W. A. Criswell

Wallie Amos Criswell Jr. (December 19, 1909 – January 10, 2002), was an American Baptist pastor, author, and a two-term elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1968 to 1970. ^[1]

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Baptists in the United States

Approximately 15.3% of Americans identify as Baptist, making Baptists the second-largest religious group in the United States, after Roman Catholics.

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Baylor University

Baylor University is a private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas.

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Biblical inerrancy is the belief that the Bible "is without error or fault in all its teaching"; or, at least, that "Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact".

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Billy Graham

William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister and civil rights advocate whose broadcasts and world tours featuring live sermons became well known in the mid- to late 20th century. W. A. Criswell and Billy Graham are American television evangelists, Baptist writers, heads of universities and colleges in the United States and Southern Baptist ministers.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky

Bowling Green is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States.

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Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.

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Bullitt County, Kentucky

Bullitt County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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California Baptist University

California Baptist University (Cal Baptist or CBU) is a private Baptist Christian university in Riverside, California.

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Carl Bates

Carl Michael Bates (born 13 March 1983) is a New Zealand politician, representing the New Zealand National Party as a Member of Parliament since the 2023 New Zealand general election.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Chickasha, Oklahoma

Chickasha is a city in and the county seat of Grady County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values.

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Crisis pregnancy center

A crisis pregnancy center (CPC), sometimes called a pregnancy resource center (PRC) or a pro-life pregnancy center, is a type of nonprofit organization established by anti-abortion groups primarily to persuade pregnant women not to have an abortion.

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Criswell College

Criswell College is a private Baptist Christian college and divinity school in Dallas, Texas.

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Dallam County, Texas

Dallam County is the north-westernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.

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De jure

In law and government, de jure describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Dispensationalism

Dispensationalism is a theological framework for interpreting the Bible which maintains that history is divided into multiple ages called "dispensations" in which God interacts with his chosen people in different ways.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Eldorado, Oklahoma

Eldorado is a town in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Episcopal Church (United States)

The Episcopal Church, officially the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere.

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Eternal security

Eternal security, also known as "once saved, always saved" is the belief providing Christian believers with absolute assurance of their final salvation.

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Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism, also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes the centrality of sharing the "good news" of Christianity, being "born again" in which an individual experiences personal conversion, as authoritatively guided by the Bible, God's revelation to humanity.

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First Baptist Academy of Dallas

First Baptist Academy of Dallas (commonly FBA) is a private, Biblically integrated, college preparatory Christian school located in Dallas, Texas.

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First Baptist Church Dallas

First Baptist Dallas is a Baptist megachurch located in Dallas,Texas established since 1868.

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George Washington Truett

George Washington Truett, also known as George W. Truett (May 6, 1867 – July 7, 1944), was an American clergyman who was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, from 1897 until 1944, and the president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1927 to 1929. W. A. Criswell and George Washington Truett are 20th-century Baptist ministers from the United States, Baptist writers, clergy from Dallas, Critics of the Catholic Church, Southern Baptist Convention presidents and Southern Baptist ministers.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.

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Governor

A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative.

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Grady County, Oklahoma

Grady County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Jack Tar Hotels

Jack Tar Hotels was an international hotel chain based in the United States.

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Jackson County, Oklahoma

Jackson County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Jesus

Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963), the 35th president of the United States (1961–1963).

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KCBI

KCBI (90.9 FM) is a listener-supported radio station, licensed to Dallas and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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List of Southern Baptist Convention affiliated people

This list List of Southern Baptist Convention affiliated people includes notable individuals who are or were members of a church affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) or who are otherwise affiliated with the SBC.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States.

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Megachurch

A megachurch is a church with a very large membership that also offers a variety of educational and social activities.

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Mount Washington, Kentucky

Mount Washington is a home rule-class city in northeast Bullitt County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Muskogee, Oklahoma

Muskogee is the 13th-largest city in Oklahoma and is the county seat of Muskogee County.

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NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.

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National Council of Churches

The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, usually identified as the National Council of Churches (NCC), is the largest ecumenical body in the United States.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Oakland, Kentucky

Oakland is a home rule-class city in Warren County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Pecan Grove, Texas

Pecan Grove is a census-designated place and master-planned community within the extraterritorial jurisdictions of Houston and Richmond in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.

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Politico

Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company.

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Premillennialism

Premillennialism, in Christian eschatology, is the belief that Jesus will physically return to the Earth (the Second Coming) before the Millennium, heralding a literal thousand-year messianic age of peace.

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President of the Southern Baptist Convention

The president of the Southern Baptist Convention heads the convention and is elected at the annual meeting. W. A. Criswell and president of the Southern Baptist Convention are Southern Baptist Convention presidents.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Ralph Carmichael

Ralph Carmichael (May 27, 1927 – October 18, 2021) was an American composer and arranger of both secular pop music and contemporary Christian music.

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Religious denomination

A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name and tradition, among other activities.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Rick Warren

Richard Duane Warren (born January 28, 1954) is an American Baptist evangelical Christian pastor and author. W. A. Criswell and Rick Warren are 20th-century Baptist ministers from the United States, Baptist writers and Southern Baptist ministers.

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Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973),.

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Saddleback Church

Saddleback Church is an evangelical, non-denominational Christian multi-site megachurch based in Lake Forest, California.

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Salvation

Salvation (from Latin: salvatio, from salva, 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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Separation of church and state

The separation of church and state is a philosophical and jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the state.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.

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South Carolina General Assembly

The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Southern Baptist Convention

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Baptist Christian denomination based in the United States.

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Southern Baptist Convention conservative resurgence

Beginning in 1979, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) experienced an intense struggle for control of the organization.

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Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Texas panhandle

The Texas panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state.

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Texline, Texas

Texline is a town in northwestern Dallam County, Texas, United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Purpose Driven Church

The Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message & Mission is a 1995 book by Rick Warren, founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, United States.

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Waco, Texas

Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States.

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Warren County, Kentucky

Warren County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._A._Criswell

Also known as W A Criswell, W.A. Criswell, WA Criswell, Wallie Amos Criswell, Wallie Criswell.

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Baptists from Oklahoma

Clergy from Dallas

Conservative television in the United States

Radio evangelists

Southern Baptist Convention presidents

References