The new rule is part of a 10-step screening process first tested in a pilot project launched last year.
Did Billy Graham’s wife shape their son Franklin more than he did?
Franklin followed his father into the pulpit and succeeded him as head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. But Franklin’s temperament and tone — more uncompromising than Billy’s in his prime and later years — are closer to his mother’s.
U.S. Catholic bishops committee dismayed over Trump’s new direction on Cuba
Disappointed with President Trump’s decision to reverse U.S. policy on Cuba, a committee of American Catholic bishops is calling on the president to keep ordinary Cubans in mind as he curtails trade and tourism.
The Rev. Henry Lyons forced out as pastor of Tampa church amid accusations of theft, misconduct
The one-time leader of the largest black Baptist organization in America — toppled by infidelities and imprisoned on fraud charges — has kept a relatively low profile while running a century-old church in Hillsborough County the last dozen years.
Ken Ham disputes reports the Ark Encounter is sinking
Answers in Genesis founder Ken Ham is disputing reports the ministry’s Noah’s Ark-themed park is taking on water.
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Evangelist Franklin Graham calls rounding up Iraqi Christians for deportation ‘very disturbing’
Franklin Graham, who has been supportive of Donald Trump’s travel ban, says he finds it “very disturbing” that immigration authorities have arrested many Iraqi Christians for possible deportation.