Born & reared in Nigeria. Missionary parents.
Furman, BA in History.
Army – made it to Captain.
MA, Indiana U., in African and Recent American Histories; minor in Afro-American History. London School of Oriental and African Studies.
Married Patsy Johnson, a beautiful and talented singer from the IU Music School and former Miss North Carolina.
In ‘79, God re-directed me into the ministry; held a series of Baptist pastorates in North Carolina. Started Church of God’s Glory in ‘85.
Have been active in disaster response since the Rwandan crisis of ’94. Currently active with local Red Cross, North Carolina Baptist Men, and with a couple of international Baptist agencies. Led local Habitat for Humanity during recovery from Hurricane Floyd.
Mission/disaster-response trips have included Ivory Coast and Nigeria, with two to Sri Lanka and one to South Sudan. Disaster response comes easy – I watched my parents do it virtually every day.
Snowmageddon!
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Here in Louisville, we have just had an histotic snowstorm. It started on
Sunday and lasted through Monday evening. All totaled we got 10 or more
inches o...
The Word becomes flesh
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What is wanted here is silence.
That the young woman is pregnant is suggested by her unlaced gown, shorter
in front than in back. Her labor has begun, ...
I'm on a roll, eh?
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Hello!
Well I have finally arrived back in Lolodorf, safe and sound, after more
than a month of traveling and spending time with some of my favorite people ...
Fat Servants and Talking Lions
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In Sudan as in America, we often spoke of “insecurities.” The difference is
that here we use it in reference to the amount of squish a woman imagines
aroun...
I am headed for Rumbek, Southern Sudan, by way of Nairobi, Kenya. On Google Earth, you can find Rumbek, and you can look at the tiny dirt strip where my plane will land. I will probably be "living" in a really tiny place called Akot, but we will then probably travel around a good bit. Whatever the "plans," they are completely "subject to change without notice."