Paul K. Blair
Former NFL football player & now Baptist minister, devoted Christ follower, family man & defender of the self-evident truths enshrined in the Declaration
Bio
Paul Blair is a former college All Star at Oklahoma State University blocking for future Hall of Famer, Thurman Thomas. After college, he was drafted by the Chicago Bears playing under Coach Mike Ditka and alongside Hall of Famer Walter Payton. Blair has served as the Senior Pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Edmond, OK, since 2001 and a satellite, Liberty Church of Orlando, in 2018. Blair is President of Reclaiming America for Christ and founder of the Liberty Pastors Network and the Liberty Pastor Training Camps. Blair married Cindy Marquis in 1989 and have two grown sons, Josh & Jacob; two lovely daughters in law, Brooke and MacKenzie; and a grandson named Roman.
Paul also is a cancer survivor finishing treatment for throat cancer at MD Anderson in April 2019.
In 2008, Pastor Blair was named Pastor of the Year for the State of Oklahoma by the Bott Radio Network. In 2011, Pastor Blair was named National Pastor of the Year by Vision America at the Westin Galleria in Houston. In 2013, Pastor Blair received the James Caldwell Award from the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association. Pastor Blair has been a featured guest on the Glenn Beck Television Show, the Glenn Beck Radio Show, AFA Radio, the Mike Gallagher Radio Show, Focus on the Family Radio, The Rest of the Story with Dick Bott, Washington Watch with Tony Perkins and Faith 2 Action with Janet Porter. Pastor Blair and Fairview Baptist Church’s radio ministry, Exploring the Word, airs weekdays at 3:00 PM on Bott Radio across the state of Oklahoma. In 2015, Exploring the Word was given the “Excellence in Broadcasting Award” from the Bott Radio Network. Exploring the Word is also heard in Orlando, Florida on Salem Radio. Pastor Blair serves on the Advisory Board for Bott Radio in Oklahoma and is a member of the Council for National Policy.
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