50-730: Hargis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Billy James Hargis (1925–2004), American evangelist Denver David Hargis (1921–1989), American politician Frankie Hargis (1965–2021), Cherokee politician Gary Hargis (born 1956), American baseball player John Hargis (swimmer) (born 1975), American swimmer John Hargis (basketball) (1920–1986), American basketball player V. Burns Hargis , American academic administrator Places [ edit ] Hargis, Kentucky , unincorporated community, United States Hargis, Louisiana , unincorporated community, United States [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
100-707: A Christian America . In addition, his organization published a pamphlet on sex education, entitled " Is the School House the Proper Place to Teach Raw Sex? ", by Gordon V. Drake, the Christian Crusade's educational director. In 1964, Hargis supported Republican Senator Barry Goldwater in that year's presidential race . However, Goldwater lost the election in a landslide and the Old Christian Right soon began an irreversible downward spiral. A movement known as
150-415: A Tulsa reporter, "I was guilty of sin, but not the sin I was accused of." About 1976, he eventually retreated to his Missouri farm, where he continued to work, resuming a greatly diminished ministry, issuing daily and weekly radio broadcasts. He continued to publish the monthly newspaper, The Christian Crusade Newspaper, and wrote numerous books. In his final years, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and
200-545: A close relationship with the resigned United States Army Major General Edwin Walker , but he increasingly went his own way in preaching anti-Communism. His targets included government and popular singers. In 1957, the Disciples of Christ denomination withdrew his ordination because he attacked other churches in his anti-Communist crusade. Still, by then, Hargis' radio program was bringing in $ 1 million annually, and he had established
250-707: A congregation in Tulsa, Oklahoma called the Church of the Christian Crusade. This was part of a complex of organizations that he founded in Tulsa, including the American Christian College in 1971 and the Christian Crusade monthly newspaper. Hargis married Betty Jane Secrest of Sciotoville, Ohio in 1951. They had three daughters and a son, Billy James Hargis II, who died on September 9, 2013, and Bryan Joseph Hargis who died in infancy. His grandson, Billy James Hargis III,
300-704: A day from a wide field of ideological supporters. At the time, Hargis had reported that the average contribution to his movement was $ 4, from a constituency of 250,000 donors, and it was receiving $ 1 million annually. In association with his Christian Crusade Hargis published the monthly Christian Crusade Newspaper , with a circulation of 55,000, and Weekly Crusade. He founded the David Livingstone Missionary Foundation, which operated hospitals, orphanages , leprosy villages, medical vans, and mission services in South Korea , Hong Kong , India ,
350-479: A degree of financial and theological independence. In 1960, the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated Hargis, suspecting him of being linked to recent bombing attacks on Little Rock public schools and of planning to bomb Philander Smith College . No evidence was found and no charges were filed. On May 31, 1961, Bob Jones University honored Hargis with an honorary Doctor of Laws . 1966 Hargis founded
400-449: A radio station, monthly newspaper, and a college in Tulsa, Oklahoma to support his ministries. In 1974, several students at his American Christian College accused Hargis of sexual misconduct ; however, the Tulsa district attorney found no evidence of wrongdoing. Hargis went into partial retirement, and the college closed in 1977. He continued to publish his newspaper and write books. Hargis
450-453: A series of heart attacks, Hargis died in a Tulsa nursing home on November 27, 2004, at seventy-nine. His son, Billy James Hargis II, continued his ministry until his own death. Hargis' organization and college also established and operated Tulsa radio station KBJH (FM 98.5) in the early 1970s. After the college's closing and the demise of his ministry, the station was sold to Epperson Broadcasting. Hargis and his church owned and operated
500-605: A small AM radio station in Port Neches , Texas, from 1980 to the early 1990s. KDLF radio (so named after the David Livingston Foundation) played Southern Gospel Music and religious programming until it was sold around 1993. In the latter days of Hargis' ownership, the radio station had a local marketing agreement to others but was required to play Hargis' hour-long program daily. Hargis' papers, described as "a goldmine for students of American politics," are held at
550-582: A southern and eastern bypass of Tulsa. In January 2018, the Sapulpa City Council voted to approve the annexation of approximately 300 acres of land in West Tulsa. The land is bordered to the north by 51st Street, to the south by Southwest Blvd, and to the west by 65th West Avenue. Originally, this annexation included the future site of the interchange of the Gilcrease Expressway and I-44. However,
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#1733086304248600-662: Is Pretty Water Lake, spring-fed and 25-acres large, open for fishing and stocked with trout and channel catfish/panfish. Sahoma Lake covers 277 acres, and fishing opportunities there include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, crappie, perch, blue gill, and redear perch. In August 2021 a new $ 600,000 playground was opened at Liberty Park called the "Everyday Heroes" inclusive playground. The playground has specific areas designed for 2 to 5 year olds, 5 to 12 year olds, and adults. The Sapulpa Daily Herald garnered national media attention in November 2008 for not reporting
