| 词条 | Dudley Rutherford |
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| name = Dudley Rutherford | image = | caption = | birth name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | residence = | nationality = American | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Pastor | denomination = | spouse = | children = | networth = | website = http://dudleyrutherford.blogspot.com | signature = }}Dudley Rutherford is the senior pastor of Shepherd Church in Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California. This is a nondenominational Christian "megachurch" with 8,000 attendees at its services each week.[1] BackgroundRutherford's grandfather, father, uncles and brothers are all preachers, as well as his in-laws. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Church Growth from the Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Missouri. He went on to the Pacific Christian College (now called Hope International University) in Fullerton, California where he earned his Master's degree. He is an active convention speaker, and was Vice President of the North American Christian Convention. He has spoken for several professional sports teams, and was a featured chapel speaker for the World Series.[2] He is married with three children and lives in Porter Ranch.[3] Rutherford became pastor of Hillcrest Christian Church in Granada Hills in 1987. The church's congregation grew from 350 to 1,000 people by 1995, when the church was united with Baptist Shepherd of the Hills to become the present Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch. Since then the church has expanded to more than 10,000 members worshiping at 21 different venues each weekend. There are two daughter churches and four satellite campuses.[3] CongregationShepherd of the Hills is a nondenominational megachurch (one with at least 2,000 congregants) in the "Southern California Bible Belt".[1] In 2008, Outreach Magazine ranked Rutherford's Shepherd of the Hills Church 92nd in size in America, with attendance of 7,400.[4] Some criticize churches like this, calling them "church lite", but others say they help people who find the experience more accessible than traditional churches.[5] In October 2006 the church opened its first hybrid, Westside Shepherd of the Hills Church, based at the Wadsworth Theatre on the grounds of the Veterans Administration in Brentwood, California. Rutherford travelled to the new location almost every Sunday to deliver the message. The church was planning to launch hybrids in Lancaster, California and Compton, California in 2008.[6] In August 2009 Rutherford, who had spent the previous fall preaching about Bible prophecy, said attendance had grown from an average of 8,030 in the previous year to 9,673 in 2009, a 17% increase. Rutherford attributed the increase to a feeling of despair brought about by the economic downturn, and a need to focus on spiritual needs rather than pursuit of the dollar.[7] Rutherford was a prominent proponent for California Proposition 8 and has claimed, for instance, that legalizing gay marriage would ultimately lead to "it being illegal to read some sections of the Bible" and that "the polygamists would be next."[8] Bibliography
|title=Proverbs in a Haystack: Finding That Hidden Truth in God's Word |author=Dudley Rutherford |publisher=Joy Comes in the Morning Productions |year=2005 |ISBN=0-9764289-0-3}}
|title=Romancing Royalty |author=Dudley Rutherford |publisher=Shepherd of the Hills |year=2005}}
|title=Keeping a Smile on Your Faith – A Study Through the Book of James |author=Dudley Rutherford |publisher=Joy Comes in the Morning Productions |year=2006 |ISBN=978-0-9764289-3-0}}
|title=Unleashed: The Church Turning the World Upside Down |author=Dudley Rutherford |publisher=Standard Publishing |year=2011 |ISBN=978-0-7847-3179-6}}
|title=God Has an App for That: Discover God's Solution for the Major Issues of Life |author=Dudley Rutherford |publisher=Regal |year=2012 |ISBN=978-0-8307-6088-6}}
External links
|url=http://dudleyrutherford.blogspot.com/ |title=Dudley's Blog Spot |publisher=Dudley Rutherford |accessdate=2010-08-02}}
|url=http://www.theshepherd.org/ |title=Shepherd of the Hills |publisher=Shepherd of the Hills Church |accessdate=2010-08-02}} References1. ^1 {{Cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/11/local/me-megachurches11 |title=California Christians worship in a big way |date=October 11, 2009 |author=Duke Helfand |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=2010-08-02}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rutherford, Dudley}}2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://collegepress.com/nps/NPS2007.pdf |title=National Preaching Summit, March 12–13, 2007 |publisher=College Press and HeartSpring Publishers |accessdate=2010-08-02}} 3. ^1 {{Cite web |url=http://www.pastordudley.com/about-pastor-dudley.shtml |title=ABOUT PASTOR DUDLEY |work=pastordudley.com |accessdate=2010-08-02}} 4. ^{{Cite web |url = http://www.sermoncentral.com/articleb.asp?article=top-100-largest-churches4 |title = The Outreach 100 |work = Outreach Magazine |accessdate = 2010-08-02 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208192014/http://www.sermoncentral.com/articleb.asp?article=Top-100-Largest-Churches4 |archivedate = February 8, 2012 |df = mdy}} 5. ^{{Cite web |url=http://trib.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/article_315f8aa2-38f8-58f8-a54e-280140aec7d6.html |title=Megachurches: Worshipping in a Big Way |author=Duke Helfand |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 25, 2009 |accessdate=2010-08-02}} 6. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SHEPHERD+OF+THE+HILLS+FINDS+WAY+TO+SPREAD+ITS+MESSAGE-a0173988630 |title=SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS FINDS WAY TO SPREAD ITS MESSAGE |author=Holly J. Andres |publisher=Daily News |date=January 26, 2008 |accessdate=2010-08-02}} 7. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.com/religion/ci_11863271 |title=In time of economic hardship, houses of worship experience `spiritual tidal wave' |author=Troy Anderson |date=2009-03-08 |work=Los Angeles Daily News |accessdate=2010-08-02}} 8. ^[https://www.pfaw.org/issues/equality-for-all/the-armageddon-of-the-culture-war The Armageddon of the Culture War] 5 : Living people|American religious leaders|Ozark Christian College alumni|People from Granada Hills, Los Angeles|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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