Biografia

Long lectures about Jesus Christ

North Carolina accent

Sometimes wears glasses

Holds evangelic revival meetings, known as Crusades

Sermons on salvation and God's love

Has given prayer at inauguration of every U. S. President since Harry S. Truman. However, due to ill health he was unable to attend George W. Bush's first inauguration in 2001.

He was a close friend of Johnny Cash.

Awarded an honorary knighthood by the British government in the New Years Honours List of 2002.

Friends with: Robert H. Schuller, George Beverly Shea, Oral Roberts, Jim Bakker, Tammy Faye Bakker, Rex Humbard, Jimmy Swaggart, Kenneth Copeland, Pat Robertson, Charles Stanley, Charles Swindoll, James Dobson, James Robison, Jack Van Impe, Joyce Meyer, Marilyn Hickey, Morris Cerullo, John Osteen, Roger Williams, Frank Sinatra, Amy Grant, Sandi Patty, Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, Gene Autry, Evel Knievel, Phil McGraw, Mickey Rooney, Ruta Lee, Andy Williams, Chuck Norris and Della Reese.

When he was a young boy, his father cured him of drinking alcohol by bringing home a bottle of beer and making him drink every drop. His father then told him, "If anyone ever tries to make you drink, tell them you've already tried it and you didn't like it!"

[1993] Is AIDS a judgment of God? I could not say for sure, but I think so.

[on church] Churchgoers are like coals of fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out.

[on forgiveness] If His conditions are met, God is bound by His Word to forgive any man or any woman of any sin because of Christ.

[9/11 sermon] The dead are in paradise and would not return to us if they could.

We sometimes forget that some of the loneliest people in the world are those who are constantly in the public eye. They have spiritual needs like everyone else.