Robert Grant, Christian leader Biography
Robert Grant (Christian leader)”Robert G. Grant” is an American political activist and the former leader of several Christian right groups in the United States.
He is considered by many the “father” of the Christian Right in the US. He served as the chairman of Christian Voice, “the nation’s oldest conservative Christian lobby”, and the American Freedom Coalition.
Grant is an ordained Baptist minister. He has worked in various ministerial positions” which?”, as the religion editor of the Washington Times, and has led over 125 pilgrimages to Israel. He was the founder of the California Graduate School of Theology.
He is a member of the Religious Roundtable. He was a founding chairman Coalition for Religious Freedom and the American Coalition for Traditional Values, both with Tim Lahaye. He founded the United Community Church of Glendale, California.
10 Quick Facts About Robert Grant
- Name: Robert Grant
- Age: 83
- Birthday: To Be Updated
- Zodiac Sign: To Be Updated
- Height: Around 5 feet 6 inches (1.67 m)
- Nationality: American
- Occupation: Political activist
- Marital Status: Married
- Salary: Under review
- Net worth: $2 Million
Robert Grant, Christian leader Age
Robert G. Grant is an American political activist and the former leader of several Christian right groups in the United States. He was born in 1936. Robert Grant (Christian leader) is 83 years old as of 2019.
Robert Grant, Christian leader Family
Grant earned a B.A. in History from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois; Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California; and Doctor of Philosophy from the California Graduate School of Theology.
He was also awarded a diploma from the St. Paul Bible College in St. Paul, Minnesota. His father, mother, brothers and sisters details are under review and will be updated soon.
Robert Grant, Christian leader Wife
Grant married Margaret Huntington Horton, daughter of American Protestant clergyman and academic leader Douglas Horton, on December 21. 1940. Robert McQueen Grant (November 25. 1917 – June 10. 2014) was an American academic theologian and the Carl Darling Buck Professor Emeritus of Humanities and of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Chicago (in the former Department of New Testament & Early Christian Literature and also in the Divinity School). His scholarly work focused on the New Testament and Early Christianity.
Robert Grant, Christian leader Net Worth
Robert Grant (Christian leader)”Robert G. Grant” is an American political activist and the former leader of several Christian right groups in the United States. He is considered by many the “father” of the Christian Right in the US.
He served as the chairman of Christian Voice, “the nation’s oldest conservative Christian lobby”, and the American Freedom Coalition. As the Chief Financial Officer of Service Stream, the total compensation of Robert Grant at Service Stream is AUD$1,413,520 thousand. His estimated Net Worth as of 2019 is under review and will be updated soon.
Robert Grant, Christian leader Political activism
Grant involved national conservative leaders in his movement, including Gary Jarmin, Howard Phillips, Terry Dolan, and Richard Viguerie. Christian Voice-backed candidates included Ronald Reagan, Steve Symms, Dan Quayle, and John East defeated incumbents in the 1978 and 1980 elections.
After Phillips, Dolan, and Viguerie left several years later, they and Jerry Falwell formed a new Christian right organization, the Moral Majority. Grant’s group campaigned for the election of President Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election.
Similar groups subsequently founded included Concerned Women for America, American Coalition for Traditional Values, and the Christian Coalition. He was the founding president of the American Freedom Coalition with Ralph David Abernathy. He is currently on the board of governors of the Council for National Policy.
Robert Grant, Christian leader Media work
Grant appeared on 60 Minutes, Nightline, CBS, NBC News, the Morton Downey, Jr. Show, Good Morning America, CBS Nightwatch and various local and national radio and television talk shows. He has been quoted in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Post, Christianity Today, and other publications.
Grant has also worked as a radio talk show host, as the co-host of the television talk show Let Freedom Ring, and on the publisher’s council of Conservative Digest Magazine, and is the publisher of the American Freedom Journal.
Robert Grant, Christian leader Baptist Foundation
SCBC’s Robert Grant joining the staff of Baptist Foundation of South Carolina
Robert Grant, a veteran South Carolina Baptist Convention staff member, will become resource development director with the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina on July 7.
The transition ends Grant’s 31-year career with the state convention staff, during which time he has served the convention’s churches through Sunday school and church business administration. The Baptist Foundation is a ministry partner with the state convention.
Barry Edwards, president of the foundation, said Grant “will be a tremendous asset to our work, bringing 31 years of experience among South Carolina Baptists.”
In his new position, Grant will coordinate development efforts leading to planned gifts, endowments and institutional money-management funds to be administered by the foundation. He will continue his longtime relationship with South Carolina Baptist churches, associations, ministry partners and individuals, according to a press release from the foundation.
Grant, 62, has lived half his life serving South Carolina Baptists. From 1983 to 2002, he served in the Sunday School Department and as its director from 1992-2002 during the Empowering Kingdom Growth emphasis. He often spoke at churches and was a frequent contributor to Southern Baptist Convention publications aimed at helping church leaders. In 2000, LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention presented Grant with the Washburn, Piland, Taylor Directors Award for outstanding Sunday school leadership.
From 2002-2010, Grant moved into church business administration and served as the convention staff’s first director of the Church Administration Office. Professional certifications and continuing education prepared him to assist churches with contracts, church administration, church architecture, and conflict resolution through church mediation.
Since 2010, Grant has served as director of the GuideStone and Church Administration Office on the convention staff. He has served churches as the GuideStone Financial Resources representative and continued his church administration service to churches.
Grant, a native of Greenville, made his profession of faith in 1960 and was baptized at Greenville’s Sans Souci Baptist Church. One year later, at McCall Royal Ambassador Camp, he accepted a call to ministry. He was licensed to the ministry in 1969 and ordained in 1976, both by Sans Souci Baptist Church.
Grant graduated from Gardner-Webb University in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in religious education. He received a master of religious education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1976. That degree was updated to a master of arts in religious education in 1983.
Grant and his wife, the former Robin Batson, a retired kindergarten teacher, have one adult daughter, Morgan. Grant is also an accomplished musician who plays tenor and bass trombone. The Grants are members of Lexington Baptist Church, where Grant is ordained as a deacon and is a member of the church orchestra.
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