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{{Infobox person
|name=John Gallemore Alley<br>
(Southern Baptist clergyman from Alexandria, Louisiana)
|birth_date=December 10, 1934
|birth_place=Springhill, Webster Parish<br>[[Louisiana]]
Resident of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana
|death_date=
|death_place=
spouse=Carolyn Byrd Alley<br>
Two daughters:<br>
Lynn A. Wheelis<br>
Lisa A. Smith
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
}}
'''John Gallemore Alley''' (born December 10, 1934)<ref name=mylife/>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/john-alley/johng-alley|title=John Alley|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref> s a retired [[Southern Baptist]] pastor from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], affiliated with the large Calvary Baptist Church.
An only child, Alley was born in Springhlll in northern Webster Parish near the [[Arkansas]] state line,to Arthur Robert Alley (1910-1998) and the former Edna Gallemore (c. 1918-2010). <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=144583662|title=Edna Alley obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 9, 2010|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref> His father, a native of Conroe, [[Texas]], worked for thirty-eight years in the maintenance of International Paper Company in Springhill, a firm since dissolved. He was a deacon at Central Baptist Church in Springhill but later relocated to Alexandria to be near his son and two granddaughters, Lynn A. Wheelis (born April 1, 1960) and Lisa A. Smith. Then he joined Calvary Baptist Church at 5011 Jackson Street in Alexandria, where his son was the pastor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/217736437/|title=Arthur Robert Alley|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 12, 1998|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
Alley graduated from Springhll High School and the Baptist-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] prior to his pastorate at Calvary church.<ref name=facebook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/john.alley.545|title=John Alley|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=July 27, 2018}]</ref> He is married to the former Carolyn Byrd (born November 16, 1934).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/carolyn-alley/e8321324106|title=Carolyn Alley|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
In 1997, Alley participated in a committee of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, based in Alexandria, to select a consensus choice as president of the body. The convention settled on Bob Anderson, the pastor emeritus of Parkview Baptist Church in [[Baton Rouge]], who came to heal political wounds that had divided the Baptists for a number of years into politically [[conservative]] and "moderate" wings. Alley said that he believed the Baptists were "slowly but surely dissipating our strength and not giving our best energies to winning the lost in Louisiana but to politics in the convention." He noted that recent baptism statistics were down in each church involved in the state convention conflict.<ref name=bpnews/>
Alley further explained:
<blockquote>
That is not to say the issues being discussed and debated in the convention were not real or valid. But they were taking the focus off the priority of sharing the gospel and winning Louisiana to Christ.<br>
When we talk about peace, we're not talking about peace for peace sake. It's not just peace so we won't have differences of opinion. It's not just so we'll have peace and we won't argue. It's peace so we can focus on our priority. And there is no one in the state who does not believe that our priority is winning the lost to [[Jesus Christ]]. <br>
But the fact of the matter is -- we were losing that focus. And we were saying something to a lost world that we didn't want to say. The secular press was having a field day with our arguing and our bitterness and our public demonstrations. ... Is every issue settled? No. Are all questions answered? No. But is focus and unity being achieved? Yes.<br>
And I personally believe the [[Holy Spirit]] works in unity and not in confusion and disharmony. I think the [[Bible]] bears that out over and over and over. So I think it is essential -- if we're going to see the power of the Holy Spirit move in Baptist life and among Baptist people -- that we humble ourselves before God and seek that (unity)."<ref name=bpnews>{{cite web|url=www.bpnews.net/4736/louisiana-baptist-groups-announce-consensus-nominee|title=Louisiana Baptist groups announces consensus nominee|publisher=''The Baptist Press''|author=C. Lacy Thompson|August 1997|accessdate=July 26, 2018}]</ref></blockquote>
Though a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]],<ref name=mylife/> Alley posted in 2018 on his [[Facebook]] page a long quotation from the [[Objectivsm|objectivist]] [[Ayn Rand]] in her 1957 [[novel]] ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', which decries how productive citizens must obtain favor from the indolent and dispossessed class to proceed with their enterprises and notes how graft and influence often dominate hard work. In such situations, "You may know that your society is doomed," Rand warned.<ref name=facebook/>
The current Calvary Baptist senior pastor, David Brooks, supervises a staff of twenty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calvarynet.net/connect/our-team1/|title=Our Team|publisher=Calvarynet.net|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alley, John}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
|name=John Gallemore Alley<br>
(Southern Baptist clergyman from Alexandria, Louisiana)
|birth_date=December 10, 1934
|birth_place=Springhill, Webster Parish<br>[[Louisiana]]
Resident of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana
|death_date=
|death_place=
spouse=Carolyn Byrd Alley<br>
Two daughters:<br>
Lynn A. Wheelis<br>
Lisa A. Smith
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
}}
'''John Gallemore Alley''' (born December 10, 1934)<ref name=mylife/>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/john-alley/johng-alley|title=John Alley|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref> s a retired [[Southern Baptist]] pastor from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], affiliated with the large Calvary Baptist Church.
