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Scott earned his Master of Divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in December of 1995. On March 23, 1996, he married the love of his life and started a family. For eight years they lived on an RV traveling the country together as a family. In 2006, they began to plant more roots in East Tennessee to slow the hectic pace a bit for their family and to broaden their ministry. They believe in, tithe to, and attend a local church just as they admonish those to whom they minister. www.scottnewtonsmith.org |
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The Rev. E.V. Hill was the pastor of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, for 42 years and was an influential player in politics and the National Baptist Convention. Hill grew up in poverty and rose to become not only an influential pastor but also a figure in the civil rights movement and confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. He died in February of 2003. | |
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Dr. James Merritt is the host of Touching Lives international broadcast ministries. He is also the founder and Senior Pastor of Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Georgia. Saved at the age of nine and accepting God’s call to preach at twenty-one, Dr. Merritt earned an undergraduate degree from Stetson University and his Master of Divinity and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. From 2000-2002, Dr. Merritt served as President of the Southern Baptist Convention, the world’s largest Protestant denomination, as well as serving in other key denominational positions. www.touchinglives.org |
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Voddie Baucham currently serves as Pastor of Preaching at Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, TX. He has served as an adjunct professor at the College of Biblical Studies in Houston, TX, and Union University in Jackson, TN. He has also lectured at Southern Seminary. Voddie’s area of emphasis is Cultural Apologetics. Whether teaching on classical apologetic issues like the validity and historicity of the Bible, or the resurrection of Christ; or teaching on biblical manhood/ womanhood, marriage and family, he helps ordinary people understand the significance of thinking and living biblically in every area of life. www.voddiebaucham.org |
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International Evangelist Perry Stone, a fourth generation minister of the gospel, directs one of America’s fastest growing ministries - Voice of Evangelism. Throughout his more than thirty-two years of full time ministry, Perry has authored over forty books and booklets; produced over one-hundred videos and DVD’s; as well as produced hundreds of audio teaching albums series. Within the last two decades, Perry has also found time to write for and publish the magazine, The Voice of Evangelism. In the year 2000, Manna-Fest with Perry Stone, a weekly television program was launched and can be seen nationally and internationally via cable and satellite systems around the world. www.voe.org |
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Jerry Falwell was born on August 11, 1933, in Lynchburg, Virginia. He graduated from Baptist Bible College in 1956. Shortly after graduation, Jerry Falwell established Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg. Also around this time, he began the Old Time Gospel Hour, a religious radio and television program. Besides preaching the gospel, Falwell wanted to build a Christian educational system. He founded the Lynchburg Christian Academy in 1967 and Liberty Baptist College, which now known as Liberty University, in 1971. He died on May 15, 2007 www.liberty.edu |
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Jeff W. Crook is the Senior Pastor of Blackshear Place Baptist Church, Flowery Branch, Georgia. He is a graduate of The Baptist College of Florida and the New Orleans Baptist Seminary. www.bpbc.com |
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Dr. Jerry Vines is a native of Carrollton, Georgia. He was educated at Mercer University (B.A.), New Orleans Theological Seminary (B.D.), and Luther Rice Seminary, (Th.D.). He was elected President of the Alabama Pastors' Conference in 1976, President of the Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference for 1976 -1977. He also served two terms as President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1988 - 1989. www.jerryvines.com |
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Pastor Ted Cunningham is the founding pastor of Woodland Hills Family Church in Branson, Missouri. Ted is a speaker with the Smalley Relationship Center and coauthor of The Language of Sex and From Anger to Intimacy with Dr. Gary Smalley. He is a graduate of Liberty University and Dallas Theological Seminary. www.woodhills.org |
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Austin DeLoach, Jr. has served as pastor of Southside Baptist Church, in Lakeland, Georgia, since 1996. He is a 1995 graduate of Liberty University. In 1998 Austin received the Eagle Award from Liberty, a distinguished award given to chosen alumni. Austin is the author of one book, "From Cheese Carrier to Champion", based on the story of David and Goliath, and "Come; The One Word from God That Can Change Your Life". www.austindeloach.com |