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The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) has embarked on plans to honor Billy Graham’s lifelong ministry with a statue in the U.S. Capitol
In an update on November 7, 2019, the non-profit Christian outreach organization made a call to Christians worldwide, alongside the North Carolina Statuary Hall Committee to help raise the funds for this project.
Regarding this honor, Franklin Graham told BGEA , “Our hope is that adding his likeness to Statuary Hall will continue to bring awareness to my father’s life work of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ and allow the message he preached to be shared with those who visit for many years to come.”
In 2013, North Carolina’s General Assembly named Billy Graham North Carolina’s Favorite Son. Two years later, the state general assembly voted to have Billy Graham’s statue placed in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall, and by last December, the North Carolina Statuary Hall Committee officially set these plans in motion.
“Charlotte-based artist Chas Fagan, a self-taught sculptor and painter, will create the statue of Billy Graham. Fagan also sculpted the statue of President Reagan for the U.S. Capitol Rotunda,” BGEA said.
Billy Graham’s granddaughter, Cissie Graham Lynch, helped choose the artist who will honor her grandfather’s life and message.
“I think one of the greatest parts of my grandfather’s testimony is that he was a farm boy from North Carolina,” Lynch said. “This is something for North Carolinians to be proud of and to always remember that God can use any of us as long as we have a life and a heart that surrenders to Him and is obedient to His calling on our life.”
It’s been just under two years since Mr. Graham went to be with the Lord.
