Brother Jed
American evangelist (1943–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Edward "Jed" Smock Jr. (January 4, 1943 – June 6, 2022),[1] better known as Brother Jed, was an American evangelist whose open-air preaching ministry was concentrated on college campuses. He preached at major universities in all 50 US states and other countries.[2] As an itinerant preacher, he usually spent only a few days on each campus, visiting the northern campuses in the fall and spring and the southern campuses in the winter. In 2004, he relocated to Columbia, Missouri, where he often preached at the University of Missouri and other colleges throughout the Midwest. In the summer of 2013, he relocated his ministry and residence to his hometown of Terre Haute, Indiana.
Brother Jed | |
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Born | George Edward Smock Jr. (1943-01-04)January 4, 1943 Brookings, South Dakota, U.S. |
Died | June 6, 2022(2022-06-06) (aged 79) |
Occupation | Campus evangelist |
Years active | 1972–2022 |
Spouse |
Cynthia D. Lasseter (m. 1983) |
Children | 5 |
Religion | Fundamentalist Christianity and Pelagianism |
Writings |
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Website | www |