Dr. C.E. Matthews was an early pastor of Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. He took the church from less than 50 members to over 3000 in a 30-year period, beginning in the 1920s. A former accountant and baseball player, he converted to Christianity in his early 30s. "a marvelous, wonderful preacher and pastor of one of the great congregations of the world"
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