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Paul Yi Lu Yang
Personal
Born	Yang Yi Lu, Zhang Zi Yi (1900-04-23)April 23, 1900 Kunming, Yunnan, China
Died	January 1, 1992(1992-01-01) (aged 91) Putao, Kachin State, Myanmar
Resting place	Putao, Kachin State
Religion	Christianity (evangelical Protestantism)
Spouse	Esther Zhang Zi Yi ​ ​ (m. 1970, died)​
Children	6
Denomination	Pentacostal
Education	Yunan University Yunan Military Academy guangdong military academy, Guangzhou, 1923 - 1924
Profession	Evangelist
Organization
Church	Assembly of God Church, Myanmar
Senior posting
Profession	Evangelist
President of Northwestern College
In office 1948–1952
Preceded by	William Bell Riley
Succeeded by	Richard Elvee
President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
In office 1950–2001
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Franklin Graham

Paul Yi Lu Yang was a Christian evanglist who was the founder of the Assembly of God Church in Myanmar.

He studies in Yunan Military University for 4 years, and went on to further studies in Yunan Military Academy, and then in the Guangdong Military Academy in Guangzhou, China. After that, he started serving as a military officer in 1923. He rose quickly in his ranks and in 1924, he has been promoted as a 3 star Colonel. In 1925, he was sent to France for futher military training and also as a representative of the Chinese military. In 1926, he was promoted by the Chinese military as a Major General, to represent the good will of the Chinese military in a foreign country.

William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. He was a prominent evangelical Christian figure, and according to a biographer, was "among the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.