Donald McCall "Mac" Brunson was born on September 20,1957 and is an American Baptist minister who was the senior pastor of the First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida, a Southern Baptist Convention megachurch.
16 Facts About Mac Brunson
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Mac Brunson helped out in his father's retail furniture store and played football in high school.
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Mac Brunson became convinced of the truth of his religion at the age of 12 while at a summer camp run by the church.
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Mac Brunson decided to become a minister during his freshman year at North Greenville College, where he completed his associate degree.
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Mac Brunson studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned his Master of Divinity degree in 1985 and his Doctor of Ministry degree in 1991.
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In 1999 Mac Brunson was appointed senior pastor of the historic First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas.
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Mac Brunson was president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastor's Conference in 2003.
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Mac Brunson moved to Jacksonville, Florida in February 2006 to replace retiring pastor Jerry Vines as senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville.
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On May 6,2018, Mac Brunson preached his last sermon as senior pastor of First Baptist Church Jacksonville.
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On July 22,2018 Mac Brunson started preaching at another Southern Baptist church, Valleydale Church in Hoover, Alabama.
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In 2006 Mac Brunson joined Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton, Congressman Ander Crenshaw and Senator Bill Nelson in a Memorial Day ceremony.
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The blogger later filed a lawsuit against First Baptist and Mac Brunson, claiming they committed fraud and misrepresented events, and that the pastor made malicious and false statements.
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Mac Brunson made a public apology for his statements, in which he had called the blogger "obsessive compulsive" and a "sociopath".
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Mac Brunson is a supporter of the Institute for Creation Research.
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In May 2010 Mac Brunson called on Southern Baptist pastors to follow the Great Commission in proclaiming the gospel everywhere they go in order to stem the considerable decline in church membership.
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Mac Brunson is the founder of Inlight Ministries, which broadcasts his message around the country.