BILLY GRAHAM’S SPIRITUAL CONNECTION TO NEW ENGLAND
What is even more remarkable is the chain of events that followed Moody’s conversion to Christ. Consider:
Edward Kimball, a Sunday School teacher leads a shoe clerk named D. L. Moody to the Lord.
D. L. Moody ministers in England, and the heart of a young pastor, F. B. Meyer, is lit ablaze with evangelistic zeal when exposed to Moody.
F. B. Meyer becomes a great Bible teacher, and while ministering on college campuses in the United States, leads a student named Wilbur Chapman to the Lord.
Wilbur Chapman attends a D. L. Moody meeting in Chicago and becomes one of Moody’s co-workers.
Wilbur Chapman employs an ex-baseball player named Billy Sunday as one of his assistants.
Billy Sunday becomes a great evangelist and preaches in Charlotte, NC, organized by his organization, which later became known as the Christian Business Men’s Committee (CBMC).
The CBMC invites an evangelist named Mordecai Ham to Charlotte.
Mordecai Ham preaches in a tent meeting where Billy Graham is saved.
It all started when a Sunday School teacher reached out to a struggling young man, D. L. Moody, who only had a fifth-grade education.