Billy Zeoli
Billy Zeoli | |
|---|---|
 "God has a big eraser." | |
| Citizenship | US |
| Education | BA, History (1955) |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College Philadelphia School of the Bible L'Abri (circa 1972) |
| Occupation(s) | film executive producer professional sports chaplin internet content producer writer |
| Employer(s) | Gospel Communications International; Gospel Films, Inc.; Indianapolis Youth for Christ Billy Graham Indianapolis Crusade (1959). |
| Known for | White House Chaplain to U.S. President Gerald R. Ford (1974–1977) |
| Notable work | How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture (1977, film executive producer) |
| Television | How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture (2005; television series) |
| Title | God's Got a Better Idea (book author) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Marilyn |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Anthony Zeoli |
Billy Zeoli is an American evangelical media executive producer from Muskegon, Michigan who once served as a White house chaplain to U.S. President Gerald R. Ford and Betty Ford during the mid-1970s[1] and who offered advice as a spiritual counselor to President Ford[2] on the question of issuing a pardon to former U.S. President Richard Nixon, who had resigned following the Watergate scandal as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.[3]
Zeloi was also instrumental in bringing together the American missionary theologian Francis Schaeffer of the L'Abri in Huémoz-sur-Ollon, Switzerland and his son, Frank Schaeffer with wealthy American evangelicals (such as Amway co-founder and multi-billionaire Richard DeVos) for the financial backing of the How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture 1997 film and 2005 television series.
Zeoli is also Co-Chair of Gospel Communications International (along with Doug DeVos), which developed (and later sold during 2008) the Bible Gateway web site and also trained and hosted hundreds of evangelical ministries on the World Wide Web beginning in 1995.
References
- ^ http://www.linkedin.com/in/billyzeoli Billy Zeoli – Linked-in.
- ^ Gibbs, Nancy. "The Other Born-Again President?". Time. Time Inc. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Zeoli/e/B001KHF912 Billy Zeoli. Amazon.com