Building Dynamic Faith

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Thomas Nelson Incorporated, 2005 - Religion - 240 pages
Details the challenges that almost thwarted Thomas Road Baptist Church. This book is the story of my 49 years of believing God to build a local church from 35 charter members in 1956 to 24,000 members today, building a Christian university from 154 students in 1971 to more than 20,000 students today, raising and investing more than $4 billion in less than a half century to advance the cause of Christ worldwide. This 31-chapter book is a one month devotional designed for pastors and churches to read and pray through together as they learn how to trust God for miracle ministry. The book is divided into 31 chapters - perfect for a month of daily readings. But it is more than a devotional. The reader will progress from a simple understanding of faith, to having practiced the skills needed to exercise faith, and finally to having experienced the blessing of God through answered prayer.

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About the author (2005)

At the age of 22, having just graduated from college in June of 1956, Jerry Falwell returned to his hometown of Lynchburg, Virginia, and started Thomas Road Baptist Church with 35 members. The offering that first Sunday totaled $135. Today Thomas Road Church has 24,000 members and the total annual revenues of all the Jerry Falwell ministries total over $200 million.Falwell also created the Old-Time Gospel Hour, a daily local radio ministry and a weekly local television ministry that was seen and heard in every American home and on every continent except Antarctica. He also founded Lynchburg Christian Academy in 1967 and Liberty University in 1971. Falwell was best known for organizing the Moral Majority in 1979, which encouraged millions of people of faith to vote for the first time in 1980 and help elect Ronald Reagan and many conservative congressmen and senators. On May 15, 2007, Dr. Jerry Falwell passed away at the age of 73, leaving behind his wife of nearly 48 years, Macel, as well as three grown children and eight grandchildren.

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