Douglas Evans Coe was an American evangelist who served as the associate director of the Fellowship Foundation, a religious and political organization known for hosting the annual National Prayer Breakfast.
22 Facts About Douglas Coe
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In 2005, Douglas Coe was named one of the 25 most-influential evangelicals in the United States by Time.
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Douglas Coe was an ordained ruling elder and lay minister in the Presbyterian Church.
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Douglas Coe was born on October 20,1928, in Medford, Oregon.
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Douglas Coe earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Willamette University in Salem in 1953.
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Douglas Coe became involved with Young Life, a campus youth ministry, in Salem, Oregon, and started a chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship with Roy Cook while enrolled at Willamette University.
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Douglas Coe and Cook became involved in laymen's groups of various kinds and helped establish a "Navigator house" in Salem.
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In 1958, Douglas Coe was employed by Vereide at the International Christian Leadership on Dupont Circle in Washington, DC, and served as aide de camp to Vereide.
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Douglas Coe worked alongside Vereide, Wallace Haines, Clifton Robinson and Richard C Halverson, the clergy executives of the global ministry.
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Douglas Coe was trained by Jim Rayburn and Lorne Sanny in the methods of Bible memorization, study and teaching.
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Vereide had Douglas Coe mentored by young Billy Graham, a youth minister and former president of Northwestern College, and a frequent house guest of Vereide's.
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Douglas Coe was a member of the planning committee for the National Student Leadership Forum on Faith and Values.
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The extent of Douglas Coe's influence in American politics is a subject of debate.
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In 2000, Douglas Coe met with top economic officials of Pakistan as a "special envoy" of US Representative Joe Pitts.
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Douglas Coe was a member of the large United States Congressional and ministerial delegation which accompanied then First Lady Hillary Clinton to the 1997 funeral of the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa.
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In March 2009, Douglas Coe was a featured speaker at the Idaho State Prayer Breakfast.
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Doug Douglas Coe told of how people of all cultures and religious backgrounds can be joined by Jesus' teachings.
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Douglas Coe said small group fellowships have taken place all over the world with communists, atheists, Hindus and Muslims agreeing on the teachings of Jesus.
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When he was not traveling, Douglas Coe resided in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife, Janice, in a house located on the grounds of the former Doubleday Mansion, renamed the Cedars.
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Reluctant to speak in public, Douglas Coe routinely denied requests for interviews and speeches to large audiences.
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Douglas Coe died at age 88 in Annapolis, Maryland, on February 21,2017, from complications of a heart attack.
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In 1978, Douglas Coe was portrayed by Ned Wilson in the film, Born Again, concerning his work in converting Charles Colson to Christianity and supporting him through his incarceration following Watergate.