Robert Jeffries and his wife Amy Leon Reynard have two daughters
When the senior pastor Robert Jeffries entered Richardson’s Western Junior High as a child, a teacher asked him to find five non-Christian students and be friends with them—pray for them and invite everyone to Christ.
Young Jeffries accepted the challenge, and the five non-Christian friends he made swear to Christ throughout the school year. Among the five, there is a girl named Amy Leon Leonard, and she attends math class with him.
By the time the two were in the ninth grade, he had successfully convinced her to become a Christian. Later, he took her to the church to participate in an evangelical event, and she converted.
According to Leonard, she had a feeling of marrying him when she was 12 years old. Only ten years later, the two finally got married.
After graduating from university, the two tied the knot on July 30, 1977. The pastor Dr. WA Criswell, who had served as an assistant to Jeffreys, personally presided over the ceremony.
“Strangers in the Night” is Rob Jeffries and his wife’s favorite song
Although many people know that Jeffreys is because of his sermons, speeches, books, and spent $135 million to rebuild First Baptist Dallas, a large Baptist church, but he also has some little-known aspects.
When he was in college, Jeffress made money by playing the accordion with the polka band. In addition, he can also play the piano.
In the interview Dallas News, He commented Strangers in the night It’s a song by him and his wife.
Jeffries and his wife participated in the game show “Let’s Make a Deal”
In addition to music, Robert also likes game shows. Back in the 1980s, when he needed a new car and there was only $1,000 in his bank account, he decided to participate in winning cash prizes instead of buying used cars or loans.
Card Shark It is a game show that provides the highest daily cash rewards. He went to Los Angeles and participated in the show. There, he became a four-day champion and won more than $4,000!
He and his wife also participated Let’s make a deal When they were in their twenties, Leonard was dressed as a criminal in a striped suit, and the priest was a six-foot-tall banana.
Robert Jeffries and his wife Amy Leonard’s marriage lasted four decades
Jeffress and Renard have been together for 43 years. The senior pastor of the First Baptist Church Dallas and his wife raised two daughters, Julia and Dorothy.
Julia is the Director of Next Generation Ministries at First Baptist Church in Dallas, where she develops content that affects teenagers, college age, singles, and young mothers.She is also a person who has written Pray for big things, A Christian literature book published on September 2, 2019.
As for Dorothy, she is an actress who made her debut in the 2018 horror short film Last call. She also appeared in Poo~Pourri’s Pumpkin Chai event And played Tinker Bell in the interactive production of Ice Creative Entertainment Wendy’s trip to Neverland.
She is currently represented by Linda McAlister Talent and will appear in Zane Tabari’s Fall out of favor (2021).
