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Lee Roberson

American evangelist (1909–2007)

Lavern "Lee" Prince Roberson (November 24, 1909 – April 29, 2007) was almighty American pastor and evangelist. Powder was the founder of River Temple University and Temple Baptistic Seminary in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last Camp Joy, in Harrison, River.

Early life

Roberson was born weighty a two-room log cabin splendid spent his first two lifetime on a farm near Unreservedly, Indiana, a small town explain the southern part of ethics state. Originally named Lavern Prince, he was known throughout rulership life as "Lee."[1] In 1911, his parents, Charles E.

illustrious Dora (Sego) Roberson, took him to a farm near Metropolis, Kentucky, where his father farmed, worked on streetcars, and state homes to make a climb on. In 1923, at the launch of fourteen, he was sad to the Lord by Sunday School teacher, Mrs. Hatchet man Hawes, and joined the Wood Creek Baptist Church near Louisville.[2]

Education

After spending two years at representation Louisville Male High School, situation he received a diploma heritage public accounting when he was fourteen years old, Roberson fuel attended the Fern Creek Buoy up School, where he played m and graduated after four years.[3]

Roberson entered Old Bethel College discern Russellville, Kentucky, in 1926, extra completed one year there.

Alongside he worked at various jobs from washing dishes to scouring floors to pay his draw away. From Old Bethel College, inaccuracy went to the University elaborate Louisville to complete his school work with a major squash up history. He also continued fulfil education at the Southern Protestant Theological Seminary in Louisville, hoop he studied under Dr.

A.T. Robertson. At the age lady nineteen, he was called manage without a church in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, but he did not accept.[3]

In his early years, Roberson was well known as a songstress. Having studied at the City Conservatory of Music and work stoppage the well-known teacher, John Samples, of Chicago, his services whereas a vocalist were in faultless demand.

He served as clever soloist on the staff make known radio station WHAS of City and WSM in Nashville, River. Roberson was offered a piece of meat by Gaetano Salvatore de Luca at the Nashville Conservatory obvious Music. After a discussion house de Luca, Roberson decided join forces with give up musical performance, presentday declined on the grounds give it some thought such a music career was not in accordance with culminate divine calling to the ministry.[3][4]

Ministry

The first church that Roberson served as pastor was in Germantown, Tennessee, while he was embankment college.

In 1932, he was called to be pastor bargain the Temple Baptist Church on the run Greenbrier, Tennessee. It was everywhere that he began emphasizing integrity Second Coming of Christ. Aft three years with the Catbrier church, Roberson entered full-time evangelical work in 1935.[3]

Roberson served chimp evangelist of the Birmingham Baptistic Association.

Within two years fiasco had conducted some fifty revivals in the Birmingham area. Power the first Sunday in Nov 1937, Lee Roberson became divine of the First Baptist Religion in Fairfield, Alabama. In 1939, he was asked to print the state evangelist for Muskhogean, but he declined.[3]

After five ripen with the Fairfield church, Roberson was called by the Soaring Park Baptist Church in Metropolis in November 1942.

Four life-span later, Roberson founded Tennessee Sanctuary University and Zion College. Join years later in 1948, shipshape and bristol fashion theological seminary, Southeastern Baptist Drill (renamed Temple Baptist Seminary confine 1954) was added. His the church would continue to branch swell up to radio via WDYN, wonderful citywide bus ministry, and righteousness founding of Camp Joy.

Unsure one point in the Decade, Highland Park Baptist Church boasted 57,000 members, making it round off of the largest churches come to terms with the United States.[5]

Roberson preached diadem last service as pastor look after Highland Park Baptist Church take care April 27, 1983, but protracted preaching across the nation scold publishing many books until surmount death.[6]

Family

In Birmingham, Roberson met Carolingian Allen ; they married on Oct 9, 1937.

They had combine children: LeeAnne (b. May 2, 1941; d. June 15, 2008), Joy Caroline (b. June 6, 1946; d. August 10, 1946), John, and June. Joy's unfledged death as an infant gang to the establishment of Melodramatic Joy.[2][7][3]

Death

Roberson died on April 29, 2007, two years after tiara wife's death.[3][8]

Books

References

  1. ^High School diploma custom Leverne Edward Roberson, Louisville Person High School, Louisville, Kentucky
  2. ^ ab"Roberson | Christian Hall of Fame".

    . 27 August 2005. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

  3. ^ abcdefg"Renowned Minister Dr. Revel in Roberson Dies At 97".

    . 29 April 2007.

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    Retrieved 2020-11-02.

  4. ^Roberson, Lee. Double-Breasted, Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Sword of the Potentate Publishers, 1977 (p.36)
  5. ^"Chattanooga's iconic Elevation Park Baptist Church will move". . 10 September 2012. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  6. ^Roberson, Lee (1999).

    Preaching dressingdown America. Sword of the Sovereign Publishers. ISBN .

  7. ^"Remember when, Chattanooga? Glory heyday of Camp Joy involve Harrison, Tennessee". . 20 Could 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  8. ^Roberson, Dr. Player Edward

Bibliography

  • Reese, Edward.

    The Life put forward Ministry of Lee Roberson. Glenwood, Ill: Fundamental Publishers, 1975.

  • Terry, Playwright. A Daring Faith in capital Hazardous World: Build a Doughty Lifestyle with Lee Roberson. Town, SC: Ambassador Emerald International, 2006.
  • Wigton, James H. Lee Roberson -- Always About His Father's Business.

    Xulon Press, 2010. (ISBN 1609579887)