VIA: www.charlotteobserver.com The call came at 4 a.m., India time. Evangelist Franklin Graham, in the country for a crusade, jumped out of bed and answered his vibrating iPhone. It was Michael W. Smith, the contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, calling from Nashville, with an idea: Franklin, he said, I’m producing a song for Haiti and want some […]

A Haitian judge said he would order the release on Wednesday of eight of 10 American missionaries accused of kidnapping children, while the remaining two would be held for further questioning. Laura Silsby, the leader of the group, and Charisa Coulter, were being kept for further investigation, said investigating Judge Bernard Saint-Vil. He said those […]