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    Rev. Jim Kennedy had great difficulty sleeping the night before his first time preaching at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church (1959). (Source: Mary Lou Davis, The Truth That Transformed Me, p. 126). 
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    According to Jennifer, Dr. Kennedy’s favorite TV show was “Star Trek” (the original one).
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    According to Mary Anne Bunker, Dr. Kennedy’s long-time secretary, he had four favorite hymns. One of them was “The Love of God.”
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    Dr. Kennedy suffered for many years with the problem of asthma.
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    Jennifer Cassidy Kennedy, daughter of D. James and Anne Kennedy, was adopted in 1962.
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    Dr. Kennedy is buried at Lauderdale Memorial Park, 2001 SW 4 th Ave in Ft. Lauderdale. The graveyard first opened in 1947.
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    At seminary, D. James Kennedy almost got his scholarship revoked because of the influence of some liberal professors because he was allegedly too radical in his presentation of the message of salvation.
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    Mrs. Kennedy had been a music major at Birmingham Southern College in Alabama. Like Jim, she also played the clarinet and sax.
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    Mrs. Kennedy’s dad was a vet, and he kept various animals.
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    Initially, at the church Dr. Kennedy pastored, they met at a public school “cafetorium”---part cafeteria, part auditorium.
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    Dr. Kennedy received a scholarship for college to study music because of his performance on the clarinet of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.”
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    During television tapings, Dr. Kennedy often joked that he wanted his tombstone to read, “He died of ‘technical difficulties.’” (But that’s not what it says.)
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    Dr. Kennedy was born in Augusta, Georgia in 1930.
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    According to Mary Anne Bunker, Dr. Kennedy’s long-time secretary, he had four favorite hymns. One of them was “Amazing Grace.”
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    Dr. Kennedy sought to be a missionary to Africa, but the door was closed because of his asthma.
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    Jim Kennedy wanted to serve in the Belgian Congo (later, Zaire) as a missionary. Health issues blocked that. Ultimately, Evangelism Explosion, founded by Dr. Kennedy, came to minister in that African country.
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    A lay-witnessing training program first developed in 1962 by Dr. Kennedy, Evangelism Explosion ("EE") is now used in every nation and territory. EE has been used by God to spark explosive growth in congregations around the world.
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    Just days before graduating seminary, Jim Kennedy heard of the opportunity to work for a pioneer church in Ft. Lauderdale. It was called Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church.
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    As a boy, Dr. Kennedy grew up in Chicago.
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    When he was in high school, his family moved to Tampa, Florida.
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    The bestselling book, Evangelism Explosion, by Dr. Kennedy was first published in 1970. It later was republished in 1977, 1983, and 1996.
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    As a child, Mrs. Kennedy rode horses and collected horseshoes.
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    While he was in college, D. James Kennedy and a friend ran a water-ski school.
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    Even early in his pulpit ministry, Jim Kennedy studied the sermons of Charles Spurgeon, Martin Luther, and John Calvin.
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    Jerry Newcombe once asked Dr. Kennedy, “Are you in pain right now?” The answer was, “Yes.” By the grace of God, Dr. Kennedy was able to accomplish a lot for the Kingdom, despite being in pain (primarily from his back and neck) virtually all the time.
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    The Home Mission Committee of the Everglades Presbytery began the effort to organize a new church in the northern section of Ft. Lauderdale. This is the church Jim Kennedy came to serve as its first senior minister---Coral Ridge.
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    According to Mary Anne Bunker, Dr. Kennedy’s long-time secretary, he had four favorite hymns. One of them was “And Can It Be.”

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