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Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF) is a fundamentalist Protestant [3] organization founded in 1977 in Southern California by James Dobson, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [4] The group is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizations that rose to prominence in the 1980s. As of the 2017 tax filing year, Focus on the Family ...
James Clayton Dobson Jr. [a] (born April 21, 1936) is an American evangelical Christian author, psychologist, and founder of Focus on the Family (FotF), which he led from 1977 until 2010.
In 1927, First Baptist built a new, larger building on Cleveland Street, which is the current church building. [1] The new Neoclassical building was designed by the architect Reuben H. Hunt. [2] [3] The old First Baptist Church building. First Baptist is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention. [4] In 1998, Rev. Andy Davis, a graduate of ...
Robert James Jeffress Jr. (born November 29, 1955) is an American Southern Baptist pastor, author, radio host, and televangelist. He is the senior pastor of the 14,000-member [2] First Baptist Church, a megachurch in Dallas, Texas, [3] and is a Fox News Contributor. [4]
Jim Daly (born July 22, 1961) is the head of Focus on the Family, [1] an international Christian communications ministry based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He succeeded founder James Dobson in 2005. [1] Daly is the main host of the Focus on the Family radio program. [2]
WASHINGTON - President Jimmy Carter’s faith was always central to him. He was from a small town in Rural Georgia with a Southern Baptist upbringing. Those roots never left him, and he never left ...
First Baptist Church was started in 1908, and the first pastor was F. H. Poston. W. A. Burns moved the church from its first location to a more stately location during his tenure as senior pastor from 1926 until 1929. E. D. McDaniel began to record the history of the church during his tenure as pastor trom July 1931 until May 1949. [1]
Following Williams as pastor of the church was Chad Brown, founder of the famous Brown family of Rhode Island. A number of the streets in Providence bear the names of pastors of First Baptist Church, including Williams, Brown, Gregory Dexter, Thomas Olney, William Wickenden, Manning, and Stephen Gano. In 1700, Pardon Tillinghast built the first ...