650-443: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Billy James Hargis Billy James Hargis (August 3, 1925 – November 27, 2004) was an American Christian evangelist . At the height of his popularity in the 1950s and 1960s, his Christian Crusade ministry was broadcast on over 500 radio stations and 250 television stations. He promoted an anti-Communist , segregationist message as well as evangelizing, and founded
700-463: Is the former home of Frankoma Pottery , which is now located south of Glenpool. The founding of Premium Glass Company in 1912 marked Sapulpa's entry to glass manufacturing. Premium Glass was acquired by Liberty Glass Company in 1918. The plant, after many changes to the facilities and in ownership, as of 2019 makes beer bottles under the Ardagh Group . Other glass factories in the city included
750-494: The Tulsa World and the defunct Tulsa Tribune , declined to publish the accusations. When Hargis stepped down as president of American Christian College, he was succeeded by former vice president David Noebel. In February 1975, Hargis tried to regain control of the college but was rejected by its board. By September, he returned to his other ministries. They were said to welcome him after he repented. As Jess Pedigo, president of
800-566: The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad (which became the Frisco ) built a spur to this area in 1886, it was known as Sapulpa Station. The Sapulpa post office was chartered July 1, 1889 and the town was incorporated March 31, 1898. After Oklahoma became a state, each county held an election to determine the location of the county seat . Sapulpa competed with Bristow to be the county seat of Creek County. After five years of contested elections and court suits,
850-565: The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History , Sapulpa was known as "The Crystal City of the Southwest". In 1886 the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad , which already had a line stretching from Missouri to Tulsa and Red Fork , extended its tracks into Sapulpa. In 1898, the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad built 103.2 miles of track from Sapulpa to Oklahoma City. Both of these lines subsequently came under
900-514: The Philippines , and Africa. Hargis founded American Christian College in Tulsa during 1971 to teach Christian principles and provide an alternative to perceived left-wing and counterculture influences. When asked what was taught there, Hargis said, "anti-communism, anti-socialism, anti-welfare state, anti-Russia, anti-China, a literal interpretation of the Bible, and states' rights." Concerned with
950-704: The Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway . Sapulpa is on old U.S. Route 66 , now SH-66 and Historic Route 66 (a/k/a the West Ozark Trail) through town. Route 66 sites include the Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum, which opened in August 2016 in an armory built in 1948, and the Tee Pee Drive-In which opened the next year. It features the world's tallest replica antique visible gas pump, at 66 feet, or 74 feet including
1000-731: The fairness doctrine . In 1950, Hargis founded the Christian Crusade, an interdenominational movement. In 1964, the Internal Revenue Service alleged that Hargis' involvement in political matters violated the terms of the Internal Revenue Code for religious institutions and withdrew the tax-exempt status of the Christian Crusade. Richard Viguerie , a pioneer in using direct mail in the 1970s and 1980s to support conservative movements and their causes, began his career working for Hargis. Viguerie developed direct mail databases to solicit small donations in an average of 2000 mailings
1050-409: The surname Hargis . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hargis&oldid=1244712364 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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#17330863042481100-555: The Bartlett-Collins Glass Company, originally opened in 1914, which was closed by subsequent owner Anchor Hocking in 2008. The Schram Glass Company, which opened a jar and jar cap plant in 1914, was closed by the Ball Brothers in 1931. The Sunflower Glass Plant, which produced window glass, began operations in 1913 and, after being leased to Victory Window Glass Co. in 1924, ceased operations in 1932. According to
1150-897: The Central Business District as the center of the Community. In 2013, the Sapulpa Creek Community Center graduated a class of 14 from its Muscogee Creek language class. The following are NRHP-listed sites in Sapulpa: The Sapulpa Parks and Recreation System includes twenty-one parks and recreation facilities, including 501 land acres. Sixteen sites are considered developed and open to the public, while five are not yet developed. Kelly Lane Park Trail, Liberty Park Trail, Davis Park Trail, Hollier Park Trail, and Pretty Water Lake Trail offer one-quarter-mile to one-mile walking experiences. Among other facilities
1200-490: The David Livingstone Society, said, "There was a danger of bankruptcy." Hargis did not give the deed to the property to the college for months after leaving, which prevented it from gaining regional accreditation. In addition, he withheld the fundraising lists, which all the organizations had previously shared. With declining enrollment after the scandal became public, the college closed in 1977. In 1985 Hargis told
