David Gieser’s 70 Year Relationship with Christianity Today

October 1, 2026 · 1 min read

Christianity Today has been part of David Gieser’s life since its very beginning. His family knew Billy Graham before Graham ever conceived of the magazine—and that connection gave David a front-row seat to the ministry and vision that would become Christianity Today. David’s parents met at Wheaton College 98 years ago and discovered a passion Read more...

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Elizabeth Hall

My parents actually had a copy of the very first issue in our house when I was a girl. It's lovely to hear how the Graham connection went back even before the magazine started. Makes you realise how one friendship can quietly shape things for decades.

Максим Шевченко

Interestingly, his parents met 98 years ago at Wheaton College. Apparently, that friendship with Graham really set a lot of things in motion. We also had old issues of "Christian Life" at home, my daughter sometimes flips through them now.

Julien Martin

It's touching how a friendship with Billy Graham lasted so long. My parents also kept a few old issues of Christian magazines at home, and my grandchildren still look through them from time to time. 98 years, it makes you think about what a meeting at Wheaton College can sow.

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