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Crusade officials Graham'slouisvilleLouisville cnisade ^ ^ . appear to already have emem- KTT TVATJ ATlT brambrain ——and and the neurologicalneurologi 5ayevangelist not braced the ChnstlanChristian commit-commit disorderParkinson'sdisease. say evanselist not tracedment he preaches. mJU-uLjX VJixArlAIVl Speaking to 40,500 people Still, Graham persuaded an yesterday evening amid cool, ^reaching to choir night moved from the stands to One man shouted, "Here I estimated2.400 peopleto walk the field at Papa John's Cardi clear weather, he preached a forward last night and make am, Lord!" short sermon on the Gospel nal Stadium, along with sup But overall the crowd was so 'V PETER SMITH their commitment lo Christ in porters accompanying them to parable of the Prodigal Son — "he Courier-Journal subdued that Graham called it a young man who returns to an the second of the world-re the altar and volunteers trained • nowned evangelist's four even "one of the quietest audiences 1 ever-forgiving father after Fromthevigoroussingingof to counsel them. have ever seen," ingservicesin Louisville.They Mostcameforwardsolemnly, squandering hiswealth. vmns lo the thunderous ap- joined1,715 whomade Graham. 82, continued to Graham then made his trade pe^le and ranged from a pair of tear hold strong in his first crusade .ause toward the Rev. Billv such decisionsTnursdayeven- ful teen-agegiris walkingarm mark appeal for people to seek raham's sermons, it's clear in^rom acrowdof37.5(50. of the year despite his continu ^at most of those attending in arm. to olderconverts using ing battles with hvdrocephalus Hiose making decisions last canes or pullingo;^gen tanks. «:<.oFarrmnn b'm i, is. Bysamuoshai^;jr th; C0U0:cn•J0uR^Ai. — a buildup of 'fluid on the PageD..„-^4,.col.1 o3,thissectionCadiz,BillClarkKy,,Thomas,andLindaleft,Keller,pastorao(member,WalloniawaitedBaptistforChurchBillyGrahamin Continued from Page One forgiveness from God. . "I'm not going to heaven be cause my name is Billy Gra ham, and I've preached to a lot of people," he said. "I'm going because of Jesus and what he did on the. cross. But God is a god of judgment Are you sure that if you died at this mo ment you would be going to heaven?" While Graham's staff is still sifting through last night's deci sions, it provided details on Thursday night's 1,715 people who came forward. About 51 percent made first- time commitments to Jesus • BYSAM UPSHAW JR., THECOURIEH-JOURNAL Christ. Ten percent sought as Jenifer Hooper, left, and her sister Lisa Roland-Eccleston were BYDURELLHALL JR.. THE C-J surance that they are saved, 35 crusade counsdors. Hooper said the event helped race relations. We pay lip service to God, percent reaffirmed their Chris ^'"but all the time our heart is tian commitments and the re many people who arrived think first two nights has been over 'somewhere else," the Rev. mainder made inquiries or ing they were Christians might whelmingly white. . said yesterday. sought help through prayer or have realized from Graham's "I was really disappointed," other means. message "that they don't really said crusade associate Fred ;Jie hopes youth of all races turn While the vast majority of have assurance of that relation Johnson, associate minister at out for Kirk Franklin, a the crowd stayed in their seats ship (with Christ), or they may St. Paul Missionary Baptist Grammy-winning African- — many presumably Christians see that relationship is weak Church. "The African-American American Gospel singer. ened." already — no one on Graham's community certainly has gotten LAST NIGHT'S audience staff believes the evangelist is GRAHAM himself sounded the word. There's no way they appeared diverse in age, with could have missed that." simply preaching to the choir. a similar theme. young peopleshouting Jesus!" Baileysaid many of the city's as they waited for the service to "To me it's a misnomer to "How many of us go to most prominent black ministers think about preaching to the church and sing the songs?" he begin. But others were old have