In 1945, Barrows married Billie Newell. It was on their honeymoon in western North Carolina they first met a young evangelist named Billy Graham. Barrows joined Graham at a rally in Asheville, North Carolina, that year, and remained with Graham ever since.

He appeared in the 1970 film His Land with British pop singer Cliff Richard. The film reviews Biblical events as both Cliffs took a pilgrimage to