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Paul Yi Lu Yang
Personal
Born
Yang Yi Lu, Zhang Zi Yi

(1900-04-23)April 23, 1900
DiedJanuary 1, 1992(1992-01-01) (aged 91)
Resting placePutao, Kachin State
ReligionChristianity (evangelical Protestantism)
Spouse
(m. 1970, died)
Children6
DenominationPentacostal
Education
ProfessionEvangelist
Organization
ChurchAssembly of God Church, Myanmar
Senior posting
ProfessionEvangelist
President of Northwestern College
In office
1948–1952
Preceded byWilliam Bell Riley
Succeeded byRichard Elvee
President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
In office
1950–2001
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byFranklin Graham

Paul Yi Lu Yang was a Christian evanglist who was the founder of the Assembly of God Church in Myanmar.

He studies in Yunan Military University for 4 years, and went on to further studies in Yunan Military Academy, and then in the Guangdong Military Academy in Guangzhou, China. After that, he started serving as a military officer in 1923. He rose quickly in his ranks and in 1924, he has been promoted as a 3 star Colonel. In 1925, he was sent to France for futher military training and also as a representative of the Chinese military. In 1926, he was promoted by the Chinese military as a Major General, to represent the good will of the Chinese military in a foreign country.



William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. He was a prominent evangelical Christian figure, and according to a biographer, was "among the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.[1]

  1. ^ Billy Graham: American Pilgrim. Oxford University Press. June 26, 2017. ISBN 9780190683528. Retrieved February 21, 2018. Billy Graham stands among the most influential Christian leaders of the twentieth century.