David O. Dykes
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L-R: House Chaplain David Coughlin presents pastor David Dykes a certificate in honor of his September 10, 2008, Invocation of the US House, while Representative Louie Gohmert and then Speaker Nancy Pelosi stand by.
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| Born | January 16, 1953 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Samford University |
| Occupation | Clergyman |
| Spouse(s) | Cynthia "Cindy" Dykes |
| Children | Two daughters |
| Website | www |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
| Ordained | Southern Baptist Theological Seminary |
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Congregations served
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Green Acres Baptist Church of Tyler, Texas |
| Title | Senior Pastor |
David O. Dykes (born January 16, 1953) is the Senior Pastor at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas and the author of several Christian books. Under his leadership Green Acres became "one of the leading churches in America," according to president of the SBC Executive Committee Morris Chapman.
He has opened the Texas Legislature with prayer and opened the US House with prayer in 2008. He is the pastor of U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert and Texas State Representative Matt Schaefer.
Dykes was honored by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee with its highest honor, the M.E. Dodd Award, for a lifetime of work.
Dr. Dykes was reared in South Alabama, and he and began preaching at 17. He received a B.A. from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama in 1975. Rev. Dykes received his Master of Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He also earned his Doctor of Ministry degree with emphasis on evangelism and church growth from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He received post-doctoral training at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England.
Dykes has been preaching since 1970. He pastored churches in Alabama before coming to Green Acres Baptist Church in 1991. Green Acres has roughly 14,000 members. Roughly 6,000 people worship there each Sunday, and about 8,000 people worship there on major Christian holidays. Since he took over as pastor, 2,000 people were baptized at the church.
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