Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Billy graham training center at the cove and billy graham library: the billy graham training center at the cove exists to encourage and refresh believers and equip them to influence their world for the glory of god, guided by biblical truth and the founding principles set forth by billy and ruth graham 26 years ago. "lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the god of my salvation; on you i wait all the day." (psalm 25:5) through the faithful teaching of god's word, the cove has continued to carry out billy's original vision of providing instruction, inspiration, intercession, and impact, while staying true to ruth's desire for an environment where participants can retreat and experience rest, relaxation, and renewal. "come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest." (mark 6:31) during 2014 more than 30,100 cove attendees participated in a total of 308 seminar, guest group, and personal spiritual retreat events. the cove also saw more than 4,100 people make commitments to major life changes in areas including their family, career, ministry, and most importantly, their relationship with jesus christ. the billy graham library is a 40,000-square-foot "ongoing crusade", where every aspect is designed to proclaim god's love and forgiveness, found only through faith in jesus christ. "in christ you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the holy spirit." (ephesians 1:13) here, guests encounter the gospel throughout their visit. the library has drawn more than 910,000 visitors from all 50 states and 89 countries since its 2007 opening. offering free admission, the main facility houses six historical multimedia exhibits, four galleries of memorabilia and artifacts, and two theaters - all situated on 20 landscaped acres. in 2014, the library welcomed more than 144,300 visitors. we continued to welcome diverse audiences by hosting several special events such as book signings during the year and the library's many annual events such as christmas at the library which drew more than 43,700 people. the majority of the library's visitors took the journey of faith tour, which is the highlight of the library experience and covers important events and developments in billy graham's remarkable life in service to the lord jesus christ. join us in praising god for the more than 1,700 people who responded to the gospel by indicating they had made various commitments to jesus during the year. "but as many as received christ, to them he gave the right to become children of god, even to those who believed in his name." (john 1:12)

Decision magazine, print and internet, and searchforjesus.net the award-winning decision magazine is increasingly recognized as one of the foremost publications calling christians to stand strong for jesus christ and against the growing godlessness in the culture around us. "for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of christ." (ephesians 4:12) bgea printed more than 5.4 million copies of decision in 2014, an average of over 490,000 copies per issue. approximately 15,000 copies a month were sent at no charge to prison chaplains for distribution in correctional institutions. hundreds of blind and sight-impaired people receive decision either in braille or on audio, and the weekly decision email devotional is sent to more than 83,000 people who subscribe to it. decision also publishes a digital edition of the magazine, as well as mobile editions for ipad/iphone and android. bgea's email communications, social media, and other websites continued to reach a growing audience in 2014 as we "fully preached the gospel of christ." (romans 15:19) by year's end, more than 10.8 million people from over 235 countries and territories had visited our sites - including billygraham.org, billygrahamlibrary.org, thecove.org, and myhopewithbillygraham.org. in 2014, six franklin graham fes