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Billy Graham Rocks The River

  2009-08-18
 

Evangelist Franklin Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association wrapped up their inaugural four-city "Rock the River" tour Sunday with their final stop in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Since embarking on the tour up the Mississippi river, the BGEA has reached out to well over 113,000 youth and young adults and witnessed around 1,000 decisions for Christ through its new youth outreach, which may seem like a departure from the organization's historic crusades but, as Graham puts it, "is just a continuation of the youth-focused ministry that my father and his team started more than 60 years ago with Youth For Christ."

"Over the years, our desire to reach young people with the transforming power of the Gospel has not diminished, and the Rock the River Tour is designed to reach youth primarily between the ages of 13 and 23 with the message of God's love through..."

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