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Dean Odle | |
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Alma mater | Honorary Ph.D., Pilgrims University, 2002, Troy University; Jefferson Davis High School, 1986 |
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Evangelist Pastor |
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Dean Odle is an American author and preacher who has ministered in churches in Africa, Washington D.C., and Alabama. [1] In 2022 Odle became a political figure when he ran for Governor of Alabama in the gubernatorial Republican primary against incumbent Kay Ivey. [2]
Dean Odle grew up in Opelika, Alabama until the 11th grade when he moved to Montgomery. In 1987 Odle began his ministry after having a dramatic encounter with Jesus Christ. [3] Odle has been a youth pastor, missionary, church planter and pastor. He also taught Bible and civil government classes to students through a homeschool co-op. [4]
In 2009 Odle started Fire and Grace Church in Opelika, where he is currently the pastor and runs a ministry school. [5]
In 2018 Dean Odle founded Fire & Grace School of Ministry. [6]