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D. James Kennedy

April 11, 2024

Dennis James Kennedy (November 3, 1930 – September 5, 2007) was an American Presbyterian pastor, evangelist, Christian broadcaster, and author. He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 1960 until his death in 2007. Kennedy also founded Evangelism Explosion International, Coral Ridge Ministries (now known as D. James Kennedy Ministries), the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, the Knox Theological Seminary, radio station WAFG-FM, and the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, a socially conservative political group.

D. James Kennedy
Born
Dennis James Kennedy

(1930-11-03)November 3, 1930
Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
DiedSeptember 5, 2007(2007-09-05) (aged 76)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
EducationColumbia Theological Seminary (M.Div.) Ph.D. from New York University
SpouseAnne Lewis (m. 1956)
Children1
ChurchPresbyterian Church in America
Congregations served
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

In 1974, he began Coral Ridge Ministries, which produced his weekly religious television program, The Coral Ridge Hour, carried on various networks and syndicated on numerous other stations with a peak audience of three million viewers in 200 countries.[1] He also had a daily radio program, Truths That Transform, from 1984 on.[2] During his lifetime, Coral Ridge Ministries grew to a US$37-million-a-year non-profit corporation.

In 2005, the National Religious Broadcasters association inducted Kennedy into its Hall of Fame. He last preached at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church on December 24, 2006, suffering a heart attack four days later from which he never fully recovered. His retirement was officially announced at the church on August 26, 2007, and he died at his home ten days later.

Early life edit

Kennedy was born in Augusta, Georgia, and moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, during his childhood. His father was a glass salesman, and his parents were Methodists.[3] Kennedy joined the Boy Scouts. He later moved with his family to Tampa, Florida, where in 1948 he graduated from Henry B. Plant High School and began studying music at the University of Tampa. After two years, he dropped out of college, began working as a dance instructor at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Tampa, and later won a first prize in a nationwide dance contest.[3] On August 25, 1956, he married Anne Lewis, whom he had met while giving her dance lessons at Arthur Murray. They had one daughter, Jennifer, born in 1962.[3]

Education edit

 
Bethel Presbyterian Church, where Kennedy began preaching in 1956

Kennedy became a Christian in 1953 after hearing a radio preacher present the Gospel, which Kennedy later said he had never heard up to that point. In December 1955, Kennedy decided to quit his Arthur Murray job to enter the ministry.[4] He resumed his studies at the University of Tampa (graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1958) and began preaching at the small Bethel Presbyterian Church in nearby Clearwater, Florida.[3] Kennedy entered Columbia Theological Seminary in 1956,[5] receiving a Master of Divinity degree three years later.[6] After his ordination in 1959, Kennedy became the pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, where he remained until his death. In the 1970s, he earned a Master of Theology summa cum laude from the Chicago Graduate School of Theology,[3] and in 1979 a doctorate in religious education from New York University.[6][7][8] His doctoral dissertation was on the history of an evangelism program he founded.[9] Kennedy said that he earned the Ph.D. degree "to dispel the idea there is an inconsistency between evangelism and education ... evangelical ministers [need] to be thoroughly educated and equipped to meet on equal terms anyone with whom they come in contact."[3]

Ministry and theology edit

Initially ordained in 1959 by the Presbyterian Church in the United States, Kennedy later became an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America after he and his church left the PCUS in 1978. Adhering to traditional Calvinist theology, Kennedy's theological works include Why I Believe, What If Jesus Had Never Been Born, Skeptics Answered, and Truths That Transform. In 1971, he founded the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale and in 1989, he founded Knox Theological Seminary.

Kennedy was a conservative evangelical minister and an outspoken advocate for the moral and social values championed by the Christian right. He wrote, with Jerry Newcombe, What if America Were a Christian Nation Again? and frequently preached messages that argued that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. Kennedy started the Center for Christian Statesmanship, an evangelical ministry on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Center closed in 2007 by Coral Ridge Ministries but quickly reopened under the auspices of Evangelism Explosion International, as the non-partisan Christian outreach to members of the United States Congress. In 2005, the National Religious Broadcasters association inducted Kennedy into its Hall of Fame.

Founding of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church edit

Main article: Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
 
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Kennedy preached his first sermon at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale in June 1959.[10] Beginning with 45 persons attending a typical Sunday service, it became the fastest-growing Presbyterian church in the U.S. in the 1960s and had 1,366 members by 1968.[3] Evangelist Billy Graham spoke at the dedication of the new Coral Ridge Presbyterian church building in 1974, attended by 15,000 people.[11] Kennedy expressed his entrepreneurial vision for outreach at the dedication, stating,

It is our prayer, that through this church, the Gospel of Jesus Christ might be radiated through television and radio, motion pictures and cassettes, books and clinics, and by ways yet undreamed of unto the entire world, that the command of Christ to go and proclaim the Gospel to every creature might be fulfilled in our generation.[12]

Kennedy developed the Evangelism Explosion ("EE") method of evangelism in the 1960s, which emphasizes the training of church laypeople to share their faith by home visitation and every-day encounters in the community.[3] A film, Like a Mighty Army, was produced in 1970 and starred actor Chris Robinson as Kennedy, portraying the Evangelism Explosion story at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church.[3]

In 1978, Kennedy began the weekly Coral Ridge Hour (now Truths That Transform) on national television, which at its peak had a weekly audience of three million viewers in 200 countries and was aired on more than 400 stations and four cable networks, including the Trinity Broadcasting Network, The Inspiration Network (INSP) and the NRB Network, as well as broadcast to more than 150 countries on the Armed Forces Network.[1][13] Today, D. James Kennedy Ministries carries messages from Kennedy, along with news commentary and documentaries to a nationwide audience on NRBTV, Daystar, TCT, and FETV. By the 1980s, the church's membership had grown to almost 10,000 persons.[13] As of 2009, at the time of the installation of its new pastor, the church had 2,200 members and weekly attendance averaged 1,800 persons.[14]

