Correction appended
DALLAS – Evangelist Billy Graham is changing membership from a Dallas church to one closer to his retirement home in North Carolina.
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(Photo: AP Images)In this file photo, Billy Graham, right, arrives with his son, Franklin Graham, left, for a memorial service for Ruth Graham in Montreat, N.C., Saturday, June 16, 2007. Billy Graham's work as a pastor to presidents is coming to an end, but he is praying for Barack Obama as the nation's next leader begins his work, Graham's son said Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, on the aging evangelist's 90th birthday.
First Baptist Dallas said Monday the church was told by Graham's personal assistant that the 90-year-old was switching to First Baptist Church of Spartanburg, S.C.
Graham joined First Baptist Dallas in 1953 during his first crusade in the city. The Rev. Robert Jeffress tells The Dallas Morning News that the church will "always treasure the relationship" with the preacher.
The pastor of First Baptist of Spartanburg, the Rev. Don Wilton, has preached for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Correction: Sunday, January 4, 2009:
In a Dec. 29, 2008 story about evangelist Billy Graham changing his church membership, The Associated Press erroneously reported the location of Graham's retirement home. The retirement home is in Montreat, North Carolina, not South Carolina.
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