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Dudley Rutherford is the senior pastor of the Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California, USA. This is a nondenominational Christian "megachurch" with 8,000 attendees at its services each week. ==Background== Rutherford's grandfather, father, uncles and brothers are all preachers, as well as his in-laws. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Church Growth from the Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Missouri. He went on to the Pacific Christian College (now called Hope International University) in Fullerton, California where he earned his Master's degree. He is an active convention speaker, and was Vice President of the North American Christian Convention. He has spoken for several professional sports teams, and was a featured chapel speaker for the World Series. He is married with three children and lives in Porter Ranch. Rutherford became pastor of Hillcrest Christian Church in Granada Hills in 1987. The church's congregation grew from 350 to 1,000 people by 1995, when the church was united with Baptist Shepherd of the Hills to become the present Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch. Since then the church has expanded to more than 10,000 members worshiping at 21 different venues each weekend. There are two daughter churches and four satellite campuses.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dudley Rutherford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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