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From 1949 to 1950, Grey was the president of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, the headquarters of which are based in Alexandria in central Louisiana. Grey was also a board member of Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville, which in 1952 awarded him an honorary doctorate.<ref name=sbhla/> In 1952 and 1953, he was elected the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, based in [[Nashville]], Tennessee. At forty-four, he was the youngest person ever elected to the SBC presidency. From 1950 to 1970, he was a member of the Baptist World Alliance. In 1954, he was the chairman of [[Billy Graham]]'s four week Evangelistic Crusade at Pelican Stadium. In 1957, he was the president of the Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches.<ref name=bio/>  

From 1949 to 1950, Grey was the president of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, the headquarters of which are based in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in central Louisiana. Grey was also a board member of Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], which in 1952 awarded him an honorary doctorate.<ref name=sbhla/> In 1952 and 1953, he was elected the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, based in [[Nashville]], Tennessee. At forty-four, he was the youngest person ever elected to the SBC presidency. From 1950 to 1970, he was a member of the Baptist World Alliance. In 1954, he was the chairman of [[Billy Graham]]'s four week Evangelistic Crusade at Pelican Stadium. In 1957, he was the president of the Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches.<ref name=bio/>  

   

   

   

   

Grey's papers are housed at the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee.<ref name=sbhla>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbhla.org/downloads/608.pdf|title=J. D. Grey Papers|publisher=sbhla.org|accessdate=July 5, 2012}}</ref>

Grey's papers are housed at the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee.<ref name=sbhla>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbhla.org/downloads/608.pdf|title=J. D. Grey Papers|publisher=sbhla.org|accessdate=July 5, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

G. Earl Guinn, the president of Louisiana College in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] from 1951 to 1975 and like Grey a native Kentuckian, said of his friend:  "I feel toward J. D. Grey about like [[Winston Churchill]] felt toward his friend, the first F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead. ... I would rather have J. D. Grey at my side, cataracts, arthritis, and all, than 99 percent of the people in all of the world."<ref>Cole and Lee, ''St. J. D.'', p. 41</ref>

G. Earl Guinn, the president of Louisiana College from 1951 to 1975 and like Grey a native Kentuckian, said of his friend:  "I feel toward J. D. Grey about like [[Winston Churchill]] felt toward his friend, the first F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead. ... I would rather have J. D. Grey at my side, cataracts, arthritis, and all, than 99 percent of the people in all of the world."<ref>Cole and Lee, ''St. J. D.'', p. 41</ref>

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