George Grant (author)

For other people named George Grant, see George Grant (disambiguation).

George E. Grant (born 1954 in Houston, Texas) is an American evangelical writer, and a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) pastor.

He was a church planter and pastor in Texas for ten years. He then served as an assistant to D. James Kennedy at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and taught at Knox Theological Seminary. Following his move to Tennessee in 1991, Grant founded the King's Meadow Study Center and Franklin Classical School in Franklin.[1] In 2006, he helped found New College Franklin, a Christian liberal arts college.[2] Grant has also founded several Christian schools in northern Iraq.[3] He is "a prolific author of Christian books."[4] He is currently involved in church planting in Middle Tennessee and serves as the pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee.

Grant is an anti-abortion advocate.[5]

Grant is a prominent figure in the Christian reconstructionist movement in the United States, and has been noted for his extremely conservative views, particularly on the topic of homosexuality.[6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ King’s Meadow Study Center web site
  2. ^ "History". New College Franklin. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  3. ^ "Founder's Spotlight: The Classical Difference". The Classical Difference. 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  4. ^ Serrano, Richard (26 January 2008). "Huckabee book deal after school tragedy still rankles". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ Newcombe, Jerry (2019-07-25). "The searing of the conscience over the issue of abortion". The Christian Post. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  6. ^ Potok, Mark (2004-04-20). "Doug Wilson's Religious Empire Expanding in the Northwest". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  7. ^ Olson, Walter (1998). "Reasonable Doubts: Invitation to a Stoning". Reason. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  8. ^ Graden, Dale (2003-12-27). "Opinion: Their View: Coalition says conference undermines diversity". Moscow-Pullman Daily News - Google News Archive Search. Retrieved 2019-07-11. In his 1993 book Legislating Immorality (co-authored by Mark Horne), Grant advocates the death penalty for gays, saying '[t]here is no such option for homosexual offenses' except capital punishment (pp. 186-87).
  9. ^ Nossiter, Adam (1997-04-13). "Throngs Rally To Aid Judge In Displaying Biblical Code". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-07-06. One was George Grant, who approvingly cited biblical and historical examples of the execution of homosexuals in a 1993 book titled 'Legislating Immorality: the Homosexual Movement Comes out of the Closet.' 'Sadly,' it said, 'the 20th century saw this remarkable 2,000-year-old commitment suddenly dissipate.'
  10. ^ "A Dozen Major Groups Help Drive the Religious Right's Anti-Gay Crusade". Southern Poverty Law Center. 2005-04-28. Retrieved 2019-07-06.