Billy Graham Center

{{Short description|Billy Graham Center: 1981, USA}}
[[File:Billy Graham Center.jpg|200px|thumb|The Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College.]]
[[File:Wheatonbgc.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Wheaton College Billy Graham Center]]
The '''Wheaton College Billy Graham Center''' was founded and opened in 1981 on the campus of [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]] in [[Wheaton, Illinois]]. Named after [[Billy Graham]], the center is the primary location for many of Wheaton College's [[bible]] and [[theology]] classes, as well as the [[Graduate school|graduate school's]] main headquarters, and host to multiple museums and auditoriums.

The '''Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Museum''', opened in 1980, is designed to help visitors "extend their understanding of the good news about Jesus",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bgc.gospelcom.net/museum/mission.htm |title=BGC Museum - Mission Statement |accessdate=2008-10-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20060504032435/http://bgc.gospelcom.net/museum/mission.htm |archivedate=2006-05-04 }} Museum Mission</ref> and contains exhibits about the history of [[Christian evangelism]] in the United States and the ministry of [[Billy Graham]]. Changing exhibits are designed around the themes of evangelism, missions and Christian art.

The center differs from the [[Billy Graham Library]], opened in 2007 in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]; the library serves primarily as an evangelical tool for the [[Billy Graham Evangelistic Association]] and is open to the general public.

According to journalist [[Jeff Sharlet (writer)|Jeff Sharlet]], The Billy Graham Center holds 600 boxes of records for the Christian political organization [[The Fellowship (Christian organization)|The Fellowship]].<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=106115324 "'Family': Fundamentalism, Friends In High Places"] : NPR Jul 1, 2009.</ref><ref>Jeff Sharlet, [http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/21/c_street/print.html "Sex and power inside 'the C Street House'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724155034/http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/21/c_street/print.html |date=2009-07-24 }} Salon - Jul 21, 2009.</ref>

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== External links ==
*{{official website|http://www.billygrahamcenter.com/}}

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[[Category:Religious museums in Illinois]]
[[Category:Museums in DuPage County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Wheaton, Illinois]]
[[Category:Biographical museums in Illinois|Graham, Billy]]
[[Category:Billy Graham]]


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