Homer Gentry Lindsay Jr. (July 10, 1927 – February 13, 2000)[1] was an American Southern Baptist preacher.
Both pastors are notable for their conservative and sometimes controversial public stances, and their wide-reaching influence in the local political arena.
[2] Lindsay was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and moved to Jacksonville with his family as a child.
At the age of 16, Homer Junior decided to also become a preacher, and later graduated from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, going on to study ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
[citation needed] In January 1969, Lindsay returned to Jacksonville to co-pastor the 2,600-member First Baptist Church with his father, who later retired in 1973 and died in 1981.