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Brother Jim
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James Gilles (born 1962), better known as Jim Gilles or more commonly Brother Jim, was an American evangelist whose ministry was concentrated on college campuses and outdoor events. He preached on over 335 college and University campuses in 49 states and 6 countries. He has been engaged in several civil rights lawsuits challenging university and city attempts to stop or limit his preaching.
Jim Gilles became a born again Christian while attending a Van Halen concert in Evansville, Indiana on November 7, 1980. Singer David Lee Roth declared to the crowd of 13,000 that "Not even God can save your soul at a Van Halen Concert." This statement was their introduction to their hit song "Runnin' with the Devil." This incident started his involvement with Christianity. His fundamentalist, Bible-believing Christian views frequently include preaching against drugs, sex, booze, and rock and roll. This creates no small stir on today's college campuses. Gilles has been arrested more than 30 times since 1982, while preaching, for various charges of disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, loitering, unreasonable noise, and trespassing.
The first university that Jim Gilles sued was Virginia Tech. Jim Gilles started the suit pro se and ended up with ACLU attorney James Patrick Wiseman from Austin, Texas.
Jim Gilles was also represented twice by John Reinstein, the ACLU Legal Director for Massachusetts. The matters stemmed from arrests at both Bridgewater State University and Framingham State University .
The University of North Carolina, Greensboro paid Jim Gilles $10,000 plus attorney fees as a settlement for violating his civil rights. Murray State University changed their free speech policy after being sued by Jim Gilles .
Jim Gilles was arrested seven times in his hometown of Evansville, Indiana . Most of those arrests occurred in the 1980s . The first six charges were either beaten by Gilles or dropped by Prosecution . The seventh arrest was heard by a court administrator instead of a judge .
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