Mission

PART I, LINE 1, AND PART III, LINE 1 THE PURPOSE OF THE BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY ENDOWMENT TRUST FUND IS TO PROVIDE AN ONGOING AND PERPETUAL SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND LONG-TERN IMPROVEMENTS OF THE BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY LOCATED IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. WE BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEMS FACING OUR WORLD TODAY - ECONOMICALLY, POLITICALLY, AND RACIALLY - ARE THE DIRECT RESULT OF HUMAN SIN. THE BIBLE, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS THE ONLY INSPIRED WORD OF GOD, STATES THAT "ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD." (ROMANS 3:23) SIN SEPARATES US FROM GOD: "THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH" (ROMANS 6:23), AND AS A RESULT, THE WHOLE EARTH AND EVERYTHING IN IT ARE UNDER GOD'S CURSE. THERE IS GOOD NEWS, AND WE PROCLAIM IT TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO WILL HEAR. GOD SENT HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST, FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH TO TAKE OUR SINS UPON HIMSELF. HE PAID THE PENALTY FOR OUR SINS BY DYING IN OUR PLACE ON THE CROSS, AND THEN HE ROSE AGAIN TO LIFE. JESUS OPENED THE WAY FOR US TO KNOW G