Pressler went on to write, “I will talk to John Bisagno about this as soon as I get a chance. I will let you know how things go.”8 Writing to Paul Pressler in 1977, Bill Powell said, “We will pray that God will help us move in the proper direction for the great deeds that are ahead in our denomination.”9 In assessing the importance of Bill Powell and the Baptist Faith and Message Fellowship, Richard Land said: Both Paul Pressler and Paige Patterson have told me that Bill Powell was the one who actually
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