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Was listening to the shortwave to hear the rest of the world and their view on the news, when I came across this churches' program. The sermon was not bad, but I only heard one program. What do y'all know about this church?
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Prominent Baptist Fundamentalist John Roach Straton was pastor in the early 1900s.
Presently pastored by the brother of Kathie Lee Gifford.
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Straton started the church’s signature radio ministry THE CALVARY HOUR—which has survived in one form or another through the years—the oldest continually running religious broadcast in the country. He brought the great voices of American Fundamentalism to his pulpit including Billy Sunday, William Jennings Bryan, W.B. Riley, T.T. Shields, and J. Frank Norris (Straton,for a short time, pastored Norris’ home church in Hubbard City/Hill County, Texas).
Straton’s crusading activities led some members of the Rockefeller family, who had long attended Calvary, to leave (presumably with their money). They joined other relatives migrating to the new Riverside Church, led by Dr. Fosdick.
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I believe also that the late, great Dr. Stephen Olford pastored Calvary----but I'm not sure of the yrs