Later life edit

On the evening of December 28, 2006, Kennedy experienced prolonged ventricular tachycardia at his Fort Lauderdale home, leading to cardiac arrest which deprived his brain of adequate oxygen for six to eight minutes. As a result, he sustained a loss of short-term memory and speech impairment.[15] Despite several months of rehabilitation and convalescence, he was unable to resume preaching and his retirement was announced on August 26, 2007, at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church by his daughter, Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy.[13][16] Following the news of Kennedy's retirement, his church announced the development of the D. James Kennedy Legacy website in tribute to the life of the Christian evangelist.[17]

Kennedy died in his sleep at home in the early morning hours of September 5, 2007, aged 76.[6][13][18][19] The White House issued a statement the following day, saying that President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush were "deeply saddened" by Kennedy's death, calling him "a man of great vision, faith, and integrity ... Dr. Kennedy's message of love and hope inspired millions through the institutions he founded".[20] Focus on the Family founder James Dobson called Kennedy "a passionate defender of biblical truth in a culture that increasingly forgot it" and "a giant in the battle to restore traditional values in our nation."[21] Kennedy is buried at Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale.[22]

Shortly after Kennedy's heart attack, Coral Ridge Ministries reduced The Coral Ridge Hour syndication and shortened the program from an hour to 30 minutes.[23][24] Kennedy's daughter, Jennifer, stated on the program in February 2008 that viewers' donations to the broadcast ministry had declined significantly in the wake of the founding pastor's death. Now led by Frank Wright, a former president of the National Religious Broadcasters, D. James Kennedy Ministries, as it is now known, airs Truths That Transform (formerly The Coral Ridge Hour) weekly nationwide, featuring taped messages of Kennedy's sermons and newly produced news and interview segments. It airs on Daystar, NRB Network, CTN and other local stations.[25] Coral Ridge Ministries closed its social action branch, The Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, shortly after Kennedy's heart attack.[1][6]

In 2018, D. James Kennedy Ministries launched the D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Leadership in Washington, D.C., "to address the deficit of preparation for Biblical cultural engagement." It seeks to train 300 Leadership Fellows annually for the ensuing decade.[26]

The D. James Kennedy Institute of Reformed Leadership was established in 2013. Kennedy's daughter, Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy, introduced Michael A. Milton as president of the legacy institute in proceedings at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Center and Ranch, Rancho del Cielo, in Santa Barbara, California.[27]

Apologetics edit

In Christian apologetics, Kennedy contended for Christianity as a reasonable and evidential faith (one supported by facts from history and science), and wrote several books (Why I Believe, Skeptics Answered, and Solving Bible Mysteries) to make the case for Christian faith from history, science, and logic. "Skeptics are welcome," he wrote in his book, Skeptics Answered: "Christianity has answers that are not only satisfying for the soul but also satisfying for the mind ... Throughout the ages, many skeptics have looked at Christianity's historicity and have ended up coming to faith in Christ. The evidence is there. It just needs to be looked at with an open mind."[28] Kennedy also offered a "cultural apologetic" and argued for the earthly benefits brought by the influence of Christ and the Bible. His books with Jerry Newcombe, What If Jesus Had Never Been Born (1994, revised 2001) and What If the Bible Had Never Been Written (1998), seek to document the positive impact of Christianity and the Bible in education, law, civil liberty, science, economics, the family, medicine, and the arts.

Kennedy produced Who Is This Jesus?, a one-hour television special that aired on CBS affiliates on Christmas of 2001. The program, co-hosted by Kennedy with actor Dean Jones, reached a claimed[by whom?] 20 million viewers, with its Easter follow-up, Who Is This Jesus: Is He Risen? The program offered scholarly viewpoints on the reliability of the Gospels, especially the resurrection claim. Associated Press religion writer Richard Ostling contrasted the broadcast to the 2000 Peter Jennings-hosted ABC News documentary, The Search for Jesus, contending the program "achieved more journalistic success than Jennings at one point" by providing a broader cross-section of experts.[29]

Views edit

Religion in public life edit

Many of his public messages focused on American history and the faith of the Founding Fathers of the United States in relation to a Christian worldview. For instance, Kennedy cited John Quincy Adams' claim that Christianity is "indissolubly linked" to the founding of America.[30] Kennedy wrote the foreword to the 1987 book Christianity and the Constitution: The Faith of Our Founding Fathers authored by law professor John Eidsmoe.[31]

Conservative Christian leader edit

Kennedy was a founding member of the board of Moral Majority, a political movement in the late 1970s and 1980s.[32][33] When GOP presidential candidates, including Ronald Reagan, sought the blessing of evangelical leaders, Kennedy sometimes asked spiritual, not policy questions. In one meeting, Kennedy asked Reagan what reason he would give as to why God should let him into heaven. According to one observer, "Reagan dropped his eyes, looked at his feet, and said, 'I wouldn't give God any reason for letting me in. I'd just ask for mercy, because of what Jesus Christ did for me at Calvary."[34]

Kennedy later celebrated Reagan's election at a gathering of Christian leaders just days after Reagan's inauguration in 1981. "The sleeping giant that has lain prostrate across America is beginning to wake itself," Kennedy told the National Religious Broadcasters association in Washington, D.C. "Believers in a living God are beginning to assert their spiritual rights."[35]

At the same time, he cautioned his own congregation about the limits of politics in a sermon titled, "Can Reagan Save America?" Reagan was likely to bring positive good to the nation, Kennedy said, but Christians should put their trust in God, not man. "[M]any people feel that a man on a white horse has arrived and is going to take care of us," Kennedy preached. "This, according to the Scriptures, is a very dangerous attitude."[36]

Kennedy, in opposition to same-sex marriage, presented a two-part strategy to counter legislative and court initiatives to "redefine marriage". He called for a constitutional "Firewall" to protect the nation from "counterfeit marriage"[37] and urged "conversion for homosexuals who want to change, through the power of Jesus Christ."[38] Kennedy rejected judicial activism and judicial supremacy. He endorsed the Constitution Restoration Act, a bill promoted during the 2005 Confronting the Judicial War on Faith conference that sought to authorize Congress to impeach judges who fail to acknowledge "God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government" and to limit the power of the federal judiciary to rule in religious liberty cases.[39] Kennedy was a co-signer of the "Land Letter" sent to President George W. Bush in October 2002 which outlined a "just war" rationale for the military invasion of Iraq.[40] Kennedy sought to "reclaim America for Christ", a project that he said was to "bring this nation back to God, back to decency, back to morality, back to those things that we wish America was like again."[41]

