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About Curtis Hutson
- Curtis Hutson (July 10, 1934 – March 5, 1995) was an Independent Fundamental Baptist pastor and editor of The Sword of the Lord (1980-1995). Curtis Hutson was born in Decatur, Georgia, to a barber and hair dresser, the second of five children.
- He attended Avondale High School where he met his future wife, Barbara (Gerri) Crawford.
- They began dating after graduation while Hutson was working at Scottdale Textile Mill.
- They married in 1952 and had four children: Sherry, Donna, Kay, and Tony.
- While working as a mail carrier, Hutson preached at church services and revivals in the Atlanta area.
- In 1956 he conducted a revival at the tiny Forrest Hills Baptist Church of Scottdale.
- By the end of the week, Hutson had filled the fifty seats in the church, the pastor had resigned, and Hutson was called to replace him.
- Although he had no formal training, Hutson served as pastor while continuing to work for the post office.
- In 1961, Hutson heard Jack Hyles, Tom Malone and John R.
- Rice preach at nearby Antioch Baptist Church.
- During that Sword of the Lord conference, Hyles gave a two-hour soul-winning lecture.
- Hutson was convicted that he too should aggressively win the lost to Christ.
- The following Saturday he led three people to the Lord.
- "Every week thereafter for a number of years he led someone to Christ." He began to preach about soul winning, and his congregation began to follow his example.
- In 1967 Hutson quit the post office to become a full-time pastor—at first for a salary of $75 a month.
- Between 1969 and 1972, the church grew from 350 to 2,300 members.
- In 1976, when Hutson resigned after 20 years of pastoring, church membership was 7,900.
- Entering full-time evangelism, Hutson held area-wide evangelistic meetings from 1977 to 1980.
- From 1974 to 1980, he also served as president of the now defunct Baptist University of America near Atlanta.
- Hutson was gifted in using humor to engage an audience, and he memorized one-liners and funny stories topically so that he would have a collection of ready jokes on any subject.In 1978, John R.
- Rice invited Hutson to become the associate editor of the fundamentalist newspaper The Sword of the Lord based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
- Two years later, Rice died and Hutson became editor.
- He served in this position for the remainder of his life while continuing to preach in churches across America.
- In 1992 Hutson was diagnosed with prostate cancer, of which he died in March 1995.
- Shelton Smith became his successor at The Sword of the Lord.
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