Article: FRANKLIN GRAHAM TO LEAD 3-DAY EVANGELICAL SERVICE SON OF EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM WILL PREACH MAY 2-4 IN SALEM STADIUM

Christian ministers and lay leaders gathered Thursday at the Hotel Roanoke to formally announce that Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, will lead a weekend of evangelistic services in the Roanoke Valley next spring.

Graham, 50, will preach May 2-4 in Salem Stadium, beside the Salem Civic Center. He was invited to lead the services by a committee that has been organizing, conducting research and holding prayer sessions about the event for several months.

The event, incorporated as Southwest Virginia Festival 2003 with Franklin Graham, is one of only three Graham will lead in the United States next year, said the Rev. Quigg Lawrence, a member of the organizing committee.

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