Английская Википедия:David O. Dykes
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Dr. David O. Dykes (born January 16, 1953) is Pastor Emeritus and the former Senior Pastor of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas.[1] He is also the author of several Christian books. Under his leadership Green Acres became "one of the leading churches in America," according to president of the SBC Executive Committee Morris Chapman.[2]
He has opened the Texas Legislature with prayer[3][4] and opened the US House with prayer in 2008.[5][6]
Dykes was honored by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee with its highest honor, the M.E. Dodd Award, for a lifetime of work.[2]
Early life and education
Dr. Dykes was reared in South Alabama,[1] where he began preaching at age 17.[1] He received a B.A. from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama in 1975.[1] Rev. Dykes received his Master of Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.[1] He also earned his Doctor of Ministry degree with emphasis on evangelism and church growth from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.[1] He received post-doctoral training at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England.[1]
Ministry
Dykes has been preaching since 1970.[1] He pastored churches in Alabama before coming to Green Acres Baptist Church in 1991.[7] Green Acres has roughly 14,000 members.[2] Roughly 6,000 people worship there each Sunday, and about 8,000 people worship there on major Christian holidays.[7] Since he took over as pastor, 2,000 people were baptized at the church.[2]
Green Acres was designated a Global Priority Church by the International Missions Board because of Dr. Dykes's emphasis on missions.[7] The North American Mission Board also designated Green Acres as a Key Church due to Dykes's work partnering with other churches for missions at home and overseas.[7] In the last fourteen years, Green Acres has sent over 1,000 volunteer missionaries[2] to various locations worldwide and has been the church among Southern Baptists with the most given to the Cooperative Program for the last 14 years.[1] He has personally led mission teams to 10 countries,[2] including trips to Ukraine, Mexico, Belize, Brazil, and Argentina. He trains church leaders in the US and around the world each year on biblical principles of leadership.[1] Dykes has led over twenty educational tours to the Holy Land Israel.[1]
He is an enthusiastic supporter of the Cooperative Program.[7] Green Acres is regularly the top contributor to the Cooperative Program. In 2007, they raised $1,445,909, almost a half-million dollars more than the second-place total.[2] The cooperative program has received $10 million since 2000, more than half of the total $18.4 million raised for missions.[2]
In 2009, he hosted the Hope For 100 "If You Were Mine" conference with the goal of encouraging people to adopt and foster care.[8] He is also a supporter of Acquire the Fire's Relentless Pursuit.[9]
In February 2021 Dykes announced his pending retirement from the pulpit, to take place at the end of August, in order to allow a smooth transition to whoever will be the new pastor,[10] something which he mentioned didn't happen when he became pastor.[11] Dr. Michael Gossett became Senior Pastor August 29, 2021.
Politics
Dr. Dykes participated in Pulpit Freedom Sunday, voicing support for Mitt Romney.[12] Dr. Dykes and Congressman Gohmert invited Joel Rosenberg to discuss his book, Damascus Count Down, about the endtimes and the possibility of a foreign-policy mistake by a president leading to war.[13] He takes public political positions that upset some people[12] because of his ties to elected officials in his church, mostly Congressman Louie Gohmert.
He endorsed Tom Leppert for Senate.[14]
Writings
Dr. Dykes has published articles in Moody Monthly, Church Administration and Guideposts.[1] He is the author of eleven books.[1]
Books
- Handling Life's Disappointments (1993)
- Do Angels Really Exist?: Separating Fact from Fantasy (1996)
- Ten Requirements for American's Survival (2004)
- Character Out of Chaos: Daring to Be a Daniel in Today's World (2005)
- Angels Really Do Exist (2005)
- Finding Peace in Your Pain (2008)
- No, That's Not in the Bible (2009)
- Revelation: God's Final Word (2010)
- Jesus Storyteller: Timeless Truths from His Parables (2011)
- Hope When You Need It Most (2012)
References
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