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'''Dennis Randall Duron''', known as '''Denny Duron''' (born August 24, 1952),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/dennis-duron/dennis-duron|title=Dennis Duron|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}</ref> is a non-denominational [[Christian]] [[clergy]]man, former coach, entrepreneur, inventor, educator, author, and musical composer. He is the pastor of Shreveport Community Church in his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], and the Northpoint Community Church across the Red River in neighboring [[Bossier City]].   

'''Dennis Randall Duron''', known as '''Denny Duron''' (born August 24, 1952),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/dennis-duron/dennis-duron|title=Dennis Duron|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}</ref> is a non-denominational [[Christian]] [[clergy]]man, former coach, entrepreneur, inventor, educator, author, and musical composer. He is the pastor of Shreveport Community Church in his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], and the Northpoint Community Church across the Red River in neighboring [[Bossier City]].   

Duron's father, Rodney Duron (1924-2013), a native of Hackberry in Cameron Parish in far southwestern Louisiana, moved to Shreveport in 1958 with his wife, the former Frances Merle Elledge (born January 24, 1935), to pastor the First Assembly of God Church in the Cedar Grove neighborhood. Because of growth, the church relocated three times and is now known as the Shreveport Community Church.<ref name=rduron>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duron&GSfn=Rodney&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2013&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=109797741&df=all&|title=Rodney Duron|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=June 6, 2018}}</ref> In 1998, the senior Durons passed the mantle of Shreveport Community Church to Dennis Duron and his wife, the former Sue DeAnza Brock. The younger Durons have have ministered for the past two decades at Shreveport Community Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccpeople.com/|title=Shreveport Community Church|publisher=Ccpeople.com|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}</ref>The Duron have seven children, Destiny, DawnCheré, Denny Rodney, Dez, David Dee, Dakota, and Lucas London.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.daystar.com/guest-guide/rev-denny-deanza-duron/|title=Rev. Denny and DeAnza Duron - Daystar Television Guest Guide|publisher=Daystar.com|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name=rduron/>

Duron's father, Rodney Duron (1924-2013), a native of Hackberry in Cameron Parish in far southwestern Louisiana, moved to Shreveport in 1958 with his wife, the former Frances Merle Elledge (born January 24, 1935), to pastor the First Assembly of God Church in the Cedar Grove neighborhood. Because of growth, the church relocated three times and is now known as the Shreveport Community Church.<ref name=rduron>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duron&GSfn=Rodney&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2013&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=109797741&df=all&|title=Rodney Duron|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=June 6, 2018}}</ref> In 1998, the senior Durons passed the mantle of Shreveport Community Church to Dennis Duron and his wife, the former Sue DeAnza Brock. The younger Durons have have ministered for the past two decades at Shreveport Community Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccpeople.com/|title=Shreveport Community Church|publisher=Ccpeople.com|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}</ref>The Durons have seven children, Destiny, DawnCheré, Denny Rodney, Dez, David Dee, Dakota, and Lucas London.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.daystar.com/guest-guide/rev-denny-deanza-duron/|title=Rev. Denny and DeAnza Duron - Daystar Television Guest Guide|publisher=Daystar.com|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name=rduron/>

Duron played [[baseball]] in 1968 on the inaugural team for the Captain Shreve High School Gators, then under Coach Billy Ray Wiggins (1930-2015),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=174507016|title=Billy Wiggins obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 29, 2015|accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> who specialized in [[basketball]], not baseball, as a Hall of Fame coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/04/05/denny-duron-revisits-50-years-capt-shreve-baseball/488270002/|title=Denny Duron revisits 50 years of Captain Shreve Baseball|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 5, 2018|author=Jimmy Watson|accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> In the 1972 and 1973 [[football]] seasons, Duron played [[quarterback]] for [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. Two years after a better-known quarterback, Terry Bradshaw, also of Shreveport, Duron  led the Bulldogs to two national championships and a 24-1 record. Twice, he was the all Southland Conference first team quarterback. In 1973, he was chosen "Most Valuable Offensive Player" by the Southland Conference. He received "honorable mention" for "All American" in his senior season.. He was drafted in the second round by the former Birmingham Americans in Birmingham, [[Alabama]], of the then newly formed World Football League. After two years at Birmingham, he signed with the [[Washington Redskins]] in 1976. In the Redskins training camp, he first heard the call of [[God]] to take his life in a spiritual direction.<ref name=bio/>

Duron played [[baseball]] in 1968 on the inaugural team for the Captain Shreve High School Gators, then under Coach Billy Ray Wiggins (1930-2015),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=174507016|title=Billy Wiggins obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 29, 2015|accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> who specialized in [[basketball]], not baseball, as a Hall of Fame coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/04/05/denny-duron-revisits-50-years-capt-shreve-baseball/488270002/|title=Denny Duron revisits 50 years of Captain Shreve Baseball|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 5, 2018|author=Jimmy Watson|accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> In the 1972 and 1973 [[football]] seasons, Duron played [[quarterback]] for [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. Two years after a better-known quarterback, Terry Bradshaw, also of Shreveport, Duron  led the Bulldogs to two national championships and a 24-1 record. Twice, he was the all Southland Conference first team quarterback. In 1973, he was chosen "Most Valuable Offensive Player" by the Southland Conference. He received "honorable mention" for "All American" in his senior season.. He was drafted in the second round by the former Birmingham Americans in Birmingham, [[Alabama]], of the then newly formed World Football League. After two years at Birmingham, he signed with the [[Washington Redskins]] in 1976. In the Redskins training camp, he first heard the call of [[God]] to take his life in a spiritual direction.<ref name=bio/>