Obit

Brian Thomas, evangelist and motivational speaker, died in a car accident March 28, in Huntsville, Alabama. He was married with two children.

Popular evangelist Luis Palau has died, according to an update shared with supporters by his family on Thursday.

Dr. Melvin E. Banks Sr. has died. Banks founded Urban Ministries, Inc., the largest independent African American-owned religious publisher.

Billy Graham, the dynamic Charlotte-born evangelist whose pioneering talent for combining old-time religion and modern media brought him a worldwide flock and greater fame than any other religious figure in American history, has died.