1250-667: The Eighth Commandment by allowing the government to steal from one's property. He also accused Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. of being Communist-educated, and published Dr. James D. Bales ' anti-King book, The Martin Luther King Story . He opposed the crusades of rival evangelist Billy Graham and endorsed George Wallace in the 1968 presidential election in part because of Republican nominee Richard Nixon 's relationship with Graham. Along with his friend Carl McIntire , who
1300-593: The First Christian Church in Sapulpa , a city west of Tulsa. He later received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Pikes Peak Bible Seminary in 1957 and a theology degree from Burton College and Seminary in Colorado in 1958. In 1950, he established an organization called the Christian Crusade. In the mid-1950s, Hargis was closely associated with the evangelist Carl McIntire and in the early 1960s Hargis had developed
1350-553: The Nation magazine by journalist Fred J. Cook in a recorded broadcast heard on WGCB in Red Lion, Pennsylvania . When the radio station refused a right of reply , Cook successfully sued the station who then unsuccessfully countersued the FCC for First Amendment violations. This ultimately lead to a landmark 1969 United States Supreme Court decision Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC upholding
1400-682: The New Christian Right, which sought to capitalize on the mistakes of the Old Christian Right by embracing Roman Catholicism, was formed in the late 1970s following the loss of the Vietnam War. Many had feared the defeat in Vietnam would revive the Counterculture of the 1960s . On November 25, 1964, Hargis attacked a book and an article called “Hate Clubs of the Air" he believed to be written about him in
1450-587: The Sooner Sub, ended up being owned by the State of Oklahoma. In 1998, the Sooner Sub was leased to Stillwater Central Railroad , and in 2014 was sold to them. The sale contract required initiating a six-month trial of daily passenger service before August 2019—known as the Eastern Flyer —with a financial penalty of $ 2.8 million for failure to meet the deadline. On August 5, 2019, with no passenger service in place,
1500-579: The Stillwater Central defaulted on the contract and paid the penalty. Sapulpa in its early days was on the route of the Sapulpa & Interurban Railway ("S&I") streetcar/interurban line connecting to Tulsa in one direction, and Kiefer , Glenpool , and Mounds in the other. S&I subsequently underwent a series of mergers and name changes, with only the Tulsa-to-Sapulpa portion continuing as
1550-495: The United States should return to what he believed were its founding Christian ideals. Hargis preached on cultural issues: against sex education and Communism, and for the return of prayer and Bible reading to public schools , long before the rise of the late 20th century Religious Right . His belief in conspiracy theories led to a belief that the government, the media, and pop culture figures were promoting "communism" in
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1600-458: The abortion issue. He also started a television show Billy James Hargis and his All-American Kids. It was sold to independent television stations. Students from the college performed in the musical group. In 1974, when Hargis was nearly fifty, he was forced to resign as president of American Christian College because of allegations that he had seduced college students. Two of his students claimed that they had had sexual relations with Hargis—one
1650-421: The age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.00. In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.1% under
1700-459: The age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 40,372 and the median income for a family was $ 52,639. Males had a median income of $ 30,524 versus $ 21,609 for females. The per capita income for
1750-532: The buyer of the product. One such product was "Sin Soap" which would purify any part of a person's body which had committed an act of sin. "Reverend Billy Sol Hargis" was an intentional satire of Christian ministers who were more interested in financial gain than the spiritual needs of their followers. Sapulpa, Oklahoma Sapulpa is a city in Creek and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma . The population
1800-591: The circular sign on top. Still standing is the Rock Creek Bridge, a/k/a the historic Bridge #18 at Rock Creek, a 1921 metal bridge that became a link in the original Route 66 in 1926. Sapulpa is located in the northeast corner of Creek County. A small portion of the city that extends north into Tulsa County was annexed into Sapulpa in 2004. Downtown Tulsa is 14 miles (23 km) to the northeast via Interstate 44 . The Creek Turnpike (State Highway 364) branches east from I-44 in northeastern Sapulpa and provides
1850-479: The city has now planned to de-annex this area back to the city of Tulsa. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city of Sapulpa has a total area of 25.1 square miles (65.1 km ), of which 24.3 square miles (63.0 km ) is land and 0.81 square miles (2.1 km ), or 3.21%, is water. As of the 2010 census , there were 20,544 people, 8,015 households, and 5,497 families residing in
1900-474: The city was $ 22,275. About 11.5% of families and 16.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 17.4% of those age 65 or over. Sapulpa has an organization known as Sapulpa Main Street, one of the various national Main Street programs , the purpose of which is to preserve and enhance the cultural heritage of the town, and to improve its quality of life, by revitalizing
