The true story of graham s encounter with templeton is.

Billy graham charles templeton pictures. His 1945 tour of europe with an equally meteoric billy graham was an unmitigated triumph. But when he challenged graham hitchens claims the evangelist told templeton that it was too late to stop now we re in business and proceeded to spend the next 50 years as a kind of religious racketeer. In 1946 billy graham had a friendly rival for the title of the most up and coming evangelist in the world. Charles bradley templeton october 7 1915 june 7 2001 was a canadian media figure and christian evangelist.

Have you ever heard of them. Evangelist billy graham pictured in 1966. Billy graham at thirty was a thin gangling six foot two with a thatch of blonde wavy hair he wore a baseball cap in private to keep it from mounding too high. The friendly rival was in fact billy graham s best friend charles templeton.

Known in the 1940s and 1950s as a leading evangelist he became an agnostic after struggling with doubt. Afterwards he worked at various times in journalism radio and writing. Hitchens explains that as a young firebrand preacher templeton whose name was actually charles found his faith faltering. He wanted graham to come with him.

Here is an excerpt from that book about a pivotal conversation he had with billy graham as he was leaving the faith. Chuck templeton left and billy graham bottom right evangelize wayward young people. Billy graham chuck templeton and bron clifford just about everybody has heard of the demise of the great evangelist billy graham but what about chuck templeton. As the pastor of the rapidly growing avenue road church in toronto which he had started with only his family and a few friends templeton also became one of three vice presidents of the newly formed youth for christ international organization in 1945.

He was not as handsome as he would be with the addition of. He had a lean angular face a wide mouth a square jaw and jutting eyebrows above a hawk nose. Billy graham and charles templeton in dialogue. Many have said templeton was the one that everyone thought was going to overturn the world with the gospel.

Chuck templeton torrey johnson and billy graham in a publicity photo for the european trip taken in the yfc offices in chicago. Did you know that they were also packing our auditoriums in 1945 when billy graham first preached to large crowds. The context is his desire to go to princeton to study the christian faith more critically. The denim blue eyes seemed more intense for being surrounded by dark circles.

However templeton ended up leaving the christian faith eventually becoming an. What about bron clifford. Before long chuck templeton was barnstorming the united states and canada regularly filling toronto s massey hall and on several occasions preaching to capacity crowds of 16 000 at the iconic maple leaf gardens. Early in their careers they were friends close friends.

Please keep in mind this is his account of the conversation. On october 7 1915 charles templeton was born in toronto canada.

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