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We Bow Down Session 3 - Dee Duke's Prayer Testimony, continued
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 Pastor Duke has been the pastor at Jefferson Baptist Church in Jefferson, Oregon, for 32 years.  He grew up in Oregon and Washington and graduated from Western Baptist College in Salem, Oregon, and has since earned a Master’s Degree and is continuing work on his doctorate. 

 

When he first came to the church there were about 25 members and the congregation was meeting in the local City Hall.  The church was able to move to the Elementary School and then purchase its own land on which to build.  All of the present buildings were built on a cash basis and with volunteer labor from the congregation.  A new Sanctuary with a seating capacity of 800 was completed in October, 1999.  Construction is continuing on a new Christian Education Building as well as additional parking areas.

 

Jefferson is a small, rural community of about 2200 people.  The church has grown to an average attendance of 1300 people in three weekend Services. In the last seven years Jefferson Baptist has had the joy of starting three daughter churches:  AGAPE Family Fellowship in Albany, Turning Point Com. Church in Turner, and Doxology in Corvallis.

 

Pastor Duke attributes the growth of the church to the emphasis on prayer.  In 1989 he attended his first Pastors’ Prayer Summit and has since modeled and preached the importance of individual and corporate prayer. He has had the opportunity to speak all over the United States as well as to travel overseas and speak and participate in several Prayer Walking Journeys.  He has written articles for Moody Monthly, Leadership Journal and Pray!  Magazine, and has written a book, entitled Prayer Quest.

 

Dee and his wife Patty have been married for 38 years and have eight children: four who are married, three in college, and one preparing to be a missionary.  They have five grandchildren. They live in a 100-year old house near Jefferson, Oregon, and Dee enjoys fishing and hunting, running marathons, as well as restoring old cars.