Text transcribed from caption: P-30856 NATIONAL EVANGELICAL GROUP MEETS CHICAGO -- Evangelist Billy Graham (left) addresses some 1,800 delegates at the National Association of Evangelicals’ annual meeting in Chicago. The noted Southern Baptist minister called on evangelical leaders to assume greater responsibility in solving the nation’s racial crisis. Behind him as he spoke was a banner with the meeting’s general theme, “Evangelicals Unashamed,” and a bi-racial choir. Right photo shows Dr. Jared F. Gerig of Fort Wayne, Ind., elected president of the NAE, which represents more than 40 conservative denominations with some 2,000,000 members. Dr. Gerig is president of Fort Wayne Bible College and a former head of his denomination, the Missionary Church Association. As NAE president, he succeeds Dr. Robert A. Cook, head of the King’s College, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NAE-4C-64-NAB)
