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How To Plant A Local Church

by J. Daniel Harris

112 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-1773; ISBN 1-4251-0016-3; US$13.50, C$15.52, EUR10.53, £6.98

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To sum up what I have written to those who have received the call of God is to launch out in faith and follow the Lord Jesus Christ regardless of the cost or where the Lord may lead on to go. The book speaks of dedication, separation, and determination to follow it to the end, regardless of how long it may take. It also speaks of sacrifices, which one will have to make along with his family, for they are in there as well. The family may not understand some of the moves that will have to be made. The book also calls for patience for the one whom the Lord has called into His service. To deny one's family of the comforts which they once enjoyed is not easy. Decisions will have to be made as well, and many times, one's family will not understand why these moves are necessary. Those who are endeavoring upon this journey should sit down and count the cost before he begins. The price that the Lord requires is a lifetime of discipline and obedience.

My name is Junior Daniel Harris, and I was born 5-22-26. I grew up on a farm, and at the age 17, I enlisted in the Navy to serve my country. I was there through the duration of the war. I was wounded while in service and received the Purple Heart along with 4 stars from 4 major campaigns. After my discharge in 1946, I found the girl that I later married. My wife and I have 4 children, 11 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. We have been blessed indeed.

The Lord saved me in 1959, and I was called to preach the Gospel about two months later. Then, in 1963, I entered Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri along with my wife. I graduated with a degree in Theology.

After graduating from school, we then moved back to Gadsden, Alabama, where we now live. We started 4 churches, 3 in Gadsden and 1 in Jackson, Alabama where we stayed until my wife's breakdown in 1986 which forced me to resign my pastorate and full-time ministry. But, at the age of 80, I am still active in the Lord's work.

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