George Beverly Shea Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Evangelistic meetings (1942β1947)=== '''Summer of 1942''' In the summer of 1942 Shea took a leave of absence from WMBI to join [[Word of Life Fellowship|Word Of Life]] (WOL) evangelist [[Jack Wyrtzen]] for evangelistic crusades in the New York area. He spent this summer traveling throughout [[New Jersey]], [[New York (state)|New York]], and [[Connecticut]], singing at youth rallies while also singing on [[WEPN (AM)#WHN|WHN]] on Sunday mornings.<ref name="Cusic, 183"/> '''Youth for Christ (1942)''' When Shea returned to Chicago in September 1942, he talked with [[Torrey Johnson]] about conducting youth meetings in that area and soon "[[Chicagoland#Chicagoland|Chicagoland]] [[Youth For Christ]]" was held in [[Orchestra Hall, Chicago|Orchestra Hall]] on [[Michigan Avenue, Chicago]], with Shea singing and [[Billy Graham]] speaking. From this initial concert, Johnson founded [[Youth for Christ]] (YFC).<ref name="Cusic, 183"/> Shea sang in YFC rallies across the U.S. and Canada.<ref name="villagebiblechurchhsv.org"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page