Apostle Lobias Murray
"To be great among men and keep the common touch," is an amicable as well as admirable trait. Such is the spirit of Apostle Lobias Murray.
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Apostle Murray is the pastor and General Overseer of Full Gospel Holy Temple, Inc., 39727 LBJ Freeway (I-20 @ Hampton Rd.), and founder of Lobias Murray Christian Academy, a 12-grade fully accredited school, located at 330 Ann Arbor in Dallas, TX.
As a pastor in the City of Dallas for the past 40 years, he has consistently dedicated himself as a Servant of God to the religious, educational, and humanitarian welfare of the Dallas community, and to all mankind.
As a Man of God, he preaches an authentic, transforming, and deliverance gospel. Like a balm in Gilead, his message is the antidote for broken lives and wounded spirits. Endowed with a ministry that is evidenced by signs, miracles and wonders, souls are saved, delivered and set free by the power of God in each service. His ministry transcends ethnic barriers and reaches people from all walks of life. The hallmark of his ministry is the laying on of hands for the receiving of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
In the religious community, Rev. Murray founded Full Gospel Holy Temple Church in 1961. Under his astute leadership the church has expanded to a membership of 3000 locally, and an incorporated body of fellowship churches, numerous outreach ministries, a bi-monthly church magazine, numerous radio broadcast, and the L&S Christian Camp.
In the educational community, Apostle Murray founded the Lobias Murray Christian Academy (LMCA) in 1979. LMCA, located at 330 Ann Arbor (in Dallas' Oak Cliff section), is a 12-grade private school accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and Texas Education Agency. Presently, it is distinguished as the first accredited, K-12th grade African-American owned school in the city of Dallas and state of Texas. Located on the same premises with LMCA is the Shirley Murray Child Development Center. This licensed and state accredited facility for ages 18 months through kindergarten is named for its namesake and founder, Evangelist Shirley Murray, Apostle Murray's wife.
As a humanitarian, Apostle Murray and First Lady Evangelist Shirley Murray started the Helping Hand Outreach Ministry, in December 1981. The organization gives food, clothes and toys to needy, indigent, and homeless families during the Christmas season and throughout the year. During the 1998 Christmas season, the Helping Hand aided over 2500 families in the Dallas - Ft. Worth metropolis with toys, clothes and food. Apostle Murray is the recipient of numerous awards, plaques and plaudits from community and social organization for his humanitarian and spiritual contributions. During the 1985 Summer Commencement of, now defunct, Bishop College, Dr. Wright Lassiter, former college president, conferred the coveted Honorary Doctorate of Divinity Degree upon Apostle Murray, esteeming him as a 'renaissance man' and as a 'principal architect in the religious and education communities in Dallas.'