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| name=LaVerne L. Butler​

| name=LaVerne L. Butler​

(Baptist pastor and college president)

(Pastor and leader of Southern Baptist Convention "Conservative Rusergence" in the 1980s)

| birth_date=January 28, 1926​

| birth_date=January 28, 1926​

| birth_place=Henderson County]]<br>[[Kentucky]], [[United States|USA]]​

| birth_place=Henderson County]]<br>[[Kentucky]], [[United States|USA]]​

==Background==

==Background==

Born in Henderson County in western Kentucky, Butler was a son of Willis Butler and the former Linda Cosby.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url= http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kentucky/obituary.aspx?n=laverne-butler&pid=147172937&fhid=4756#ixzz18zimxxt9|title=LaVerne Butler|publisher=''Lexington Herald Leader''|date=December 18, 2010|accessdate=December 23, 2010}}</ref> He attended the Baptist-affiliated Georgetown College in Georgetown]], Kentucky, and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]], Kentucky.<ref name=aabc/> He was pastor for more than a half century at churches in Kentucky, [[Indiana]], [[Florida]], and [[Illinois]]. He served full-time at seven congregations and on an interim basis at three others.<ref name=foust/>

Born in Henderson County in western Kentucky, Butler was a son of Willis Butler and the former Linda Cosby.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url= http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kentucky/obituary.aspx?n=laverne-butler&pid=147172937&fhid=4756#ixzz18zimxxt9|title=LaVerne Butler|publisher=''Lexington Herald Leader''|date=December 18, 2010|accessdate=December 23, 2010}}</ref> He attended the Baptist-affiliated Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky, and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]], Kentucky.<ref name=aabc/> He was pastor for more than a half century at churches in Kentucky, [[Indiana]], [[Florida]], and [[Illinois]]. He served full-time at seven congregations and on an interim basis at three others.<ref name=foust/>

==Ministry==

==Ministry==