It has been four years since world-renown evangelist Billy Graham passed away, but the North Carolina native's work continues to be felt.
Rev. Billy Graham died on Feb. 21, 2018, from natural causes in his home in Montreat. He was born in Charlotte in 1918.
Rev. Billy Graham retired to his mountain home in 2005 after nearly six decades on the road calling people to Christ at 417 all-out preaching and musical events from Miami to Moscow.
According to his obituary, during the week of his 95th birthday in 2013, Rev. Billy Graham delivered his final message by more than 480 television stations across the U.S. and Canada. More than 26,000 churches participated in the My Hope project, making it the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s largest evangelistic outreach ever in North America.
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A controversial rezoning decision will soon be made in the Ballantyne area.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools and Woodfield Development plan to build a new elementary school and multi-family units across from Ardrey Kell High School, but some residents in south Charlotte are against it.
“I just thought you can’t be serious, if you’ve got those two schools and a lot of traffic already why would you want to put all those apartments right there and create a situation that’s worse for the schools and could be dangerous for the kids and create a huge inconvenience for the neighbors," District 7 Charlotte City Councilman Ed Driggs said.
The rezoning petition comes as Charlotte continues to grow and student enrollment increases.
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