13 Facts About Billy Zeoli

Billy Zeoli was an American evangelical leader, speaker and media executive from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Billy Zeoli was perhaps most remembered as the long-standing president of Gospel Films Inc, later becoming Gospel Communications Inc, a leading Christian media company that distributed media and promoted ministry outreach around the world.

Billy Zeoli held the position from 1962 until he retired from the organization in 2006.

Billy Zeoli lived in Grand Rapids, MI and was introduced to Ford by a friend.

Ford and Billy Zeoli would meet in Washington and frequent events such as the Presidential Prayer Breakfast, and at sporting events where Billy Zeoli was preaching.

Billy Zeoli was well-known as a preacher to professional sports teams and celebrities.

Billy Zeoli was one of the early advocates of the practice of preaching to professional athletes that were working on Sunday.

Billy Zeoli was the minister for several Super Bowls, World Series, and All-Star Games services and received recognition as a minister for several American major league professional sport teams and athletes.

Billy Zeoli was working as the director for Indianapolis Youth For Christ when he was hired to lead a fledgling Christian film company in Muskegon, MI called Gospel Films.

Under his 44-year tenure, Billy Zeoli would come to be known as an innovator in para-church ministry.

Billy Zeoli appealed to the youth movement and was a devote of McLuhan, utilizing the media of the era to reach into new territory.

Billy Zeoli created a free film program for American schools, prisons and the military, while leveraging the power of media for evangelizing the globe though the use of indigenous clergy.

Gospel Films and Billy Zeoli were the executive producers of How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture.