James Thomas Lofton

Background

Lofton, James Thomas was born on December 21, 1938 in Natchez, Mississippi. Son of Thomas Hilton and Anne Taylor (Burns) Lofton.

Education

Student, Southwest Assemblies of God College, Waxahachie, Texas, 1958.

Career

Senior pastor Assemblies of God Church, Jal, New Mexico, 1960-1965, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1965-1970, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1970-1975, Phoenix, 1975-1980, Music City Assembly of God Church, Nashville, since 1980. Member foreign missions board Assemblies of God, Springfield, Missouri, 1975-1978, general presbyter, 1978-1980, 89—. Executive presbyter Arizona Assemblies of God, Phoenix, 1978-1980.

Executive presbyter Tennessee District, Assemblies of God, Nashville, since 1988, board directors, since 1988. Board directors American Indian Bible Institute, 1975-1980, Western Bible Institute, 1975-1980, Bethany Bible College, 1978. President Flagstaff Ministerial Alliance, 1973-1975.

Achievements

• Ordained to ministry Assemblies of God, 1962.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributing author: Higher Goals, 1978, Holy Spirit Digest, 1983.

Membership

Chaplain, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 1965-1970, Tennessee Senate, Nashville, since 1989.

Connections

Married Janis Pauline Roberts, August 3, 1959. Children: James Thomas II, Gregory Kyle, Hilton Mark.

Father:

Thomas Hilton Lofton

Mother:

Anne Taylor (Burns) Lofton

Spouse:

Janis Pauline Roberts

child:

James Thomas II Lofton

child:

Gregory Kyle Lofton

child:

Hilton Mark Lofton