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Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc. lays off 50 employees
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is laying off 10 percent of its staff as it shifts resources to make online evangelism a priority. Some 50 people on the 500-member staff will lose their jobs between mid-March and this...
Commentary and News
Franklin Graham apologizes for questioning Obama’s faith
Evangelist Franklin Graham apologized tonight to President Obama for questioning his Christian faith and said religion has “nothing to do” with Graham’s decision not to support Obama’s re-election. Graha...
Arts & Culture
TV series to examine the historic role of religion in America
A six-hour TV series slated for showing by WEDU-TV from Oct. 11-13 will document the role that religion has played in American public life in its 400-year history. The documentary, “God in America is a co-production of American...
Arts & Culture
Christian Rock the River West music festival’s next stop is Edmonton
The Christian music festival, Rock the River West’s next stop will be at Edmonton’s Telus Field in Canada on Aug. 28, from 2:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The festival, which is a project of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of ...
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Obama visits ailing evangelist Billy Graham at home in North Carolina
President Barack Obama made a pilgrimage to pray with Billy Graham, the American preacher who harnessed the media and made Christian evangelism a global phenomenon, recently. Obama rode in his motorcade to Graham’s mounta...