Jack Graham is the Pastor

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 of Prestonwood Baptist Church

Prestonwood Baptist Church

Prestonwood Baptist Church, in Plano, Texas, is one of the largest megachurches in North America and one of America's 50 Most Influential Churches according to a 2007 survey of church leaders...

 and the voice of PowerPoint Ministries, the broadcast ministry of Prestonwood. Prestonwood is one of the United States

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’s largest congregations, with a membership exceeding 28,000.
Born in Conway, Arkansas

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, young Graham was baptized at First Baptist Church in his hometown. From there, his life took a steady course into ministry

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 that continued during his formative years in Fort Worth, Texas

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. In 1970, at age 20, he was an ordained pastor

Pastor

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 of his first church, married and halfway through Hardin-Simmons University

Hardin-Simmons University

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 in Abilene, Texas

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, where he went on to earn a bachelor of science degree with honors.

By 1976, he and his wife, Deb, had one son, and Graham was associate pastor of Sagamore Hill Baptist Church in Fort Worth, pastored by G.