Richard Shepherd
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Richard Shepherd
Director, Prayer/Spiritual Awakening Department
Evangelism Division
Serving the Convention since 2000
Primary Responsibility:
To equip and encourage churches and associations in personal, family and corporate prayer through conferences, revivals and workshops as well as through equipping resources in prayer and spiritual awakening.
Birth:
Mobile, Alabama, April 14, 1952
Marital Status:
Married July 16, 1977
Spouse:
Linda Gail Fisher
Children:
Joshua, Lydia, Talitha, Sarah Beth
Education:
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, Ph. D., 1982
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, M. Div., 1977
Mobile College, Mobile, Alabama, B.A., 1974
Previous Experience:
Associate Pastor/Teacher, Woodland Park Baptist Church,
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1983-2000
Associate Pastor/Prayer Ministries, Southcliff Baptist Church,
Fort Worth, Texas, 1977-1983
Denominational Activities:
Advisor, (Chairman, 1996-1999) Board of Directors, Chosen Children Ministries, Nicaragua, 1996 to present
Member, Board of Directors, Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf, Knockpatrick, Jamaica, 1992 to present
Adjunct Instructor, Bryan College, Dayton, Tennessee, 1989-1997
Publications:
Co-author of the Following God Series
Author of Praying God’s Way, Following Christ and the Ten Commandments
Church Membership:
Westside Baptist Church, Jacksonville, FL
