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David O. Dykes | |
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Born | January 16, 1953 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Samford University [1] |
Occupation | Clergyman |
Spouse | Cynthia "Cindy" Dykes [2] |
Children | Two daughters [1] |
Religion | Southern Baptist |
Ordained | Southern Baptist Theological Seminary [1] |
Congregations served | Green Acres Baptist Church of Tyler, Texas |
Title | Pastor Emeritus |
Website | www |
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. [3]
He has opened the Texas Legislature with prayer [4] [5] and opened the US House with prayer in 2008. [6] [7]
Dykes was honored by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee with its highest honor, the M.E. Dodd Award, for a lifetime of work. [3]
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]
Dykes has been preaching since 1970. [1] He pastored churches in Alabama before coming to Green Acres Baptist Church in 1991. [8] Green Acres has roughly 14,000 members. [3] Roughly 6,000 people worship there each Sunday, and about 8,000 people worship there on major Christian holidays. [8] Since he took over as pastor, 2,000 people were baptized at the church. [3]
Green Acres was designated a Global Priority Church by the International Missions Board because of Dr. Dykes's emphasis on missions. [8] 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. [8] In the last fourteen years, Green Acres has sent over 1,000 volunteer missionaries [3] 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, [3] 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. [8] 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. [3] The cooperative program has received $10 million since 2000, more than half of the total $18.4 million raised for missions. [3]
In 2009, he hosted the Hope For 100 "If You Were Mine" conference with the goal of encouraging people to adopt and foster care. [9] He is also a supporter of Acquire the Fire's Relentless Pursuit. [10]
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, [11] something which he mentioned didn't happen when he became pastor. [12] Dr. Michael Gossett became Senior Pastor August 29, 2021.
Dr. Dykes participated in Pulpit Freedom Sunday, voicing support for Mitt Romney. [13] 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. [14] He takes public political positions that upset some people [13] because of his ties to elected officials in his church, mostly Congressman Louie Gohmert.
He endorsed Tom Leppert for Senate. [15]
Dr. Dykes has published articles in Moody Monthly, Church Administration and Guideposts. [1] He is the author of eleven books. [1]
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