During his life, he was harshly criticized by secularists and progressives. The Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AUSCS, "Americans United" or simply AU) criticized Kennedy's founding of the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ for being "just another Religious Right outfit obsessed with opposing legal abortion and gay rights and bashing public education."[42] AUSCS also says, "Kennedy's ministry has always promoted right-wing politics ... it isn't uncommon to tune in to The Coral Ridge Hour and hear him preach against legal abortion, anti-discrimination protections for gays or the teaching of evolution in public schools." Then-AUSCS executive director Barry Lynn said of Kennedy: "He was absolutely relentless in his criticism of everything on the left. He was a formidable creator of an opposition to what people like I believe."[21]

In an interview with NPR's Terry Gross, Kennedy was asked whether he wanted all public office holders to be Christians. Kennedy answered, "We have people who are secular and humanist and unbelievers who are constantly supporting in every way possible other people who share those views. And I don't object to that. That's their privilege. And I think that Christians should be allowed the same privilege to vote for people whom they believe share their views about life and government. And that's all I'm talking about."[43]

Creationist edit

In creation–evolution debates, Kennedy was a proponent of the general tenets of a special creation by God and the supernatural presumptions of young earth creationists and proponents of intelligent design. He argued that the expression and promotion of such beliefs should be protected as free speech. He believed scientific truth is not determined by consensus but evidence and so, contrary to scientific consensus, he asserted creationist beliefs were scientifically accurate.[8][42][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]

Kennedy disputed the facts and theory of evolution by saying, "The two most notorious and blood-soaked political movements of the twentieth century, Nazism and Communism, both rejected God and were animated by the idea of evolution."[53] According to Kennedy, "if one believes that evolution is true, then we are simply the product of time and chance and there is no morality and no intrinsic worth to human life."[53] That theme is reflected in Coral Ridge Ministries' 2006 documentary Darwin's Deadly Legacy. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a press release in 2006 strongly criticizing the movie's attempts to link evolution to Adolf Hitler:[54]

This is an outrageous and shoddy attempt by D. James Kennedy to trivialize the horrors of the Holocaust. Hitler did not need Darwin to devise his heinous plan to exterminate the Jewish people. Trivializing the Holocaust comes from either ignorance at best or, at worst, a mendacious attempt to score political points in the culture war on the backs of six million Jewish victims and others who died at the hands of the Nazis.

The ADL further denounced Kennedy as "a leader among the distinct group of 'Christian Supremacists' who seek to 'reclaim America for Christ' and turn the U.S. into a Christian nation guided by their strange notions of biblical law." The ADL's response also quotes Christian geneticist Francis Collins, who was interviewed for the program, repudiating it, saying he was "absolutely appalled by what Coral Ridge Ministries is doing. I had NO knowledge that Coral Ridge Ministries was planning a TV special on Darwin and Hitler, and I find the thesis of Dr. Kennedy's program utterly misguided and inflammatory".[55] In a release,[56] Coral Ridge Ministries rejected the statement attributed to Francis Collins that he was misled:

A producer told Dr. Collins in person before the interview began that he was being interviewed for a program that would address the adverse social consequences of Darwin. In addition, he was asked specifically, during the interview, about the Darwin-Hitler connection and responded on tape that he did not agree with that view.

According to the Coral Ridge press release, Collins had signed a "talent release", giving "Coral Ridge Ministries the right to use his interview 'without limitation in all perpetuity.'" The Ministry said they would delete his interview for all future airings of the program.[56]

Coral Ridge Ministries answered other parts of the ADL's criticisms in an August 22, 2006 press release,[57] stating that the ADL "ignores the historical fact that Adolf Hitler was an evolutionist." The release cited historian Richard Weikart, Scottish anatomist and anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith, and evolutionist Niles Eldredge for the assertion of a Darwin-Hitler connection.

Books edit

Kennedy wrote 65 books,[12] including Evangelism Explosion (a primer on communicating the Christian salvation message with 1.5 million copies in print),[58][better source needed] What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?, The Da Vinci Myth versus The Gospel Truth, and Cross Purposes: Discovering the Great Love of God for You.

Kennedy is the author or coauthor of the following books:

  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2007). Cross Purposes: Discovering the Great Love of God for You. Multnomah. ISBN 978-1593283049.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1993). Delighting God: How to Live at the Center of God's Will. Vine Books. ISBN 9780892838318.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1996). Evangelism Explosion. Tyndale. ISBN 0842307648.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2001). God's absolute best for you: Unlocking your God-given potential by following his ten commands. Coral Ridge Ministries.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1995). How Do I Get to Know God?. Fleming H. Revell Co. ISBN 9780800755577.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1995). How Do I Live for God?. Fleming H. Revell Co. ISBN 9780800755591.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1999). Led by the Carpenter: Finding God's Purpose for Your Life. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780785270393.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2005). Lord of All: Developing a Christian World-and-Life View. Crossway. ISBN 9781581346770.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1996). New Every Morning: A Daily Devotional. Multnomah. ISBN 9781576730683.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1997). The Secret to a Happy Home. Whitaker House. ISBN 9780883683354.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2005). Skeptics Answered. Multnomah. ISBN 9781590526590.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2000). Solving Bible Mysteries: Unraveling the Perplexing and Troubling Passages of Scripture. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780785270416.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (1997). The Gates Of Hell Shall Not Prevail: The Attack on Christianity and What You Need To Know To Combat It. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780785271772.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1996). Truths That Transform: Christian Doctrines for Your Life Today. Fleming H. Revell Co. ISBN 9780800756093.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1991). Turn It to Gold. Vine Books. ISBN 9780892836505.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2005). What If America Were a Christian Nation Again?. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780785269724.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (1994). What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780849920790.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (1998). What If the Bible Had Never Been Written?. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780785271543.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1995). What Is God Like?. Fleming H. Revell Co. ISBN 978-0800755584.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe; Jerry (2004). What's Wrong with Same Sex Marriage?. Crossway. ISBN 9781581346633.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2002). Who is This Jesus? Is He Risen?. Coral Ridge Ministries. ISBN 9781929626380.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2005). Why I Believe, rev. ed. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780849901539.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2006). The Da Vinci Myth Versus the Gospel Truth. Crossway. ISBN 9781581348255.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2005). Save a marriage Save our nation: A guide to domestic Tranquility. Coral Ridge Ministries. ISBN 9781929626182.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2005). Why the Ten Commandments Matter. FaithWords. ISBN 9780446577274.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2008). The Presence of a Hidden God: Evidence for the God of the Bible. Multnomah. ISBN 9781601420770.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2008). The Real Messiah: Prophecies Fulfilled. D. James Kennedy Foundation. ISBN 9780615227283.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1987). Learning to Live With the People You Love. Whitaker House. ISBN 9780883681909.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1985). Knowing the Whole Truth: Basic Christianity and What It Means in Your Life. Fleming H. Revell Co. ISBN 0800714075.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2008). How Would Jesus Vote?: A Christian Perspective on the Issues. WaterBrook Press. ISBN 9781400074068.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2001). Why Was America Attacked?: Answers for a Nation at War. Broadman & Holman. ISBN 9780805425789.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1988). Your Prodigal Child. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780840776198.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Sorensen, John B. (2010). Well Done. Greentree Press. ISBN 9780982872109.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Black, Jim Nelson (1994). Character & Destiny: A Nation in Search of Its Soul. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780310443803.

