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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I agree completely, but this is different from what you inferred in your earlier post. The important point here is that donations went directly to the ministry, and not to B. Graham himself.
And here is the big difference between B. Graham and those actual con-men who bilk the gullible masses for cash. Graham did not personally benefit from such donations—at least not directly in the form of personal income. Unlike some of the more despicable televangelists such as Hinn, Poppoff, Copeland, Tilton, etc., Graham did not make outrageous miracle claims, nor did he offer promises of personal financial gain in exchange for donations. He was actively quite adamant about ensuring that donations remained WITHIN THE MINISTRY, and were NOT to be used to line his pockets. Before his retirement, B. Graham was the CEO of a multi-national, multi-million dollar organisation, and received an annual salary of around $150,000. That's a pretty modest compensation for a man in his position, and hardly indicative of someone whose intentions are to get rich.
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It's possible I don't know the facts here but I'll ask the question anyway...who was the head of the Billy Graham ministry and after paying the salarys to the croneys who got the cash(and I mean cash)?
150k...are you kidding me or yourself?
For the record I think Billy is an awesome mind and possibly one of the great con artists of all time, probably the first white evangelist to fight for all human rights,a pastor to many important presidents and some say his feelings on the single church for christanity to be a "gods send idea" but in the end he made his millions being a con man...I'm OK with that actually because at least he wasn't a puke con man.