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Wallie Amos Criswell Jr. (December 19, – January 10, ), was an American Baptist pastor, author, and a two-term elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention from to As senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas for five decades, he became widely known for expository biblical preaching at a popular level, and is regarded as a key figure in the late s "Conservative Resurgence" within the Southern Baptist Convention.
Early life
"Little Criswell" was born in Eldorado in Jackson County in southwestern Oklahoma to Wallie Amos (Sr.) and Anna Currie Criswell, the daughter of a notable Confederate Army surgeon Dr.
D.B. Currie. It was not uncommon at the time for boys to be named with initials, and he was simply called "W.
Wa criswell biography of abraham
A.". In later years when a full name was required for his p*port Criswell supplied his father's first and middle names. Criswell grew up in Texline in Dallam County, the most northwesterly communi