Brian Connor (pastor)
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Brian N. Connor (May 23, 1946 – November 8, 2014) was an American pastor and exorcist who also taught people about spiritual warfare.
Background
Connor was born May 23, 1946, in Charleston, South Carolina, to his parents George Connor and Mary Connor.
Connor graduated from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and held a doctor of ministry degree.
Ministry
In 1985 the ministry of
In 1998, after twenty-seven years as a pastor at Southern Baptist churches in Maryland and South Carolina he left his ministry to become a full-time exorcist and run his deliverance ministry. Connor believed that
Connor stated that even people who go to church regularly or minister can still be oppressed. "By belonging to
On November 13, 2001, he appeared on
Death
Connor died on Saturday, November 8, 2014.[3] Aside from his mother, Mary Connor, He is survived by his wife June Christopher Connor of Folly Beach; 2 daughters, Amy Connor Bradley and husband Dr. Raymond J. Bradley of New Bern, NC, Carey Connor McNamara and husband Dr. Robert McNamara of Mt. Pleasant; the girls' mother, Faye Vickery Connor of Mt Pleasant, a step-son, Jonathan "Jay" Argoe Jr. of Folly Beach; brother James "Jim" Connor and wife Janet of Floyd, VA; grandchildren, Caroline, Samuel, and Benjamin Bradley, and Connor McNamara.
Further reading
- The Post & Courier, "Skeptic ponders spiritual things in Heaven and Earth," by Michael Gartland, August 28, 2005
- Dateline NBC, April 27, 2005
- FHM Magazine, August 2003
- "Deliver Us From Evil," The Learning Channel, February 11, 2003
- Esquire Presents, 'What It Feels Like'. New York, Three Rivers Press, 2003
- Esquire Magazine, August 2002
- Dateline NBC, November 13, 2001
- The Observer, "Americans plagued by new demons," October 8, 2000
- "Exorcising the Devil", October 25, 1999
- Baptist Press, 27-year veteran leaving pastorate to launch 'ministry of deliverance', October 14, 1998
References
- '^ "Baptist Press, 27-year veteran leaving pastorate to launch 'ministry of deliverance, Todd Deaton, October 14, 1998". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2008.
- ^ a b c Baptist Press, 27-year veteran leaving pastorate to launch 'ministry of deliverance', Todd Deaton, October 14, 1998
- ^ "Reverend Brian Connor Obituary - Charleston, South Carolina". Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2015-01-04.