The world's first "electronic evangelist," Dr. Walter A. Maier, grew up at The First Lutheran Church of Boston. Hailed by Billy Graham as "the best combination of preacher and scholar America has produced" in the twentieth century, Maier's 1930 broadcast of The Lutheran Hour started the longest-running Christian radio ministry in history. Today, Lutheran Hour Ministries airs the program on more than 800 stations around the globe. Keep reloading this page for more "Did You Know" facts & trivia about the LCMS.