helped coordinate the cru enough to have followed Gra converted," said Rick Marshall, asked. "We go to worship God, sade, which has had some suc "crusade director for the Billy and we do it with our lips, but ham's career for decades, cess recruiting African-Ameri .'i "This is the first time I've Graham Evangelistic Associ- all the time our heart is some can volunteers for activities , ation.' where else, and that's a very been able to see him," said such as counseling converts. Neal Morrison, 51, of Louisville. In church-going cultures dangerous position to be in. I And Jenifer Hooper, an Afri- such as the South, Marshall fear that's the position of thou "I've been dying to hear his can-American counselor, was message (in person). He has a maintained, , people receive sands of people right here in optimistic about the crusade's power enough exposure to Christian Kentucky." power I don t think any other effect on racerelations,,saying minister has." ^ • ity to be "inoculated against While Graham's staff doesn't the months of preparations "We realized he's getting old, the real thing." mind an audience of church have "brought more and more and we're probably not going Art Bailey, director of coun people, it is less pleased about people together." togettohearhimag^ain,'^saia seling and follow-up for the as another aspect of the turnout. Johnson Mid he hoped the Linda Keller, 48, of Cadiz, Ky., sociation, said the evangelist's Despite aggressive efforts to African-American " turnout who rode three hours with message is "100 percent reach promote African-American par "would increase in subsequent three other members of her ing the unreached" and that ticipation, the crowd on the nights, particularlytoday,when church to the crusade. THECOURIER-JOURNAL • SATURDAY, JUNE 23. 2001

FINANCES

Graham's salary is now set by Emphasis ison an executive committee. In 1999," BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION he earned $166,038 plus $39,015 avoiding any hint The Billy Gfaham Evangelistic Association and its affiliated organizations in benefits and $3,108 in allow spent just 10 percent of its money lasl year on fund raising and administration. ances. of corruption ^ JiiUii Other accountability meas fSUPPORT AND REVENUE; ures the association has taken rt—'i. ' I '..'..I. I v-r include a requirement that the By HOLLY CORYELL f ♦ investment unrealized iosses and Other The Courier-Journal local organization that runs i ^ .$16.851,609 (t1-3^) each crusade open its books to It started with a prayer and a , Estates, annunities-and trusts an independent auditor. shoe box full of cash. The Louisville crusade will be On a summer night in 1950, audited by the local office of Sl-year-old Billy Graham asked Distribution of bdoks and niater!als,/r!j%^i1/^^ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP God togive him$25,000 bymidbymid- ;$6,331,650 (4.2%) ..after organizers close their night tostarta to start a weekly radiopro-pro-' ;- ' r V. • ' '<1' KMBP' ' books in August.The results will gram, and his prayer was anan- *The Cove Seniinar revenue be published In The Courier- swered.Iwered. j. •-$5,102,483 (3.4%) Journal this fall, said Suzanne Graham,Graham received exactly.,.exactly. Byrne, a spokeswoman for the $25,000 indonations thatnight -.Evangelistic films and radio stations; Louisville crusade, after telling a Portland, Ore.,, \ . V •,v,$3,318,538 (2.2%) : THE ASSOCIATION does have a few "warts," as its presi-, Sere^wM^fusV'MS^oroblem'"-'^^iBilly'Graham Training Ce'nteroffers'semlnarsTroZlwtces""' dent and chief operating officer,' John Corts, calls them, in the gEX!'EMDitUBKr$l33^9d9,299 _J form of lawsuits filed by rela tives of people who left money would be considered income. r^;-;,.;;|:ynd:rraising $8,481,d57:(6;3%) .i^^Xnjsadesi^ . to Graham's organization. The and donors couldn t claim their , 1" ;,vf, ' \ ^ .-i;.- ^afrd;otherr, gihs astax deductions. v^Gcneral arid administrative— association has let the courts de evangelistic'^ cide such cases, Corts said. The solution was the Billy I'• '$7,868,211. (5.9%)^ .'