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Rick Warren

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren appeared on many lists of top evangelical Christian leaders in the early 21st century, aided by the popularity of his books, The Purpose Driven Church (1995) and the…

Frederick T. Gates Biography

Frederick T. Gatesclergyman, businessmanBorn: 7/2/1853Birthplace: Maine, N.Y. After seven years in his own church as a Baptist minister, he helped to reorganize the University of Chicago,…

Rev. Leon Sullivan 2001 Deaths

Rev. Leon SullivanAge: 78 civil rights leader and Baptist pastor whose Sullivan Principles, guidelines that outlined how U.S. companies should operate their businesses in South Africa,…

Avery C. Alexander Biography

Avery C. AlexanderAge: 88 Baptist minister, former state representative, and longtime civil rights activist from New Orleans. His devotion to the fight against discrimination led to countless…

Fred Shuttlesworth Biography

Fred Shuttlesworthcivil rights activist, ministerBorn: 3/18/1922Birthplace: Mugler, Ala.Died: 10/5/2011 As pastor of Birmingham, Alabama's First Baptist Church, Shuttlesworth organized the…

Brian Eno

Name at birth: Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle EnoBrian Eno co-founded art-rock band Roxy Music in the early 1970s, then embarked on his own recording career as a performer and,…

Flavius Josephus

Name at birth: Joseph ben MatthiasFlavius Josephus is best known for his histories of the Jews, including a first-hand account of the revolt against the Romans (66-73 A.D.) and historical…

Paradise (Book)

Author:Toni MorrisonPublisher:Knopf After Toni Morrison's first public reading of Paradise, a woman rose from the pews of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church and said: “I want to thank you. I…

Bill FLORES, Congress, TX (1954)

FLORES Bill , a Representative from Texas; born in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo., February 25, 1954; B.B.A., Texas A&M University, College Station, Tex., 1976; M.B.A., Houston Baptist…