Career
He has been a part of the Graham organization since 1949. Barrows is best known as the host of Graham"s weekly Hour of Decision radio program, and the song leader and choir director for the crusade meetings Barrows was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1944, and served as an assistant pastor at Temple Baptist Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota through 1945.
Barrows joined Graham at a rally in Asheville, North Carolina that year, and has remained with Graham ever since.
He appeared in the 1970 film His Land with British popular singer Cliff Richard. The film reviews Biblical events as both Cliffs take a pilgrimage to Israel.
lieutenant was produced by Graham"s production company, World Wide Pictures. In 1988, Barrows was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee by the Gospel Music Association.
In 1996 he was also inducted into the Religious Broadcasting Hall of Fame by the National Religious Broadcasters.
Barrows was married to the former Wilma “Billie” Newell (1945–1994). They had five children: Bonnie, (born 1948), Robert, (1950) Betty Ruth, (1953), Clifford (Bud) (1955) and William Burton (1962). Barrows married Ann Prince in 1995.
The couple now resides in Marvin, North Carolina.
Of Graham, Shea and Barrows, who compose the heart of the Billy Graham team, Barrows is the youngest. "The Christian faith is a singing faith, and a good way to express it and share it with others is in community singing.".