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  29. ^ Ostling, Richard N. (January 2, 2002). "Conservatives Tackle New Testament Debate". Associated Press.
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  37. ^ "Dr. Kennedy Calls for Constitutional "Firewall" to Protect Marriage". 2003-11-19. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
  38. ^ Kennedy, D. James (2004). What's wrong with same-sex marriage?. Newcombe, Jerry. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books. pp. 11. ISBN 1581346638. OCLC 55665211.
  39. ^ "In Contempt of Courts". 2005-04-15. Retrieved 2007-12-07. The article discusses how the director of Kennedy's lobbying front was strongly advocating for the bill at the conference. Even though Kennedy was not present, it is ultimately his organization.
  40. ^ "Land Letter". Wikisource. Archived from the original on 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
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  57. ^ . Coral Ridge Ministries Press Release. 2006-08-22. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  58. ^ "About Dr. James Kennedy".

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A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page March 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Dennis James Kennedy November 3 1930 September 5 2007 was an American Presbyterian pastor evangelist Christian broadcaster and author He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale Florida from 1960 until his death in 2007 Kennedy also founded Evangelism Explosion International Coral Ridge Ministries now known as D James Kennedy Ministries the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale the Knox Theological Seminary radio station WAFG FM and the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ a socially conservative political group D James KennedyKennedy at Coral Ridge Presbyterian ChurchBornDennis James Kennedy 1930 11 03 November 3 1930Augusta Georgia U S DiedSeptember 5 2007 2007 09 05 aged 76 Fort Lauderdale Florida U S EducationColumbia Theological Seminary M Div Ph D from New York UniversitySpouseAnne Lewis m 1956 Children1ChurchPresbyterian Church in AmericaCongregations servedCoral Ridge Presbyterian ChurchIn 1974 he began Coral Ridge Ministries which produced his weekly religious television program The Coral Ridge Hour carried on various networks and syndicated on numerous other stations with a peak audience of three million viewers in 200 countries 1 He also had a daily radio program Truths That Transform from 1984 on 2 During his lifetime Coral Ridge Ministries grew to a US 37 million a year non profit corporation In 2005 the National Religious Broadcasters association inducted Kennedy into its Hall of Fame He last preached at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church on December 24 2006 suffering a heart attack four days later from which he never fully recovered His retirement was officially announced at the church on August 26 2007 and he died at his home ten days later Contents 1 Early life 2 Education 3 Ministry and theology 4 Founding of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church 5 Later life 6 Apologetics 7 Views 7 1 Religion in public life 8 Conservative Christian leader 9 Creationist 10 Books 11 References 12 External linksEarly life editKennedy was born in Augusta Georgia and moved with his parents to Chicago Illinois during his childhood His father was a glass salesman and his parents were Methodists 3 Kennedy joined the Boy Scouts He later moved with his family to Tampa Florida where in 1948 he graduated from Henry B Plant High School and began studying music at the University of Tampa After two years he dropped out of college began working as a dance instructor at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Tampa and later won a first prize in a nationwide dance contest 3 On August 25 1956 he married Anne Lewis whom he had met while giving her dance lessons at Arthur Murray They had one daughter Jennifer born in 1962 3 Education edit nbsp Bethel Presbyterian Church where Kennedy began preaching in 1956Kennedy became a Christian in 1953 after hearing a radio preacher present the Gospel which Kennedy later said he had never heard up to that point In December 1955 Kennedy decided to quit his Arthur Murray job to enter the ministry 4 He resumed his studies at the University of Tampa graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1958 and began preaching at the small Bethel Presbyterian Church in nearby Clearwater Florida 3 Kennedy entered Columbia Theological Seminary in 1956 5 receiving a Master of Divinity degree three years later 6 After his ordination in 1959 Kennedy became the pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church where he remained until his death In the 1970s he earned a Master of Theology summa cum laude from the Chicago Graduate School of Theology 3 and in 1979 a doctorate in religious education from New York University 6 7 8 His doctoral dissertation was on the history of an evangelism program he founded 9 Kennedy said that he earned the Ph D degree to dispel the idea there is an inconsistency between evangelism and education evangelical ministers need to be thoroughly educated and equipped to meet on equal terms anyone with whom they come in contact 3 Ministry and theology editInitially ordained in 1959 by the Presbyterian Church in the United States Kennedy later became an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America after he and his church left the PCUS in 1978 Adhering to traditional Calvinist theology Kennedy s theological works include Why I Believe What If Jesus Had Never Been Born Skeptics Answered and Truths That Transform In 1971 he founded the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale and in 1989 he founded Knox Theological Seminary Kennedy was a conservative evangelical minister and an outspoken advocate for the moral and social values championed by the Christian right He wrote with Jerry Newcombe What if America Were a Christian Nation Again and frequently preached messages that argued that the United States was founded as a Christian nation Kennedy started the Center for Christian Statesmanship an evangelical ministry on Capitol Hill in Washington D C The Center closed in 2007 by Coral Ridge Ministries but quickly reopened under the auspices of Evangelism Explosion International as the non partisan Christian outreach to members of the United States Congress In 2005 the National Religious Broadcasters association inducted Kennedy into its Hall of Fame Founding of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church editMain article Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church nbsp Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Fort Lauderdale FloridaKennedy