Wade Burleson is an American politician, author, and retired pastor for Emmanuel Baptist Church in Enid, Oklahoma, United States.
18 Facts About Wade Burleson
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Wade Burleson later served as a trustee for the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board from 2005 to 2008.
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Wade Burleson is a speaker on the Civil War in Oklahoma, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, conspiracies associated with assassin John Wilkes Booth, and the history of the National Football League with its roots in Indian Territory.
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In 1992, Wade Burleson moved from Texas to Enid, Oklahoma to pastor for Emmanuel Baptist Church.
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Wade Burleson was appointed to serve on Oklahoma's Higher Education Program Board in 1996 by Governor Frank Keating.
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Wade Burleson was elected to the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board in 2005.
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Wade Burleson has publicly advocated for the removal of elected officials, advocating for their removal in court filings.
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The effort Wade Burleson advocated was later found to be "fatally-flawed" by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
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On February 1,2022, Wade Burleson announced his candidacy as a Republican to represent Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district in the US House of Representatives, challenging incumbent Frank Lucas; he lost in the primary to Lucas.
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Wade Burleson has publicly supported Judd Blevins, a known white nationalist affiliated with Identity Evropa who marched at the 2017 Unite the Right rally, for election to Enid City Commission.
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Wade Burleson brought conservative speakers to his church such as Charlie Kirk and Dinesh D'Souza, and wrote articles that promote anti-trans, Christian supremacist, Western supremacist, and anti-Palestinian viewpoints.
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In May 2015, policies implemented by International Mission Board and spoken against by Wade Burleson, leading to his censure by the IMB, were reversed.
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Wade Burleson received the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters for his radio and television ministry.
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Wade Burleson spoke on the subject of respecting women during the 2009 regional New Baptist Covenant meeting in Norman, Oklahoma.
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Wade Burleson was awarded the International Priscilla and Aquila Award for his advocacy of gender equality.
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Wade Burleson has been married to Rachelle Burleson, DNP, chief nursing officer at St Mary's Regional Medical Center, for over 30 years.
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In 2011, Wade Burleson was briefly jailed in Mexico after causing a traffic collision that injured two.
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Wade Burleson retired from Lead Pastor at Emmanuel Enid in 2022.