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Duffey Strode
Former American street preacher
Ryan Duffey Strode (born May 25, 1977) is an American former street preacher who, as a 10-year-old child, became the subject of nationwide controversy in the 1980s for his idiosyncratic style of preaching.
Strode's sermons were characterized by bellowing rote-learned excerpts from the Bible, in particular those pertaining to Hell and sin.[1][2][3]
Overview
Duffey Strode was raised by David and Robin Strode in the mountains of North Carolina with his younger sister, Pepper, and brother, Matthew.
David Strode had been arrested several times for his own street preaching; he and Robin were homophobic and anti-Catholic in their beliefs.[4] The family relocated to Marion, North Carolina, from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, after David Strode was arrested five times for his street preaching.[2]
Duffey Strode and his family made national news in 1988 after then-10-year-old Duffey, 6-year-