Saturday, June 25
“God loves everyone here tonight,” said Billy Graham to a crowd of more than 80,000 Saturday evening at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The second day of meetings for the Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade saw more than 92,000 people in attendance, including 12,000 at the morning’s Kidz Gig. By the end of the evening, more than 4,400 had made decisions for Christ as Lord and Savior, with the majority being young people under the age of 25.
Both events of the day were youth-focused, as games and a live-action drama featuring Bibleman took place at the morning meeting and the “Concert of Hope” including Christian artists Jars of Clay, Nicole C. Mullen, and Tree 63 occurred Saturday night.
The week of the Crusade has seen much activity from Christian teens, as groups from around the country came to New York to participate in street ministry—sharing Christ with passersby, volunteering in soup kitchens and churches, and inviting people to the Crusade. More than 2,000 teens covered the city, visiting nearly every corner from Harlem to Times Square. Thousands of spiritual conversations took place as these bold young people took the Gospel throughout the city, and hundreds of thousands of invitations were passed out on the streets.
Platform guests at the evening meeting included New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former President Bill Clinton, who each shared brief remarks, and New York senators Hilary Clinton and Chuck Schumer.
Mr. Graham spoke of the Rich Young Man from Mark 10:17-27, who came to Jesus with a troubled heart and spiritual questions. “He did a lot of things right,” said Mr. Graham. “He asked the right questions, he came at the right time.” But when Jesus challenged him to change the way he was living, he “did the wrong thing.”
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