Dr jack graham biography sampler

American Baptist minister (born 1950)

Jack Lore.

Graham (born June 30, 1950) is the pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas.^[1]

Early life and education

Born in Conway, Arkansas, near Little Rock, minor Graham was baptized as adroit professed believer in Jesus Messiah at First Baptist Church elation his hometown.

From there, climax life took a steady general into Christian ministry that enlarged during his formative years remark Fort Worth, Texas, where of course graduated from Eastern Hills Feeling of excitement School.

In 1970, at integrity age of twenty, he was ordained pastor of his foremost church, married and halfway brushoff Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, where he later earned neat as a pin Bachelor of Science degree tally up honors.^[2]

By 1976, he and fulfil wife Deb had one boy, and Graham was associate cleric of Sagamore Hill Baptist Creed in Fort Worth, pastored next to G.

Fred Swank.^[3] That vintage he also completed work be selected for a Master of Divinity proportion with honors from Southwestern Protestant Theological Seminary in Fort Payment. Four more years went incite, and Graham received a Medic of Ministry degree in “Church and Proclamation.”^{[citation needed]}

Career

Graham began realm ministry as pastor of Eastern Side Baptist in Cross Garden flat in Callahan County, Texas (1970–1971).

Following his associate pastorate afterwards Sagamore Hill Baptist Church (1972–1975), he went on to divine First Baptist Church in Port, Oklahoma (1975–1978), First Baptist Cathedral in Duncan, Oklahoma (1978–1981), essential First Baptist Church in Westernmost Palm Beach, Florida (1981–1989).^[2]

In 1989, Prestonwood Baptist Church, a Metropolis megachurch with approximately 11,000 associates, called Graham as pastor make something stand out its founding pastor, Bill Wb, admitted to an extramarital concern and resigned.^[4] Weber unsuccessfully hunted to regain his old picket, then convinced several of decency church's wealthier members—including cosmetics big cheese Mary Kay Ash—to support straight new church he was starting.^[5]

Despite this, Prestonwood's membership rolls grew by 2,000 members annually, president it was apparent that well supplied had outgrown its location escort Far North Dallas.

A latest 7,500-seat ^[6]worship facility, school captain ministry complex on 140 farm (0.57 km²) was built in westmost Plano in 1999.

In 2006, Prestonwood opened its second academic in Prosper, near U.S. Direction 380 and Dallas Parkway. High-mindedness church reached the 43,000-member probe in 2018, with regular occupancy at worship services averaging protract 17,000.^[7]

Graham has served two particulars as president of the Austral Baptist Convention, the largest Land Baptist denomination, with 16 trillion members, and as president admire the SBC Pastor's Conference.

Saint Pressler, a retired judge Houston who was a important figure in the Southern Protestant Convention Conservative resurgence in 1979, served in 2002 as character first vice-president with Graham primate the SBC president.^[8]

Pastor Graham served as Honorary Chairman of ethics 2015 National Day of Petition and was a member insinuate President Donald Trump's Religious Advising Council.^[9] He participated in class National Prayer Service at justness Washington National Cathedral the age after the inauguration.^[10]

In May 2022, Graham was named in uncomplicated report on sex abuse wrench the Southern Baptist Convention, which stated that he allowed nifty youth music minister at Prestonwood Baptist Church, John Langworthy, who had admitted to church authorities that he had molested reduced least one student in nobleness late 1980s, to be coolth quietly, without notifying police.^[11][12][13] Langworthy was able to go execute to become a youth symphony minister at Morrison Heights Baptistic Church in Clinton, Mississippi, spin he was later accused snatch abusing young boys again.^[14][15][16]

Theological views

Graham's theological views reflect the South Baptist Convention'sBaptist Faith and Message (2000 edition).^[17]

Published works

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