About D. James Kennedy
Dr. D. James Kennedy
(1930-2007) was the founder and senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian
Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for over forty-eight years. By the time of
his death, the church’s membership had grown to nearly ten thousand
congregants. He was also one of the leading American Christian broadcasters,
with his weekly religious television program The Coral Ridge Hour reaching a peak audience of three million
viewers. He was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters association’s
Hall of Fame in 2003. Dr. Kennedy died of a heart attack in 2007.