He was a church planter and pastor in Texas for ten years. He then served as an assistant to D. James Kennedy at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and taught at Knox Theological Seminary. Following his move to Tennessee in 1991, Grant founded the King's Meadow Study Center and Franklin Classical School in Franklin.[1] In 2006, he helped found New College Franklin, a Christian liberal arts college.[2] Grant has also founded several Christian schools in northern Iraq.[3] He is "a prolific author of Christian books."[4] He is currently involved in church planting in Middle Tennessee and serves as the pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee.
Grant is a prominent figure in the Christian reconstructionist movement in the United States, and has been noted for his extremely conservative views, particularly on the topic of homosexuality.[6][7][8][9][10]
Grant is a former vice president of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church,[13] a Florida megachurch, and has been a lecturer at Knox Theological Seminary.[14][15] Grant became Executive Director of the Coral Ridge ministry on February 1, 1990; the ministry had a $17 million annual budget in 1990.[16]
In 1991 Grant was one of the founders of the U.S. Taxpayers' Party, which sought to outlaw abortion, end government funding for the Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Arts, and replace government funded welfare benefits with private charity.[23]
Beliefs
Grant is a notable Christian reconstructionist;[6][7][8][10]Reason magazine in 1998 quoted him as saying "World conquest. It is dominion we are after...."[7] Grant appeared in the 2017 creationist documentary film Is Genesis History?, in which he advocates for young Earth creationism.
In his 1993 book Legislating Immorality: the Homosexual Movement Comes out of the Closet, Grant wrote positively about past executions of gay people.[9][8] He criticized the abandoning of the death penalty for homosexuality,[10][24] writing that "[s]adly, the 20th century saw this remarkable 2,000-year-old commitment suddenly dissipate."[9]
In 2016, Grant was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against a Tennessee county clerk and the state attorney general arguing that legalization of same-sex marriage infringed on their rights as voters. The suit was dismissed by the county and again by the appellate court, who found the plaintiffs suffered no harm and lacked legal standing.[25]
In his 1987 book The Changing of the Guard: Biblical Principles for Political Action, Grant wrote "Christians have an obligation, a mandate, a holy responsibility to reclaim the land for Jesus Christ, to have dominion in civil structures just as in every other aspect of life and godliness. But it is dominion we are after, not just a voice. It is dominion we are after, not just influence. It is dominion we are after, not just equal time. It is dominion we are after. World conquest, that's what Christ has commissioned us to accomplish. We must win the world with the power of the Gospel, and we must never settle for anything less. Thus Christian politics has as its primary intent the conquest of the land, of men, families, institutions, bureaucracies, courts, and governments for the kingdom of Christ."[26]
^ abcGraden, Dale (2003-12-27). "Opinion: Their View: Coalition says conference undermines diversity". Moscow-Pullman Daily News - Google News Archive Search. Retrieved 2019-07-11. In his 1993 book Legislating Immorality (co-authored by Mark Horne), Grant advocates the death penalty for gays, saying '[t]here is no such option for homosexual offenses' except capital punishment (pp. 186-87).
^ abcNossiter, Adam (1997-04-13). "Throngs Rally To Aid Judge In Displaying Biblical Code". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-07-06. One was George Grant, who approvingly cited biblical and historical examples of the execution of homosexuals in a 1993 book titled 'Legislating Immorality: the Homosexual Movement Comes out of the Closet.' 'Sadly,' it said, 'the 20th century saw this remarkable 2,000-year-old commitment suddenly dissipate.'
^"Scholar talks about 'After Acts'". The Tennessean. 9 April 2004.
^Butte, William (5 June 2006). "DON'T ENSHRINE DISCRIMINATION NONE OF THE MAJOR ARGUMENTS SUPPORTERS CITE HOLDS UP TO LIGHT OF REASON". South Florida Sun - Sentinel.
^Boston, Rob (October 2001). "Operation Potomac". Church & State Magazine. 54 (9): 4.
^Davis, James (29 July 1989). "SEMINARY TO TEACH MEDIA SAVVY". Sun - Sentinel.
^Davis, James (10 March 1990). "CORAL RIDGE TO STUDY MEDIA, POLITICS". Sun - Sentinel.
