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Born | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | December 27, 1961
Education | Baylor University (BA) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv) Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (DMin) |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Rachelle Burleson |
Children | 4 |
Relatives | Rufus Columbus Burleson (ancestor) |
Website | Official website Campaign website |
Wade Burleson is an American politician, author, and retired pastor for Emmanuel Enid church in Enid, Oklahoma, United States. Burleson was twice elected President of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, serving between 2002 and 2004. He later served as a trustee for the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board from 2005 to 2008. Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating appointed Burleson to the northwest Oklahoma Higher Education Program Board in 1996.
He is a speaker on the Civil War in Oklahoma,[1][failed verification] the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, conspiracies associated with assassin John Wilkes Booth,[2] and the history of the National Football League with its roots in Indian Territory.[3]