01617cam a2200313 4500 361463750 TxAuBib 20101210120000.0 081203s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008942919 9781434768094 pbk. 1434768090 pbk. (OCoLC)243547048 TxAuBib Dillman, Darren. The preacher : a novel / Darren Dillman. 1st ed. Colorado Springs, CO : David C. Cook, 2009. 294 p. ; 21 cm. Includes AfterWords: "Discussion questions" and "An interview with the author ....". "After a long and exhaustive search, the pulpit committee of the Crown of Thorns Baptist Church has found a dynamic new preacher. Owen Tisdale is experienced, savvy, and knows how to pack the pews. There's just one problem: The once-peaceful congregation has begun to unravel. At first, it's just little things ... new members with new opinions, an ambitious public-relations campaign, and old members with nightmares. But as the incidents of mayhem mount, a frightening question must be asked: Just who is this man? It will take a humble church deacon and a young mother with bleak and terrifying visions to find the answer...."--p. [4] of cover. 20101210. Baptists Clergy Fiction. Devil Influence Fiction. Good and evil Fiction. Suspense fiction. Occult fiction. Christian fiction.