12 Tributes to Billy Graham: 'The Finest Man I Ever Knew'

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

Jimmy Carter

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers a lecture on the eradication of the Guinea worm, at the House of Lords in London, Britain February 3, 2016.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers a lecture on the eradication of the Guinea worm, at the House of Lords in London, Britain February 3, 2016. | (Photo: REUTERS/Neil Hall)

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, himself a noted evangelical with Southern Baptist roots, released a statement noting that Graham "shaped the spiritual lives of tens of millions of people worldwide."

"Broad-minded, forgiving, and humble in his treatment of others, he exemplified the life of Jesus Christ by constantly reaching out for opportunities to serve," stated Carter, as quoted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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"He had an enormous influence on my own spiritual life, and I was pleased to count Reverend Graham among my advisors and friends."

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