^^ ministries • Graham Evangelistic Associ One such case led the associ $39,952,149 ation to tighten its oversight of ation. The Minneapolis-based, ^ Distribution of books—^ / (29.8%) V nonprofit organization behind . • and materials • ' its 22 field representatives, who Graham's crusades and ,other v. : $6,001,410,(4.5%) K ^ minister to donors and others ministries was founded on his who inquire about the associ effort to avoid even the appear Radio, television and films --4' f, lntefnalion5y ation around the country and in ance of the corruption that has • $31,560,189 (23.6%) ^ ^ministries 3nd?: Canada. > led to the downfall of so many W •world^-: ,• Corts told of one such case other evangelists. Decision magazine $8,304,259 (6.2%);; B ^ emergencies from more than a decade ago, . The association has consis (Evangelistic publication) ?T?S"f,832,024 when an associationrepresenta- tently achieved that goal over " (23.8%) i-.tive and his wife befriended a Percentages donot add upto100because ofrounding lonely, elderly Canadian wom- the past 51years as it has grown Source; Billy Gtaham Evangelistic Association BYSTEVE OURBIN.THEC-J from a one-room operationwith an, takingher out to dinnerand a chief of operations and a sec ''helpingher. inother vk^ys. ' ,. retary to a multimillion-dollar in morethan $149 millionin rev-. "The association has added,-• - After her death, relatives con- international company with 656 enueand spentnearly $134 mil- • policies and adjusted proce- /.tested a donation she had-made employees. lion on crusades and other min-1 dures as new dangers have aris-i to the association, and the case • - It's alsoa foundingmember of istries, world emergencies, en. • • was settled in the relatives' favor a watchdog group thatoversees films, books and a variety of oth- An Incident in November 1950 without going to trial, according the financial accountability of eractivities. • in Atlanta, for example, led Gra ' to newspaperreports. Graham's and other religious or ham and his associates to go on Although the woman had A KEY TO the association's Hxed salaries rather than accept ganizations. success has been its strong made it clear that she didn't "The Billy Graham Evangelis honoraria, or "love offerings," want the moneyto go to her rel- board of directors, now number as crusade collections are tic Association has always been ing 21. The board includes Gra ','atives, Corts said, the represen a leader in wanting to establish known. tative's friendship with the do- ham's son Franklin and his The Atlanta crusade commit proper, adequate procedures for daughter Anne Graham Lotz. ,,nor.violated an association poli- handling moneyand disclosing tee had collected a large love of But unlike some other evangel . .. • f how the money is used," said fering for Graham and his team • '.'We have a value, and it's a Dan Busby, vice president for ists, the association's board is at the closing service. The next heavily weighted toward inde day, a local newspaper ran two biblical one, to avoid the very member and donor services at pendent-thinking individuals appearance of evil," Corts said. the Evangelical Council for p- )hotos. One showed . ushers "We take those things quite seri nancial Accountability in Win such as C. William Pollard, lolding up four sacks of money; chairman and chief executive of- ously." chester,Cil€SC6i Va.Vq the photo next to it showed Gra ham waving and smiling as he Since then, the association . Grahaih wanted such a coun- •f'cerof theSeiviceMaster Co., ham waving and smiling as he has appointed a full-time staff '•tountv's-Sbatheast'nChristiah-GovrStephen,E.Merrill.• cil,-which ^;countS; 'Jeffersi?n;^®"^,Jf™®'^:^®y Hampshire ...gotAnintoembarrassedacar. Graham. Vtooki member to oversee its represen tatives, Corts said. •,••'."