preached his first sermon at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale in June 1959 10 Beginning with 45 persons attending a typical Sunday service it became the fastest growing Presbyterian church in the U S in the 1960s and had 1 366 members by 1968 3 Evangelist Billy Graham spoke at the dedication of the new Coral Ridge Presbyterian church building in 1974 attended by 15 000 people 11 Kennedy expressed his entrepreneurial vision for outreach at the dedication stating It is our prayer that through this church the Gospel of Jesus Christ might be radiated through television and radio motion pictures and cassettes books and clinics and by ways yet undreamed of unto the entire world that the command of Christ to go and proclaim the Gospel to every creature might be fulfilled in our generation 12 Kennedy developed the Evangelism Explosion EE method of evangelism in the 1960s which emphasizes the training of church laypeople to share their faith by home visitation and every day encounters in the community 3 A film Like a Mighty Army was produced in 1970 and starred actor Chris Robinson as Kennedy portraying the Evangelism Explosion story at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church 3 In 1978 Kennedy began the weekly Coral Ridge Hour now Truths That Transform on national television which at its peak had a weekly audience of three million viewers in 200 countries and was aired on more than 400 stations and four cable networks including the Trinity Broadcasting Network The Inspiration Network INSP and the NRB Network as well as broadcast to more than 150 countries on the Armed Forces Network 1 13 Today D James Kennedy Ministries carries messages from Kennedy along with news commentary and documentaries to a nationwide audience on NRBTV Daystar TCT and FETV By the 1980s the church s membership had grown to almost 10 000 persons 13 As of 2009 at the time of the installation of its new pastor the church had 2 200 members and weekly attendance averaged 1 800 persons 14 Later life editOn the evening of December 28 2006 Kennedy experienced prolonged ventricular tachycardia at his Fort Lauderdale home leading to cardiac arrest which deprived his brain of adequate oxygen for six to eight minutes As a result he sustained a loss of short term memory and speech impairment 15 Despite several months of rehabilitation and convalescence he was unable to resume preaching and his retirement was announced on August 26 2007 at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church by his daughter Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy 13 16 Following the news of Kennedy s retirement his church announced the development of the D James Kennedy Legacy website in tribute to the life of the Christian evangelist 17 Kennedy died in his sleep at home in the early morning hours of September 5 2007 aged 76 6 13 18 19 The White House issued a statement the following day saying that President George W Bush and First Lady Laura Bush were deeply saddened by Kennedy s death calling him a man of great vision faith and integrity Dr Kennedy s message of love and hope inspired millions through the institutions he founded 20 Focus on the Family founder James Dobson called Kennedy a passionate defender of biblical truth in a culture that increasingly forgot it and a giant in the battle to restore traditional values in our nation 21 Kennedy is buried at Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale 22 Shortly after Kennedy s heart attack Coral Ridge Ministries reduced The Coral Ridge Hour syndication and shortened the program from an hour to 30 minutes 23 24 Kennedy s daughter Jennifer stated on the program in February 2008 that viewers donations to the broadcast ministry had declined significantly in the wake of the founding pastor s death Now led by Frank Wright a former president of the National Religious Broadcasters D James Kennedy Ministries as it is now known airs Truths That Transform formerly The Coral Ridge Hour weekly nationwide featuring taped messages of Kennedy s sermons and newly produced news and interview segments It airs on Daystar NRB Network CTN and other local stations 25 Coral Ridge Ministries closed its social action branch The Center for Reclaiming America for Christ shortly after Kennedy s heart attack 1 6 In 2018 D James Kennedy Ministries launched the D James Kennedy Center for Christian Leadership in Washington D C to address the deficit of preparation for Biblical cultural engagement It seeks to train 300 Leadership Fellows annually for the ensuing decade 26 The D James Kennedy Institute of Reformed Leadership was established in 2013 Kennedy s daughter Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy introduced Michael A Milton as president of the legacy institute in proceedings at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Center and Ranch Rancho del Cielo in Santa Barbara California 27 Apologetics editIn Christian apologetics Kennedy contended for Christianity as a reasonable and evidential faith one supported by facts from history and science and wrote several books Why I Believe Skeptics Answered and Solving Bible Mysteries to make the case for Christian faith from history science and logic Skeptics are welcome he wrote in his book Skeptics Answered Christianity has answers that are not only satisfying for the soul but also satisfying for the mind Throughout the ages many skeptics have looked at Christianity s historicity and have ended up coming to faith in Christ The evidence is there It just needs to be looked at with an open mind 28 Kennedy also offered a cultural apologetic and argued for the earthly benefits brought by the influence of Christ and the Bible His books with Jerry Newcombe What If Jesus Had Never Been Born 1994 revised 2001 and What If the Bible Had Never Been Written 1998 seek to document the positive impact of Christianity and the Bible in education law civil liberty science economics the family medicine and the arts Kennedy produced Who Is This Jesus a one hour television special that aired on CBS affiliates on Christmas of 2001 The program co hosted by Kennedy with actor Dean Jones reached a claimed by whom 20 million viewers with its Easter follow up Who Is This Jesus Is He Risen The program offered scholarly viewpoints on the reliability of the Gospels especially the resurrection claim Associated Press religion writer Richard Ostling contrasted the broadcast to the 2000 Peter Jennings hosted ABC News documentary The Search for Jesus contending the program achieved more journalistic success than Jennings at one point by providing a broader cross section of experts 29 Views editReligion in public life edit Many of his public messages focused on American history and the faith of the Founding Fathers of the United States in relation to a Christian worldview