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Line 1: − == Early Life == − In 1961 a mail carrier and pastor of a very small church attended a Sword of the Lord Conference, got on fire, gave up his route and set out to build a great soul-winning work for God. Forrest Hills Baptist Church of Decatur, Georgia, grew from 40 people into a membership of 7,900. In 1972 the church was recognized as the fastest-growing Sunday school in America; and the last four years of his pastorate there, the Sunday school was recognized as the largest one in Georgia. − − After being a pastor for 21 years, Dr. Hutson--the great soul winner that he was--became so burdened for the whole nation that he entered full-time evangelism, holding great citywide-areawide-cooperative revivals in some of America's greatest churches. As many as 625 precious souls trusted Christ in a single service. In one eight-day meeting, 1,502 salvation decisions were recorded. − − == [[The Sword of the Lord]] == − At the request of Dr. [[John R. Rice]], Dr. Hutson became Associate Editor of The Sword of the Lord in 1978, serving in that capacity until the death of Dr. Rice in 1980. − − As an editor, Dr. Hutson kept ''The Sword'' unapologetically on an uncompromising path, and he spoke out clearly and unmistakably on the issues that affect fundamentalists, warning against the message of liberals and modernists. − − As a fundamentalist he held to the great cardinal doctrines of the Faith: the verbal inspiration of the Bible in its original autographs; the virgin birth and deity of Christ; His vicarious death for sin; His physical resurrection; salvation by grace through faith; and the visible second coming of Christ. He was a believer in ecclesiastical and personal separation. − − He died at his home in Murfreesboro on a Sunday night at 11:15 p.m. The news of his death brought a sense of great loss to fundamental circles around the country. His funeral was conducted on March 7th at Franklin Road Baptist Church in Murfreesboro. Speakers included Clyde Box, Tom Malone, Shelton Smith, John Powell, Clarence Sexton, R.B. Ouellette, Jack Hyles and John Reynolds. The three Hutson daughters sang "I'm Sailing Away" for their father. He was buried the following day in Atlanta with a great crowd of people at the graveside service.
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'''Curtis Hutson''' (July 10, 1934 - March 5, 1995) was an Independent [[Baptist]] pastor, dynamic evangelist, editor of [[The Sword of the Lord]] (1980-1995), succeeding its founder, [[John R. Rice]], in 1980.
'''Curtis Hutson''' (July 10, 1934 - March 5, 1995) was an Independent [[Baptist]] pastor, dynamic evangelist, editor of [[The Sword of the Lord]] (1980-1995), succeeding its founder, [[John R. Rice]], in 1980.
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