Gary Herbert Leazer

Background

Leazer, Gary Herbert was born on December 14, 1944 in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. Son of Herbert Horace and Delphia Mae (Rube) Leazer.

Education

Bachelor, Mississippi College, 1971. Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1981.

Graduate student, University Iowa, 1984.

Career

Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1979. Assistant director for sects & new religious movements Interfaith Witness Department, Home Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention, Atlanta, 1979—1987. Director Interfaith Witness Department, 1987—1993.

President Center for Interfaith Studies, Inc., Stone Mountain, Georgia, since 1993. Teaching fellow Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1976. Adjunct professor Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, 1979.

With United States Navy, 1965-1969.

Achievements

• Gary Herbert Leazer has been listed as a noteworthy religious agency executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

Communion and Water Baptism are symbolic acts of obedience to the teaching of Jesus in the New Testament.

Membership

Served with United States Navy, 1965-1969. Member American Academy Religion, Association Baptist professors Religion.

Connections

Married Ruth Marie Bilbo, August 23, 1969. Children: David Bilbo, Sonya Lorraine.

Father:

Herbert Horace Leazer

Mother:

Delphia Mae (Rube) Leazer

Spouse:

Ruth Marie Bilbo

child:

David Bilbo Leazer

child:

Sonya Lorraine Leazer