For instance Kennedy cited John Quincy Adams claim that Christianity is indissolubly linked to the founding of America 30 Kennedy wrote the foreword to the 1987 book Christianity and the Constitution The Faith of Our Founding Fathers authored by law professor John Eidsmoe 31 Conservative Christian leader editKennedy was a founding member of the board of Moral Majority a political movement in the late 1970s and 1980s 32 33 When GOP presidential candidates including Ronald Reagan sought the blessing of evangelical leaders Kennedy sometimes asked spiritual not policy questions In one meeting Kennedy asked Reagan what reason he would give as to why God should let him into heaven According to one observer Reagan dropped his eyes looked at his feet and said I wouldn t give God any reason for letting me in I d just ask for mercy because of what Jesus Christ did for me at Calvary 34 Kennedy later celebrated Reagan s election at a gathering of Christian leaders just days after Reagan s inauguration in 1981 The sleeping giant that has lain prostrate across America is beginning to wake itself Kennedy told the National Religious Broadcasters association in Washington D C Believers in a living God are beginning to assert their spiritual rights 35 At the same time he cautioned his own congregation about the limits of politics in a sermon titled Can Reagan Save America Reagan was likely to bring positive good to the nation Kennedy said but Christians should put their trust in God not man M any people feel that a man on a white horse has arrived and is going to take care of us Kennedy preached This according to the Scriptures is a very dangerous attitude 36 Kennedy in opposition to same sex marriage presented a two part strategy to counter legislative and court initiatives to redefine marriage He called for a constitutional Firewall to protect the nation from counterfeit marriage 37 and urged conversion for homosexuals who want to change through the power of Jesus Christ 38 Kennedy rejected judicial activism and judicial supremacy He endorsed the Constitution Restoration Act a bill promoted during the 2005 Confronting the Judicial War on Faith conference that sought to authorize Congress to impeach judges who fail to acknowledge God as the sovereign source of law liberty or government and to limit the power of the federal judiciary to rule in religious liberty cases 39 Kennedy was a co signer of the Land Letter sent to President George W Bush in October 2002 which outlined a just war rationale for the military invasion of Iraq 40 Kennedy sought to reclaim America for Christ a project that he said was to bring this nation back to God back to decency back to morality back to those things that we wish America was like again 41 During his life he was harshly criticized by secularists and progressives The Americans United for the Separation of Church and State AUSCS Americans United or simply AU criticized Kennedy s founding of the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ for being just another Religious Right outfit obsessed with opposing legal abortion and gay rights and bashing public education 42 AUSCS also says Kennedy s ministry has always promoted right wing politics it isn t uncommon to tune in to The Coral Ridge Hour and hear him preach against legal abortion anti discrimination protections for gays or the teaching of evolution in public schools Then AUSCS executive director Barry Lynn said of Kennedy He was absolutely relentless in his criticism of everything on the left He was a formidable creator of an opposition to what people like I believe 21 In an interview with NPR s Terry Gross Kennedy was asked whether he wanted all public office holders to be Christians Kennedy answered We have people who are secular and humanist and unbelievers who are constantly supporting in every way possible other people who share those views And I don t object to that That s their privilege And I think that Christians should be allowed the same privilege to vote for people whom they believe share their views about life and government And that s all I m talking about 43 Creationist editIn creation evolution debates Kennedy was a proponent of the general tenets of a special creation by God and the supernatural presumptions of young earth creationists and proponents of intelligent design He argued that the expression and promotion of such beliefs should be protected as free speech He believed scientific truth is not determined by consensus but evidence and so contrary to scientific consensus he asserted creationist beliefs were scientifically accurate 8 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 Kennedy disputed the facts and theory of evolution by saying The two most notorious and blood soaked political movements of the twentieth century Nazism and Communism both rejected God and were animated by the idea of evolution 53 According to Kennedy if one believes that evolution is true then we are simply the product of time and chance and there is no morality and no intrinsic worth to human life 53 That theme is reflected in Coral Ridge Ministries 2006 documentary Darwin s Deadly Legacy The Anti Defamation League ADL issued a press release in 2006 strongly criticizing the movie s attempts to link evolution to Adolf Hitler 54 This is an outrageous and shoddy attempt by D James Kennedy to trivialize the horrors of the Holocaust Hitler did not need Darwin to devise his heinous plan to exterminate the Jewish people Trivializing the Holocaust comes from either ignorance at best or at worst a mendacious attempt to score political points in the culture war on the backs of six million Jewish victims and others who died at the hands of the Nazis The ADL further denounced Kennedy as a leader among the distinct group of Christian Supremacists who seek to reclaim America for Christ and turn the U S into a Christian nation guided by their strange notions of biblical law The ADL s response also quotes Christian geneticist Francis Collins who was interviewed for the program repudiating it saying he was absolutely appalled by what Coral Ridge Ministries is doing I had NO knowledge that Coral Ridge Ministries was planning a TV special on Darwin and Hitler and I find the thesis of Dr Kennedy s program utterly misguided and inflammatory 55 In a release 56 Coral Ridge Ministries rejected the statement attributed to Francis Collins that he was misled A producer told Dr Collins in person before the interview began that he was being interviewed for a program that would address the adverse social consequences of Darwin In addition he was asked specifically during the interview about the Darwin Hitler connection and responded on tape that he did not agree with that view According to the Coral Ridge press release Collins had signed a talent release giving Coral Ridge