George Washington Truett
| George Washington Truett | |
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| Born |
May 6, 1867 Hayesville, North Carolina, US |
| Died | July 7, 1944 (aged 77) Dallas, Texas |
| Cause of death | Paget's disease, Cardiorespiratory complications |
| Education |
Grayson College, Baylor University |
| Occupation | Pastor |
| Years active | 1890–1944 |
| Spouse(s) | Josephine "Jo" Jenkins Truett (married 1894–1944, his death) |
| Parent(s) | Charles L. and Mary R. Kimsey Truett |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Church | First Baptist Church of Dallas (1897–1944) |
| Ordained | Whiteright Baptist Church (1890) |
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Offices held
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President, Southern Baptist Convention (1927–1929) |
George Washington Truett, also known as George W. Truett (May 6, 1867 – July 7, 1944), was an American clergyman who was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, from 1897 until 1944, and the president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1927 to 1929. He was one of the "most famous Southern Baptist" preachers and writers of his era.
Truett was born on a farm in Hayesville in Clay County in far western North Carolina as the seventh child of Charles L. Truett and the former Mary R. Kimsey. He entered school at Hayesville Academy in 1875 and graduated in 1885. He taught in a Towns County, Georgia schoolhouse and, in 1887, founded the Hiawassee Academy in that same county, with the intention of making enough money to pay for law school. In 1889, however, he left his position with the Academy to move with his parents to Whitewright, Texas, where he joined the Whitewright Baptist Church, and attended Grayson College. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry at the Whitewright church in 1890. He preached his first sermon at the First Baptist Church in nearby Sherman, Texas.
In 1891, Truett was hired by the president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, to serve as its financial secretary. Enterprising and energetic, Truett raised $92,000 in less than two years and completely wiped out the school's indebtedness. After his stint as the school's financial secretary, Truett enrolled as a freshman at Baylor in 1893. From 1893 to 1897 he studied at Baylor and served as a student-pastor of the East Waco Baptist Church to pay for his tuition. He graduated in June 1897 with an A.B. degree. Truett would later serve as a Baylor trustee from 1934 to 1939.
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