An only child, Alley was born in Springhlll in northern Webster Parish near the [[Arkansas]] state line,to Arthur Robert Alley (1910-1998) and the former Edna Gallemore (c. 1918-2010). <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=144583662|title=Edna Alley obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 9, 2010|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref> His father, a native of Conroe, [[Texas]], worked for thirty-eight years in the maintenance of International Paper Company in Springhill, a firm since dissolved. He was a deacon at Central Baptist Church in Springhill but later relocated to Alexandria to be near his son and two granddaughters, Lynn A. Wheelis (born April 1, 1960) and Lisa A. Smith. Then he joined Calvary Baptist Church at 5011 Jackson Street in Alexandria, where his son was the pastor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/217736437/|title=Arthur Robert Alley|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 12, 1998|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
Alley graduated from Springhll High School and the Baptist-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] prior to his pastorate at Calvary church.<ref name=facebook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/john.alley.545|title=John Alley|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=July 27, 2018}]</ref> He is married to the former Carolyn Byrd (born November 16, 1934).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/carolyn-alley/e8321324106|title=Carolyn Alley|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
In 1997, Alley participated in a committee of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, based in Alexandria, to select a consensus choice as president of the body. The convention settled on Bob Anderson, the pastor emeritus of Parkview Baptist Church in [[Baton Rouge]], who came to heal political wounds that had divided the Baptists for a number of years into politically [[conservative]] and "moderate" wings. Alley said that he believed the Baptists were "slowly but surely dissipating our strength and not giving our best energies to winning the lost in Louisiana but to politics in the convention." He noted that recent baptism statistics were down in each church involved in the state convention conflict.<ref name=bpnews/>
Alley further explained:
<blockquote>
That is not to say the issues being discussed and debated in the convention were not real or valid. But they were taking the focus off the priority of sharing the gospel and winning Louisiana to Christ.<br>
When we talk about peace, we're not talking about peace for peace sake. It's not just peace so we won't have differences of opinion. It's not just so we'll have peace and we won't argue. It's peace so we can focus on our priority. And there is no one in the state who does not believe that our priority is winning the lost to [[Jesus Christ]]. <br>
But the fact of the matter is -- we were losing that focus. And we were saying something to a lost world that we didn't want to say. The secular press was having a field day with our arguing and our bitterness and our public demonstrations. ... Is every issue settled? No. Are all questions answered? No. But is focus and unity being achieved? Yes.<br>
And I personally believe the [[Holy Spirit]] works in unity and not in confusion and disharmony. I think the [[Bible]] bears that out over and over and over. So I think it is essential -- if we're going to see the power of the Holy Spirit move in Baptist life and among Baptist people -- that we humble ourselves before God and seek that (unity)."<ref name=bpnews>{{cite web|url=www.bpnews.net/4736/louisiana-baptist-groups-announce-consensus-nominee|title=Louisiana Baptist groups announces consensus nominee|publisher=''The Baptist Press''|author=C. Lacy Thompson|August 1997|accessdate=July 26, 2018}]</ref></blockquote>
Though a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]],<ref name=mylife/> Alley posted in 2018 on his [[Facebook]] page a long quotation from the [[Objectivsm|objectivist]] [[Ayn Rand]] in her 1957 [[novel]] ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', which decries how productive citizens must obtain favor from the indolent and dispossessed class to proceed with their enterprises and notes how graft and influence often dominate hard work. In such situations, "You may know that your society is doomed," Rand warned.<ref name=facebook/>
The current Calvary Baptist senior pastor, David Brooks, supervises a staff of twenty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calvarynet.net/connect/our-team1/|title=Our Team|publisher=Calvarynet.net|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alley, John}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Democrats]]