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Dr. D. James Kennedy is the most listened-to Presbyterian minister in the world today. His forthright and rational presentation of the Gospel is heard via television and radio throughout America and the world.
It all began on a Sunday morning in 1953 when he was startled awake by a preacher’s stern question on his clock radio: "Suppose you were to die today and stand before God, and He were to ask you, ‘What right do you have to enter into My heaven?’ – what would you say?" Dr. Kennedy soon discovered the answer, was converted to Christ, and shortly thereafter was called into the Gospel ministry.
Today, Dr. Kennedy’s broadcast messages are televised from the nearly 10,000-member Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, to 40,000 cities and towns across the United States and 202 nations. A modest mission church of 45 people when Dr. Kennedy arrived in 1959, the rocketing growth of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church since then made it, for 15 years, the fastest growing Presbyterian church in America. Decision magazine named the church one of the "Five Great Churches of North America."
Beyond his leadership at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Dr. Kennedy’s energetic commitment to both evangelism and cultural renewal is demonstrated by four organizations he founded and now oversees: Evangelism Explosion International, Knox Theological Seminary, Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Inc., and Westminster Academy.
A lay-witnessing training program first developed in 1962 by Dr. Kennedy, Evangelism Explosion is now used in every nation and territory. EE has been used by God to spark explosive growth in congregations around the world.
Dr. Kennedy launched Knox Theological Seminary in 1989 to prepare and equip Christians for ministry. Knox offers an education grounded in the historic Reformed faith and shaped by commitments to the sovereignty of God, the inerrancy of the Bible, and obedience to the Great Commission and the Cultural Mandate.
The radio and television outreach of Dr. Kennedy, CRM began in 1974 with the mission of bringing the Gospel via broadcast media to America and the world. CRM’s programs are The Coral Ridge Hour, a weekly one-hour television program; Truths That Transform, a daily half-hour radio program; and The Kennedy Commentary, a daily 90-second radio feature. The Coral Ridge Hour ranks as the nation’s second most-widely syndicated weekly Christian television program. The D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship is CRM’s spiritually based outreach to men and women in positions of influence and authority in our nation’s capital. The Center, led by its Director, Dr. Frank Wright, offers weekly Bible studies, Politics and Principle luncheons, Evangelism Explosion training, and an annual Distinguished Christian Statesman reception. The Center for Reclaiming America is a CRM outreach to inform the American public and motivate people of faith to defend and implement the biblical principles on which our country was founded. The Center offers an array of vital resources to help individuals reclaim their communities for Christ.
Dr. Kennedy founded Westminster Academy in 1971 to help meet Fort Lauderdale’s need for quality Christian education. It is a fully accredited K-12 academy with more than 1,270 students.
Dr. Kennedy earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tampa, a Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary (cum laude), a Master of Theology from Chicago Graduate School of Theology (summa cum laude), and a Ph.D. from New York University. He is the author of more than 55 books, including Evangelism Explosion (more than 1.5 million copies) What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?, The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail, New Every Morning, Skeptics Answered, What If The Bible Had Never Been Written?, Led By the Carpenter, Solving Bible Mysteries, and God’s Absolute Best for You.
Born in Augusta, Georgia, Dr. Kennedy was raised in Chicago and moved to Florida while in high school. He and his wife Anne have one married daughter and live in Fort Lauderdale.