1950-475: The city. The population density was 844.3 people per square mile. There were 8,903 housing units at an average density of 435.4 per square mile (168.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 77.5% White, 3.0% African American, 10.9% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 1.5% from other races, and 6.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.1% of the population. There were 7,430 households, out of which 32.5% had children under
2000-503: The control of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway ("Frisco") . The Frisco built a railyard in Sapulpa and by 1900 designated Sapulpa as an overhaul base for its rolling stock . Also in 1900, construction of the line from Sapulpa to Denison, Texas was started and rushed to completion by March 1901. With changes in ownership over the years, the portion of the old Frisco line between Sapulpa and Del City, Oklahoma , near Oklahoma City , known as
2050-608: The issue was settled by the Oklahoma Supreme Court on August 1, 1913. Sapulpa was ruled the winner. The county courthouse was completed in 1914, replacing an earlier structure built in 1902. When Sapulpa was founded, the main crop of the area was walnuts . In 1898, the Sapulpa Pressed Brick was established, followed in a few years by the Sapulpa Brick Company. This began the clay products industry. Sapulpa
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2100-592: The late 1960s. Hargis' subordinate, Rev. David Noebel , wrote the short work, "Communism, Hypnotism and the Beatles" (1965), which he expanded into "Rhythm, Riots and Revolution" the following year. Both pamphlets were published by the Christian Crusade. Hargis claimed to have written a speech for the infamous anti-communist Senator Joseph R. McCarthy . Hargis was a member of the John Birch Society and strongly favored segregation , arguing that desegregation violated
2150-637: The liberalization of abortion laws following the United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade , Hargis launched Americans Against Abortion in 1973 with David Noebel as its leader. Noebel went on to author his book Slaughter of the Innocents that was published by the American Christian College within months of the Roe v. Wade decision, and wrote many provocative articles for fundamentalist publications on
2200-575: The special collections department of the University of Arkansas Libraries in Fayetteville . In the late 1970s, the popular WNBC disk jockey Imus in the Morning would occasionally do a segment where he would present himself as a "holy roller" evangelical Christian preacher named "Reverend Billy Sol Hargis". These brief sermons typically promoted a product which would give some form of spiritual benefit to
2250-574: Was 21,929 at the time of the 2020 census , compared with 20,544 at the 2010 census . It is the county seat of Creek County. The town was named after the area's first permanent settler, a full-blood Lower Creek Indian named James Sapulpa , from the Kasihta or Cusseta band, from Osocheetown in Alabama . About 1850, he established a trading post near the meeting of Polecat and Rock creeks (about one mile (1.6 km) southeast of downtown Sapulpa). When
2300-500: Was adopted by a railroad employee, Jimmie Earsel Hargis, and his wife, Laura Lucille Hargis. By the time the boy was ten, his adoptive mother was in poor health and close to death. The boy had been baptized , and had few pleasures other than the family's daily Bible readings because his family was too poor during the Great Depression to own a radio . When his mother was hospitalized, Hargis promised to devote himself to God if she
2350-478: Was born on May 10, 1989, and currently resides in Houston, Texas. Hargis' motto was "All I want to do is preach Jesus and save America." Drawing on premillennialist theology, Hargis believed national and world events were part of a cosmic struggle, where the ultimate actors were Christ and Satan . To him communism represented the latter, the United States represented the former. He used this as justification for why
2400-485: Was female, one was male. Other students corroborated the story. Hargis denied the sexual allegations until his death, both publicly and in his autobiography, My Great Mistake (1985). The account was reported by Time in 1976, along with other alleged incidents at Hargis' farm outside of Neosho , Missouri , and while on tour with his All American Kids musical group. The Tulsa district attorney investigated but never brought charges against Hargis. The local newspapers,
2450-515: Was spared from death. She recovered and, at age 17, Hargis was ordained in the Disciples of Christ denomination, even before completing Bible college . After a few years, he left his pastorate for a ministry of radio preaching. In 1943, Hargis entered Ozark Bible College in Bentonville, Arkansas , and studied there for one year. By 1947, when he became concerned about Communism, he was pastor of
2500-421: Was staunchly anti-Catholic, Hargis was one of the most influential people in a movement later known as the "Old Christian Right." However, both Hargis and McIntire lost influence by failing to capitalize on the fact that most American Catholics were staunchly anti-communist. Hargis addressed audiences with his revival style. He was the author of at least 100 books, including The Far Left , and Why I Fight for
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