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'''John Aaron Denson''', known as '''Aaron Denson''' (born October 18, 1972),<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/john-denson/adenson5275u|title=John Denson|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 28, 2018}}</ref> has been since 2015 the [[pastor]] of the large Arden Road Baptist Church, an [[Independent Baptist]] congregation in [[Amarillo]] in the [[Texas]] Panhandle.  

'''John Aaron Denson''', known as '''Aaron Denson''' (born October 18, 1972),<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/john-denson/adenson5275u|title=John Denson|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 28, 2018}}</ref> has been since 2015 the [[pastor]] of the large Arden Road Baptist Church, an [[Independent Baptist]] congregation in [[Amarillo]] in the [[Texas]] Panhandle.  

Denson was reared in a [[Christian]] home and accepted [[Jesus Christ]] at the age of fifteen in San Angelo, Texas, where he graduated from high school. He then attended Baptist Bible College in Springfield, [[Missouri]]. After graduation in 1995,<ref name=bio/> he interned at the Eastland Baptist Church, an Independent congregation, in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], under Dave Hardy, who retired as the Eastland pastor after thirty years of service.<ref name=gibf/> In 1997, he was called as the youth pastor at the Arden Road Baptist Church, a position that he held under the since retired pastor, [[Dale Bigham]]. Arden Road ordained Denson and sent him to pastor the Highland Baptist Church in Hobbs, [[New Mexico]], where he remained until 2008, when he succeeded the late [[Kevin O'Brien]] as pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in [[Lubbock]], Texas, established in 1973 by founding pastor [[Ross Spencer]]. When Bigham retired from the Arden Road pastorate after thirty-four years, Denson was called as the successor pastor.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.ardenroadbaptist.com/aaron-denson-pastor|title=Aaron Denson: Senior Pastor|publisher=Ardenroadbaptist.com|accessdate=March 28, 2018}}</ref> His assistant pastor is Cody Allen; music minister, Stephen Jones.

Denson was reared in a [[Christian]] home and accepted [[Jesus Christ]] at the age of fifteen in San Angelo, Texas, where he graduated from high school. He then attended Baptist Bible College in Springfield, [[Missouri]]. After graduation in 1995,<ref name=bio/> he interned at the Eastland Baptist Church, an Independent congregation, in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], under Dave Hardy, who retired as the Eastland pastor after thirty years of service.<ref name=gibf/> In 1997, he was called as the youth pastor at the Arden Road Baptist Church, a position that he held under the since retired pastor, [[Dale Bigham]]. Arden Road ordained Denson and sent him to pastor the Highland Baptist Church in Hobbs, [[New Mexico]], where he remained until 2008, when he succeeded the late [[Kevin O'Brien]] as pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in [[Lubbock]], Texas, established in 1973 by founding pastor [[Ross Spencer]]. When Bigham retired from the Arden Road pastorate after thirty-four years, Denson was called as the successor pastor.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.ardenroadbaptist.com/aaron-denson-pastor|title=Aaron Denson: Senior Pastor|publisher=Ardenroadbaptist.com|accessdate=March 28, 2018}}</ref> His assistant pastor is Cody Allen; music minister, Stephen Jones. Denson was succeeded at Bethany by current pastor [[Dan Preston]].

Denson and his wife, Jerrie Elizabeth Denson, have seven children.<ref name=bio/> They reside in Canyon in Randall County south of Amarillo.<ref name=mylife/>

Denson and his wife, Jerrie Elizabeth Denson, have seven children.<ref name=bio/> They reside in Canyon in Randall County south of Amarillo.<ref name=mylife/>