Mick’s “Thinking-Out-Loud” Musings

The Changing of the Leadership Guard in American Evangelicalism

A few days after I heard of Chuck Colson’s passing, I had the privilege of attending a gathering for ministry leaders held at the headquarters for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association here in Charlotte, NC. It was ostensibly a gathering to roll out a new national evangelism initiative by the BGEA. There were several significant ministries represented and many who have been leaders of the Evangelical Church for the last half century. The room was filled with well-known leaders including Mrs. Bill Bright, Ron Hutchcraft, Franklin Graham, Cliff Barrows, Paul Cedar, and of course Billy Graham.