Ministries the right to use his interview without limitation in all perpetuity The Ministry said they would delete his interview for all future airings of the program 56 Coral Ridge Ministries answered other parts of the ADL s criticisms in an August 22 2006 press release 57 stating that the ADL ignores the historical fact that Adolf Hitler was an evolutionist The release cited historian Richard Weikart Scottish anatomist and anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith and evolutionist Niles Eldredge for the assertion of a Darwin Hitler connection Books editKennedy wrote 65 books 12 including Evangelism Explosion a primer on communicating the Christian salvation message with 1 5 million copies in print 58 better source needed What If Jesus Had Never Been Born The Da Vinci Myth versus The Gospel Truth and Cross Purposes Discovering the Great Love of God for You Kennedy is the author or coauthor of the following books Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 2007 Cross Purposes Discovering the Great Love of God for You Multnomah ISBN 978 1593283049 Kennedy D James 1993 Delighting God How to Live at the Center of God s Will Vine Books ISBN 9780892838318 Kennedy D James 1996 Evangelism Explosion Tyndale ISBN 0842307648 Kennedy D James 2001 God s absolute best for you Unlocking your God given potential by following his ten commands Coral Ridge Ministries Kennedy D James 1995 How Do I Get to Know God Fleming H Revell Co ISBN 9780800755577 Kennedy D James 1995 How Do I Live for God Fleming H Revell Co ISBN 9780800755591 Kennedy D James 1999 Led by the Carpenter Finding God s Purpose for Your Life Thomas Nelson ISBN 9780785270393 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 2005 Lord of All Developing a Christian World and Life View Crossway ISBN 9781581346770 Kennedy D James 1996 New Every Morning A Daily Devotional Multnomah ISBN 9781576730683 Kennedy D James 1997 The Secret to a Happy Home Whitaker House ISBN 9780883683354 Kennedy D James 2005 Skeptics Answered Multnomah ISBN 9781590526590 Kennedy D James 2000 Solving Bible Mysteries Unraveling the Perplexing and Troubling Passages of Scripture Thomas Nelson ISBN 9780785270416 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 1997 The Gates Of Hell Shall Not Prevail The Attack on Christianity and What You Need To Know To Combat It Thomas Nelson ISBN 9780785271772 Kennedy D James 1996 Truths That Transform Christian Doctrines for Your Life Today Fleming H Revell Co ISBN 9780800756093 Kennedy D James 1991 Turn It to Gold Vine Books ISBN 9780892836505 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 2005 What If America Were a Christian Nation Again Thomas Nelson ISBN 9780785269724 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 1994 What If Jesus Had Never Been Born Thomas Nelson ISBN 9780849920790 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 1998 What If the Bible Had Never Been Written Thomas Nelson ISBN 9780785271543 Kennedy D James 1995 What Is God Like Fleming H Revell Co ISBN 978 0800755584 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 2004 What s Wrong with Same Sex Marriage Crossway ISBN 9781581346633 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 2002 Who is This Jesus Is He Risen Coral Ridge Ministries ISBN 9781929626380 Kennedy D James 2005 Why I Believe rev ed Thomas Nelson ISBN 9780849901539 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 2006 The Da Vinci Myth Versus the Gospel Truth Crossway ISBN 9781581348255 Kennedy D James 2005 Save a marriage Save our nation A guide to domestic Tranquility Coral Ridge Ministries ISBN 9781929626182 Kennedy D James 2005 Why the Ten Commandments Matter FaithWords ISBN 9780446577274 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 2008 The Presence of a Hidden God Evidence for the God of the Bible Multnomah ISBN 9781601420770 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 2008 The Real Messiah Prophecies Fulfilled D James Kennedy Foundation ISBN 9780615227283 Kennedy D James 1987 Learning to Live With the People You Love Whitaker House ISBN 9780883681909 Kennedy D James 1985 Knowing the Whole Truth Basic Christianity and What It Means in Your Life Fleming H Revell Co ISBN 0800714075 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 2008 How Would Jesus Vote A Christian Perspective on the Issues WaterBrook Press ISBN 9781400074068 Kennedy D James 2001 Why Was America Attacked Answers for a Nation at War Broadman amp Holman ISBN 9780805425789 Kennedy D James 1988 Your Prodigal Child Thomas Nelson ISBN 9780840776198 Kennedy D James Sorensen John B 2010 Well Done Greentree Press ISBN 9780982872109 Kennedy D James Black Jim Nelson 1994 Character amp Destiny A Nation in Search of Its Soul Thomas Nelson ISBN 9780310443803 References edit a b c Robert Samuels September 21 2009 Coral Ridge Presbyterian votes to retain controversial new pastor Miami Herald Retrieved 2009 10 05 dead link Current and archived versions of both programs are available at the Truth in Action permanent dead link website a b c d e f g h i Chandler E Russell 1972 The Kennedy Explosion Elgin Ill David C Cook Publishing ISBN 0 912692 02 2 Hedges Chris American Fascists The Christian Right and the War on America New York Free Press 2006 Williams Herbert Lee 1999 D James Kennedy The Man and His Ministry Thomas Nelson Publishers Coral Ridge Ministries edition p 73 a b c d Powerful pastor D James Kennedy dead at 76 South Florida Sun Sentinel September 5 2007 Archived from the original on September 7 2007 Rev D James Kennedy 76 pioneering Christian radio TV broadcaster Los Angeles Times September 6 2007 Archived from the original on September 7 2012 Retrieved 2007 11 06 a b D James Kennedy dies Archived 2007 10 03 at the Wayback Machine National Center for Science Education September 5 2007 Kennedy D James The Genesis Development and Expansion of Evangelism Explosion International 1960 1976 DAI 40 3 1381 History of Coral Ridge 1959 1966 Nolin Robert March 18 2015 Crowds throng to new church s dedication Archived from the original on March 19 2018 Retrieved March 19 2018 a b Celebrating Over Forty Years of Broadcasting a b c d D James Kennedy influential Christian broadcaster retires St Petersburg Times August 26 2007 Davis James D January 19 2009 Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church chooses pastor South Florida Sun Sentinel Archived from the original on January 23 2009 Retrieved 2009 01 30 D James Kennedy Retires From Ministry Associated Press August 27 2007 Archived from the original on August 21 2007 Retrieved 2007 08 27 Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy statement Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Fort Lauderdale Florida August 26 2007 Dr D James Kennedy Retires Founder and Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Steps