The Legacy

While at the Oklahoma State Association meeting, the Lord spoke to my heart as Dr. Wade Jernigan spoke on the title of "The Legacy." After two years and hundreds of phone calls and hours, it is my honor and privilege to offer this humble effort. The purpose of this work is multiple:1. To honor and give praise to God on every page. 2. To honor many of my heroes of the faith, our mature ministers, who have pioneered and blazed the trails giving their lives sacrificially to better equip our churches and pastors for the future.3. To help our younger ministers learn from our experiences, the triumphs and failures in ministry, helping them to grow faster and stronger along with the churches they will serve.4. All profits from this book are to go to the Ministerial Scholarship Fund at Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College. Titus 2:1-2,6-8 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. Many other subjects were assigned but went uncompleted. Some of these were: The pastor and weddings, the pastor and his family life, the pastor and burn out, the pastor and ministerial ethics, the pastor and Christian Education, the pastor and building projects, the pastor and church music, the pastor and his deacons, the pastor and his continuing education and many others. Many wonderful brethren wanted to write but due to the poor health of their mate or themselves declined our invitation or were unable to complete their assignments.