George Dollar

Background

Dollar was born in 1917 in a small town outside Saint John, New Brunswick as the first and only son for a young fisherman who died at sea the same day Dollar was born.

Education

Dollar was a graduate of Gordon College and Gordon Divinity School. He received the Master of Theology degree in church history from Emory University and received a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Boston University. he served as professor at Columbia Bible College, Chairman of the Department of Church History at Dallas Theological Seminary and Bob Jones University and vice-President of Piedmont Bible College. he was also Dean at Central Baptist Seminary of Minneapolis as well as being a pastor, conference speaker, and author

Career

As brother to 14 younger half-siblings (although two died during childhood), Dollar would often listen to American radio thanks to a neighbor who would open the window so the children could listen. He was ordained to the gospel ministry in 1942 by the Second Baptist Church of Newton, Massachusetts, and also pastored Bethany Baptist Church of Madison, Georgia and State Street Baptist Church in Cayce, South Carolina. In 1956, Dollar co-founded the, as well as the author of the doctrinal statement adopted by the fellowship.

In his final years, he taught and preached at the Lighthouse Ministries in Lakeland, Florida.

The final edition of his book, A History of Fundamentalism in America contains a large portion of the original 1973 scholarly work that the author wrote, the first historical reference book on the movement, and nine chapters of observations concerning the three decades since that publication. The volume represents the final research and writing of a life devoted to Fundamentalism.

Achievements

• He is most famous as of co-founder of the, author of 3 books including A History of Fundamentalism in America and a militant defender of his faith.