This week in Christian history: Billy Graham holds integrated crusade, Thomas Chalmers, Moody renamed

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter
The Solheim Center at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, March 3, 2017.
The Solheim Center at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, March 3, 2017. | YouTube/Moody Admissions

Christianity is a faith with a long and detailed history, with numerous events of lasting significance occurring throughout the ages.

Each week brings the anniversaries of great milestones, horrid tragedies, amazing triumphs, telling tribulations, inspirational progress, and everything in between.

Here are just a few things that happened this week, March 15-21, in Church history. They include the renaming of Moody Bible Institute, the birth of Thomas Chalmers, and Billy Graham holding his first integrated crusade in the South.

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