preacher
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He studied theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and is the grandson of a Baptist preacher.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
"Her grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher, and she grew up singing in that church, and always spoke very clearly about her faith," Hubbs, who authored the book "Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music," told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
“The biggest issues we have with soccer in this country is fields and we have issues with costs,” he says with the fervor of a Baptist preacher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
The preacher, they said, had been curing the ill through prayer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
“God sure better get to work if He’s got in mind to make a preacher out of Will Tweedy.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
The speakers’ lineup in Tulsa will reportedly include Flynn, Clark, Eric Trump, Jackson Lahmeyer and his wife Kendra, and a veritable apostolic Lollapalooza of NAR-friendly preachers.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
Because many colonists were illiterate, the Declaration was commonly declaimed by local officials in town squares and preachers in pulpits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
He spoke of his religiosity — his grandfather and great-grandfather were Baptist preachers — and talked at length about the optimism, a political rarity these days, that undergirds his vision for the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
Born Molly Noyle Thomas in February 1932, she came from a Garw Valley family of preachers, teachers and miners.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
He was proud that not one of them had ever been arrested and that six of them had become preachers.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