•'•5 •, Church asone ofthe largestof ' ^'^Asaresult, Graham, although the advice ofJesse Bader, secre- Such lawsuits are common for its 1000 members, because of -chairman oftheboard, does not tary for at the Na- his "desire tobetotally account- have carte blanche to do what- tional Council ofChurches, and large, high-profilecharities, said able and to.have a ministry that eyerhewants. • set his salary at $15,000, which Paul Nelson, president of the isabove reproach " Busby said. ' f;"There arecaseS inwhich the was comparable to the salaries Evangelical Council for Finan- The association waff incorpo-- bbard-'will tell him 'No,' " said of prominent urban pastors at:• cifl Accountability. As a safe rated in Minnesota because in Graham biographer William the time. . guard, the council requires its 1950 Graham was president off Martin. "Of course, hegets what "" Graham could have made , member organizations to do ev the Northwestern Schools, a Bi- ;.he-wants mostof the time, but.-^iniiuch more from love offerings; erything theycantopersuade el ble school,'seminaiy and libei^ "not all ofthe time, and hegets ^ heearned $9,268.60 from the At- derlydonors to obtain thefr own arts college in Minneapolis. good advice thathe takes seri:^ Uantd" crUsade alone, Martin la^er to handle bequests and L^t year, the association.took"-ouslyv" '.wrqtein his 1991 biography. • trusts. tfACTS^ \ CRUSADE : Remaining crusiade : NOTEBOOK : •date^s:'today iahd • : tqmoirow : ByEDWARD KLUMP ' Crusade times: i 0:30 : TheCourier-joufnal : .a.rn.-noon dnd 6:30-9 p.m. : _today; and 7-9 p.m. I There was a reason Troy •r tprhqirrow: P.pbrs open90 j Hoggatt was holding a sign , With so many people gath- : directing people to Section ...eredlast night, it seemedlike : ^rninutes-befbre each : 120 last night. He was adver- : a good time to reach a masis : program. Parking, for a • tising the area designed for ; audi^ce^ .7 / . : (slvalfable four hours • the hearing impaired. Those ;at the^ crusade were r-befpr^ach Service. jvgreetetf yath people handing : The crusade set up a spe- :vPutlwrpc^^ Time JRseats are free; • cial section that featured peo- : for Joy:A Dayto Remember.", r:-noticket^required; r; pie performing signlanguage I "We believe infamily unity: ^ PonatlQnswill.be ; arid a scroUing scr^een ofcap- : and we believe it's baser- ; accepted. Ta)^deductible ; tiori^ ^ : •' •Organizers saidabout50to : upon the Ten Command j Tec6iptg will be'given. tV75 people were ih the section J ments," said pamphlet volur :fthe first night, and they ex- I teer Johii Frank. "Christia'' :' pected iriore last hig^^^ : families are breaking upju.' f Bi'iy.Qrahsm will speak at ;"All' of God's people are ; as much as . non-Christi£.- il all programsexcept r^ going to be helped in any • families." ^ t today's Kidz Gig. • way we can," said Colin :• .' j r.Tpxpoiipgs program will . Brunei*, cp-chair of the.cru- I; ••Thousands of people weji- i ®!^Pj^®tore , i sade'sdeafministry. K. * afth'Ccnisade to hear abov; \ %'l • :'findirir'tGdd:\Few of ther T5dir^tpr, George I. The mass of several thou- :^wefe'3bs^^ ^ori ; Beverly shea, gospel : sand choir members wearing /.a- : singer, both ofthe Billy : blue crusade' T-shirts, was I -^AJcnel^lef 'the lost an^ ; Graham Team; and an . I hard to miss. The same was v-'laSt lrii^t's ^pro^ uh ; adult choir. Other crusade • true for .the thousand or more guests include: , : ushers ;wearing|marop T- ; eartheUrio itemsturned in.A ; ^Wofke^said about a dozer !,• Today from 10:30 a.m.- •' t Itemsw6rebroughtin th&'firs- I' -iy But the^^vere not the only : ?mght;:'nrostly ceTr phones, car ' Kidz Gig Psalty ; ^ories donning official crusade ; keys and jackets. Afew Biblef- : the Singing Sorigbook : gea^t' !X:ross 5^portswear, : -^sojwefe turned inThursday and his cast of characters: • which contracted to sell the : but^'jthey -were 'claimed by: Kids Touring Company . • shirts, still had about 1,800 .Juhgfe Jam and.Friends, .^blue ones remaining. But they . ?. counselors. .^Charity Churc^^ 'weiriB goingfast. andColby the Coniputer. '^H^the company sold 1,000 to -the public. Thursdajr and ex- : • Tonight from 6:30-9 — :pected to sell outlastnight. It i^ically takes the-^ cru- ssiade^tof do that;I^ wwa ^A^lot^fvpeople ju : "to'^lck iupi50ffl6thihg"a^^^ re- J minder of how the .cnisade;; ;• fcmdiTO^SS?illi^i gay^ and ^ testimonyby