The 1959 visit to Australia by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
changed the face of the Australian Church.
Over 106 days, an estimated three million people attended Billy Graham crusades
across Australia and New Zealand. Graham and his team conducted meetings in
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Launceston,
Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Crowds constantly broke Crusade records—records previously set in the world’s great
metropolises of Los Angeles, London and New York. Making pioneering use of
technology, the Graham team relayed services through landline connections to remote
and regional communities.
Many hundreds of thousands more Australians heard Graham preach through their
radios, on their televisions, or in their local newsreel cinemas. And they read about
him on the front page of their newspapers.
Dr Graham’s visit continues to have an impact today and in this documentary, we
speak to people like Archbishop Peter Jensen and Evangelist Ron Baker, whose lives
were dramatically changed after listening to Dr Graham’s preaching.
This website gives you the opportunity to meet those behind the making of the special, review clips of the special and order your own copy of the DVD. You can also find out more about the message that Billy Graham preached in Australia and across the world to millions of people, just link the “Steps to Peace with God” tab on the right.
