{"id":86,"date":"2022-11-05T12:44:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T12:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeburkinafaso.org\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2024-03-16T02:12:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T02:12:03","slug":"fondateur","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eeburkinafaso.org\/en\/a-propos\/fondateur","title":{"rendered":"<p>Fondateur<\/p>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"86\" class=\"elementor elementor-86\" data-elementor-settings='{\"premium_particles_zindex\":0,\"premium_particles_responsive\":[\"desktop\",\"tablet\",\"mobile\"]}' data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29188ff elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"29188ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"premium_particles_zindex\":0,\"premium_particles_responsive\":[\"desktop\",\"tablet\",\"mobile\"],\"ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot\":\"yes\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7697c8\" data-id=\"b7697c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings='{\"premium_particles_zindex\":0,\"premium_particles_responsive\":[\"desktop\",\"tablet\",\"mobile\"]}'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a694f9 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a694f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"fadeInUp\",\"_animation_delay\":600,\"ekit_we_effect_on\":\"none\"}' data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Founder<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3be75da elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-breadcrumb\" data-id=\"3be75da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"ekit_we_effect_on\":\"none\"}' data-widget_type=\"elementskit-breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\"><ol class=\"ekit-breadcrumb\"><li class=\"ekit_breadcrumbs_start\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eeburkinafaso.org\/en\">Home<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eea7c8b envato-kit-141-top-0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eea7c8b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"premium_particles_zindex\":0,\"premium_particles_responsive\":[\"desktop\",\"tablet\",\"mobile\"],\"ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot\":\"yes\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd71f78\" data-id=\"cd71f78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings='{\"premium_particles_zindex\":0,\"premium_particles_responsive\":[\"desktop\",\"tablet\",\"mobile\"]}'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46aa4f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46aa4f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"ekit_we_effect_on\":\"none\"}' data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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James Kennedy<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f02b1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25f02b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"fadeIn\",\"_animation_delay\":150,\"ekit_we_effect_on\":\"none\"}' data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Founder of Evangelism Explosion<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e90eb7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e90eb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"fadeIn\",\"_animation_delay\":150,\"ekit_we_effect_on\":\"none\"}' data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Born:<\/b> November 3, 1930, in Augusta, Georgia, United States<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af1df8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5af1df8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"fadeIn\",\"_animation_delay\":150,\"ekit_we_effect_on\":\"none\"}' data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Died:<\/b> September 5, 2007, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba0c3bb\" data-id=\"ba0c3bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings='{\"premium_particles_zindex\":0,\"premium_particles_responsive\":[\"desktop\",\"tablet\",\"mobile\"]}'>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1add2ab elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1add2ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"fadeIn\",\"_animation_delay\":250,\"ekit_we_effect_on\":\"none\"}' data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Note from our founder<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38fb749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38fb749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"ekit_we_effect_on\":\"none\"}' data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>At one time, I was asked to explain what I did to get <a href=\"https:\/\/eeburkinafaso.org\/en\/\">EE<\/a> (Evangelism Explosion) started and to succeed so well. ?First, let me remind you,? I said, ?that Thomas Edison, while inventing the incandescent light bulb, tried close to a thousand different things that failed before he discovered the things that, at last, produced the first light bulb.<\/p><p>?I must confess to you,? I continued, ?that as a young pastor with a passion to evangelize Fort Lauderdale, I tried at least 100 different things that didn?t work before EE finally jelled into the ministry it is today. It is a ministry that last year alone trained tens of thousands of pastors and lay people worldwide and saw almost 2,000,000 professions of faith in Christ in 212 nations.?<\/p><p>In the forty-some years I have served God in Fort Lauderdale, I have launched and led nine ministries-<a href=\"https:\/\/crpc.org\/\">Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church<\/a>, Evangelism Explosion International, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wa.edu\/about-westminster-academy\/\">Westminster Academy<\/a>, the local WAFG Christian Radio Station, Truths that Transform Radio Hour, the international televised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.djameskennedy.org\/coral-ridge-hour\">Coral Ridge Hour<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knoxseminary.edu\/\">Knox Theological Seminary<\/a>, Reclaiming America, and the Center for Christian Statesmanship in Washington DC.<\/p><p>But when all is said and done and my life is finished I believe that the most significant thing God will have done through me will be Evangelism Explosion!<\/p><p>One day, I will have passed off the scene. 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