PLANO, Texas (AP) _ The Rev. Jack Graham, pastor of a Plano megachurch and a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has had surgery for prostate cancer and is taking a two-month sabbatical.
Graham, 58, wrote the 28,000-member Prestonwood Baptist Church last week that the cancer was diagnosed in April during a routine checkup and subsequent biopsy, The Dallas Morning News reports.
He said he had successful surgery on May 14.
Graham kept the news of his health private “for a number of reasons” and went back to a reduced work schedule 10 days after surgery.
Earlier this month the church’s personnel committee announced that Graham would be granted a sabbatical in honor of his 20th anniversary as pastor.
Graham called it “perfect timing.”