Jack Graham (pastor) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Early life and education== Born in [[Conway, Arkansas|Conway]], [[Arkansas]], near [[Little Rock]], young Graham was [[Baptism|baptized]] as a professed believer in [[Jesus Christ]] at First [[Baptist Church]] in his hometown. From there, his life took a steady course into [[Christian ministry]] that continued during his formative years in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], Texas, where he graduated from [[Eastern Hills High School]]. In 1970, at the age of twenty, he was [[Ordination|ordained]] pastor of his first church, married and halfway through [[Hardin-Simmons University]] in [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], Texas, where he earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree with honors.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbhla.org/downloads/877.pdf|title=Inventory to the Jack Graham Papers|author=Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives|date=February 2010|publisher=Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives|accessdate=March 7, 2017}}</ref> 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. Fred Swank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texanonline.net/news/ft-worth-church-produced-baptist-leaders|title=Ft. Worth church produced Baptist leaders|author=Bonnie Pritchett|date=October 22, 2010|publisher=Southern Baptist Texan|accessdate=July 5, 2011}}</ref> That year he also completed work for a [[Master of Divinity]] degree with honors from [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in Fort Worth. Four more years went by, and Graham received a [[Doctor of Ministry]] degree in βChurch and Proclamation.β Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page