personal commitment to Christis strengthened with each reading.”RADIO & BLUE RIDGEBROADCASTINGThe Good News of Jesus Christ deliveredby BGEA continued to blanket the globeon AM, FM, shortwave, satellite, andon-demand Internet audio in 2012. Theweekly program The Hour of Decision—inits 62 nd year—was a Sunday fixture forlisteners of 593 U.S. stations. Internationally,translations of the program reachedSpanish, Mandarin, and Farsi speakers—giving listeners on every continent theopportunity to hear the Gospel.Decision Minute, which offers 15 real-lifeillustrations each month that show people’sneed for Jesus Christ, aired on more than600 stations coast-to-coast, includingeight of America’s 10 largest cities. Alsothis year, the Billy Graham Audio Archiveshosted over 93,500 individual visitorswho accessed Mr. Graham’s messages ondemand at BillyGraham.org.Each week, Blue Ridge Broadcasting(BRB)—BGEA’s listener-supported radioministry—provided hope through Bibleteaching and Christian music to over432,000 listeners in portions of sevenstates. BRB marked its 50 th anniversarywith expansion, debuting 106.7 the Light,which serves Knoxville, Tennessee, and itsvicinity. Countless individuals also listenedonline with their PCs and smartphones,and more than 44,600 downloaded theapp by year’s end.Events and concerts sponsored by BRBdrew almost 120,000 people during theyear. Of those attending, more than halfwho asked for future contact from us weredoing so for the first time.Said one listener named Mary, “I lovethe songs, the support you provide, andmostly the prayers that you give foranyone and anybody. I love just listening,especially when I feel down and no oneunderstands. Immediately, I’m lifted up.Thank you.”28 BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
“I am thankful for the days God has given me, and I amhumbled by His continued hand of favor on the Billy GrahamEvangelistic Association. The Lord draws people to Himselfdaily through BGEA’s various evangelistic ministries, and Iam so deeply grateful. ... Your partnership is an investmentthat will show results for all eternity.”—Billy Graham2012 MINISTRY REPORT29
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