My condolences to the Barrows family and the entire BGEA family on the homegoing of Cliff Barrows. What a terrific worship leader he was through 60 years of ministry from the time I first got to sing in a Billy Graham Crusade choir under his direction in NYC at the 1957 record breaking Crusade. His music […]
Continue reading →Thanks to Rev. Cliff Barrows for his commitment to the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus through songs and the inspiration to me for almost all of my 50-plus years. I sang along with 1200 others, “How Great Thou Art,” as Cliff directed and George Beverly Shea sang the solo at the ‘Find the Way’ […]
Continue reading →Sorry to hear the parting of this wonderful musician! I had the grace of the Lord to meet Cliff Barrows in March, 1961, in Miami, Florida, at a Crusade campaign and then in March, I sang at the choir in Minneapolis, Minnesota. What a joy to be part of his music! Wonderful Christian life and extend to his […]
Continue reading →I worked for Cliff and Billie Barrows in Greenville, South Carolina, while attending Bob Jones University. They were dear friends and very helpful to me while I was in school. Cliff gave me the first wire recorder that they used in the Los Angeles Crusade before tape recorders were introduced. I still have the recorder […]
Continue reading →I’ll never forget, as Rev. Billy Graham was preaching at a Crusade, he said, “If you came with a youth group; if you’re in the third balcony, they’ll wait for you.” So, I got up and ran down the stairs as quickly as I could and got all the way to where Rev. Graham was […]
Continue reading →A life well-lived. Will miss him so much. – Edgar Musalia
Continue reading →I was privileged to be a part of the Philadelphia Crusade choir at The Old Convention Hall with Ethel Waters and George Beverly Shea. It was such a joy to be a part of such an event as this. We also made an album with the choir and Bev Shea in the Convention Hall. What […]
Continue reading →I attended a couple of the Crusades in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium in the late ’70s-’80s, but in 1962, I watched a Crusade that was coming from Soldiers Field in Chicago that convicted me of my need for Jesus. I talked to the pastor of a church nearby and began to attend regularly. A […]
Continue reading →A blessing, a vessel of honor, a spiritual landmark for generations. Safe in the arms of Jesus. Peace to his resting soul. To God be the glory. Amen. – Scott Laybonne
Continue reading →Cliff embodied contagious joy and passion for his Jesus. Massive Crusade choirs caught it. 10,000 evangelists in Amsterdam caught it. I caught it. He never acted as if he was important—only that you were. Like Jesus, he made everyone feel safe. Generations of heroes of the faith have welcomed him home. And Jesus is holding […]
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