Bayless Conley is an American

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who hosts ''Answers With Bayless Conley'' on television. ''Answers'' is a weekly program that can be found on

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and on other local and regional channels in other places. Answers is broadcast in Mexico through Genesis Television. Bayless's ''Answers'' program seeks to bring "practical teaching of the Bible to its viewers in a non-religious way." As a recovering

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, Conley has stated that he found

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over 35 years ago through a 12-year-old Christian boy. Bayless also founded Cottonwood Church. Bayless and the church notably had to fight local authorities to build a new church building in the early 2000s. The case went to Federal Court, which ruled that the city of Cypress was illegally exercising

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. Cottonwood Church won the case and retained the land, but later resold it to the city due to a better offer for the larger plot of land nearby.("The Cottonwood Christian Center is bursting at the seams. The non-denominational church can hold 700 people but has 4,000 parishioners. To accommodate them all, it holds seven services each week, taxing the vocal cords of senior pastor Bayless Conley. ...Last week the Cottonwood Christian Center sought a federal injunction to block the city from taking the land while the case proceeds in court.") The church sold its to the city and moved onto that are part of a defunct golf course nearby. That property will cost more than the original site. Bayless was hospitalized after a boating accident in late January 2014. He has since recovered and returned to ministry.

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