Down from Pulpit with Rich Legacy of Faith Coral Ridge Ministries Press Release August 26 2007 Archived from the original on July 4 2008 Retrieved 2007 08 27 Dr D James Kennedy dead at age 76 retrieved 2007 09 05 Archived September 7 2007 at the Wayback Machine Powerful pastor D James Kennedy dead at 76 Archived 2007 09 07 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2007 09 05 President and Mrs Bush Deeply Saddened by the Death of Dr D James Kennedy White House statement September 6 2007 Retrieved 2007 09 19 a b Banerjee Neela 2007 09 06 Rev D James Kennedy Broadcaster Dies at 76 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2018 03 20 D James Kennedy at Find A Grave Brian Fisher Season of Change Impact March 2008 Coral Ridge Ministries At Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 26 Retrieved 2010 08 24 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Brian Fisher Accentuate the Positive Impact April 2008 Coral Ridge Ministries At Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 26 Retrieved 2010 08 24 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link See Coral Ridge Ministries Station Finder at Find a Christian Radio or TV Station Coral Ridge Ministries Archived from the original on 2010 08 26 Retrieved 2010 08 24 Home Center for Christian Leadership statesman org Retrieved 2018 03 21 Milton Named President of D James Kennedy Institute byFaith D James Kennedy Skeptics Answered Sisters Oregon Multnomah Publishers 1997 13 14 Ostling Richard N January 2 2002 Conservatives Tackle New Testament Debate Associated Press D James Kennedy Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States Fort Lauderdale Fla Coral Ridge Ministries 2004 2 Eidsmoe John 1987 Christianity and the Constitution The Faith of Our Founding Fathers USA Baker Academic ISBN 0801052319 Megachurch pioneer D James Kennedy dies at 76 USA Today September 6 2007 Retrieved 2007 12 07 Jerry Falwell Falwell An Autobiography Lynchburg Liberty House Publishers 1997 383 Cited in John Barber America Restored Fort Lauderdale Fla Coral Ridge Ministries 2002 31 Martin William C 2005 With God on our side the rise of the religious right in America Rev trade paperback ed New York Broadway Books pp 209 ISBN 0767922573 OCLC 61355677 Hyer Marjorie 1981 01 30 Evangelical Christians Meet to Develop Strategy for 1980s Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved 2018 03 21 Kennedy D James Newcombe Jerry 2008 How would Jesus vote a Christian perspective on the issues 1st ed Colorado Springs Colo WaterBrook Press pp 195 96 ISBN 9781400074068 OCLC 154799972 Dr Kennedy Calls for Constitutional Firewall to Protect Marriage 2003 11 19 Retrieved 2007 04 28 Kennedy D James 2004 What s wrong with same sex marriage Newcombe Jerry Wheaton Ill Crossway Books pp 11 ISBN 1581346638 OCLC 55665211 In Contempt of Courts 2005 04 15 Retrieved 2007 12 07 The article discusses how the director of Kennedy s lobbying front was strongly advocating for the bill at the conference Even though Kennedy was not present it is ultimately his organization Land Letter Wikisource Archived from the original on 2007 10 18 Retrieved 2007 04 28 D James Kennedy Why Reclaiming America Message delivered in 2000 to the Reclaiming America for Christ conference Coral Ridge Ministries Available at 14 25 at Media Library Coral Ridge Ministries Archived from the original on 2011 07 26 Retrieved 2010 08 24 a b D James Kennedy Who Is He And What Does He Want Archived April 8 2007 at the Wayback Machine Rob Boston Americans United for Separation of Church and State April 1999 citing Kennedy s 1994 book Character amp Destiny A Nation In Search of Its Soul Closing the Gap Between Church and State Terry Gross interview with D James Kennedy Fresh Air May 18 2005 Accessed at https www npr org 2005 05 18 4656600 closing the gap between church and state Excerpts from Lord of All D James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe Crossway Books 2005 Creation Defender D James Kennedy Goes Home Institute for Creation Research Solving Bible Mysteries D James Kennedy Thomas Nelson Publishers 2000 What If Jesus Had Never Been Born D James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe Thomas Nelson Publishers 1994 revised 2001 Truth In Action Ministries Archived 2011 12 27 at the Wayback Machine formerly Coral Ridge Ministries promotes and sells Creationism books and videos Resources Truth in Action Ministries Archived from the original on 2011 12 27 Retrieved 2011 12 28 Fearfully And Wonderfully Made permanent dead link Sermon by D James Kennedy The Coral Ridge Hour August 2003 Forrest Barbara Gross Paul R 2004 Creationism s Trojan Horse The Wedge of Intelligent Design USA Oxford University Press p 271 ISBN 0 19 515742 7 The Republican War on Science Chris Mooney C L Cagan and Robert Hymers 2006 From Darwin to Design foreword by D James Kennedy Whitaker House USA ISBN 0 88368 122 6 a b D James Kennedy Ideas Have Consequences Impact August 2005 p 8 Coral Ridge Ministries newsletter https web archive org web 20160303225927 http archive adl org nr exeres 3e0340d2 b672 45c7 8ff1 10c9eed96f42 0b1623ca d5a4 465d a369 df6e8679cd9e frameless html ADL Blasts Christian Supremacist TV Special amp Book Blaming Darwin For Hitler August 22 2006 Retrieved May18 2021 ADL Blasts Christian Supremacist TV Special amp Book Blaming Darwin For Hitler Anti Defamation League Press Release 2006 08 22 Retrieved 2007 04 29 permanent dead link a b Coral Ridge Ministries and Orthodox Rabbi Reject Anti Defamation League Attack on TV Special Linking Darwin to Hitler Coral Ridge Ministries August 24 2006 Accessed 08 27 2010 at Breaking News from Coral Ridge Ministries Archived from the original on 2011 07 26 Retrieved 2010 08 27 Coral Ridge Ministries Answers Anti Defamation League Blast Against New Darwin Hitler TV Special Coral Ridge Ministries Press Release 2006 08 22 Archived from the original on 2011 07 26 Retrieved 2010 08 27 About Dr James Kennedy External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to James Kennedy televangelist Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church website D James Kennedy Institute of Reformed Leadership website Evangelism Explosion International website Truth in Action Ministries formerly Coral Ridge Ministries website Archived 2011 12 27 at the Wayback Machine D James Kennedy s Memorial Tribute website Center for Reclaiming America for Christ Kennedy s Political Action Center Truths That Transform daily radio broadcast on OnePlace com D James Kennedy at IMDb D James Kennedy legacy websitePortals nbsp Biography nbsp Georgia U S state nbsp Florida Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title D James Kennedy amp oldid 1188735610, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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