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Article: BILLY GRAHAM BRINGING MESSAGE TO CINCINNATI
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- June 23, 2002
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Estimated 200,000 expected to turn out for evangelist
By his own admission, Rob Byrum went kicking and screaming to a
Billy Graham crusade in Columbus nine years ago.
The Enon mechanic had planned to help a buddy paint his car that
day. But after his wife, Sue, pleaded with him one last time to
accompany her to the event, he relented, remembering all those drag
races and car shows she went to with him.
The couple sat behind home plate at Cooper Stadium and listened to
the evangelist with the North Carolina drawl deliver his message of
salvation.
When the Rev. Graham invited the audience to ask Jesus Christ into
their hearts, his hallmark conclusion to each sermon, Byrum stood up,
and his ...