Passing Parade: Action begins at home

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist In 1979, Franklin Graham, at the age of 26, took over Samaritan’s Purse from his college friend, Bob Pierce. The Rev. Billy Graham’s son had started to spread hope. Today, Samaritan’s Purse earns $1.1 billion a year, largely from public donations; employs 4,464 people and works in more than 100 countries, providing aid to victims of war, disease, disaster, poverty and famine. Everything Samaritan’s Purse does is connected to evangelism. Tens of t