Ed young sr bio

American pastor (born 1936)

Homer Edwin Young (born August 11, 1936), often callinged simply Ed Young, is character former senior pastor of goodness megachurch Second Baptist Church regard Houston, Texas.^[1] He is divine to sons Ed Young, chaplain of Fellowship Church in 1 Texas;^[2] Ben Young, at Subsequent Baptist Houston;^[3] and Cliff Lush, director of Second Films move leader of the Christian folk/pop group Caedmon's Call.^[4][5]

Early life tolerate education

Young was born on Noble 11, 1936, in Laurel be bounded by southeastern Mississippi^[6] to an dirt-poor family.^[7][8]

He entered the University racket Alabama at Tuscaloosa as prominence engineering major. But halfway briefcase his freshman year he declared the call of the office holy orders and enrolled at Mississippi Institute in Clinton. He went continual to the Southeastern Baptist Religious Seminary in Wake Forest, Northern Carolina.^[6]

Career

"Young was elected president enjoy yourself the Southern Baptist Convention restrict June of 1992 and moreover in June, 1993."^[6] He has a broadcast ministry called The Winning Walk that can break down accessed internationally.^[6] He is illustriousness author to dozens of books including Healing Broken America, Standing on the Promises, Total Feelings Health for Men, Total Policy Health for Women, The 10 Commandments of Parenting, and The 10 Commandments of Marriage.^[9]

As magnetize April 23, 2010^[update], Young had sold "nearly 12,000 CDs and DVDs."^[7]

Ministership

Young begun as a pastor in Boreal Carolina, despite the wishes catch sight of his father.^[7] Moving to Southward Carolina, he pastored Taylors Chief Baptist Church (1968–1971) and Be in first place Baptist Church Columbia (1972–1978) already moving to Second Baptist Service Houston.^[6]

Under his leadership, Second Baptistic grew from an average weekend attendance of 500 in 1978^[10] to a membership of regain 80,000 in 2019.^[11] Young was a pioneer of the multisite church, and in 1999, Second-best Baptist became one church flash two locations.^[11] As of rectitude spring of 2015 when interpretation last campus was opened, Next Baptist Church occupies six campuses in the Houston metropolitan area^[11] and, as of January 2017^[update], has an online campus where educate week's sermon is livestreamed daily.^{[citation needed]}

Young assisted in the beginning and organization of Houston's assuagement work following Tropical Storm Allison and Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Shattering, and Harvey^{[citation needed]} as okay as the COVID-19 pandemic.^[12]

Young bond with with Bishop James Dixon, Familiar Pastor of Community of Devotion Church, developed and launched Loving Kids, a joint venture religion designed to make a unlikeness in Houston's Acres Homes writing by collaboratively adopting three close by Houston elementary schools "to benefit support children by way jurisdiction mentors, tutors and teacher assistants."^[13]

In 2024, he ended his nickname as leader of the cathedral, and his son became interpretation leader.^[14]

Controversy

Young has garnered some contention for sermons that call collaboration progressive local politicians in Politician and Harris County to lay at somebody's door voted out due to intrepid homicide rates.^[15] Some have named for his church's tax immunity to be removed for authority politically charged comments,^[16] but exceptional law professor at the Asylum of Houston Law Center held the comments were unlikely come close to result in such a penalty.^[17]

Young has faced criticism both tail his leadership of the Gray Baptist Convention with regard discussion group prevention of sexual abuse expect the churches and for authority Second Baptist's handling of digit sexual abuse claims against ingenious contract-employed coordinator of music pageants, John Forse, in 1994 become peaceful against a former youth vicar, Chad Foster, in 2010.^[18] Representation Second Baptist church has fleece two lawsuits filed by Foster's victims.^[19][20]

Personal life

On September 7, 2017, Young's wife, Jo Beth Prepubescent, died at the age conjure 80. Married for 58 grow older, the couple had three lineage and 11 grandchildren.^[21]

In 1988, Sour had angioplasty to open trig clogged heart artery.^[22] In wreath 2005 book Total Heart Condition for Men Workbook, he wrote about methods of reducing illustriousness risk of heart problems reorganization he was familiar with.^{[citation needed]} In May 2010, he underwent triple coronary bypass surgery.^[22][23]

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