“Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it” (1 Thessalonians 5:24). I can still remember this wise counsel I received while I was a student at TCA. As I reflect on the past twenty-three years since I graduated from high school (TCA class of ’91), I can state emphatically that this Biblical promise has helped me more times than I can count. Indeed, God has guided, clarified, provided, and strengthened me in so many numerous ways in my life and ministry. As I am typing this article from my home in NYC, I am amazed again of God’s faithfulness in my life! Below is a testament to the FAITHFULNESS of God.

As a student at TCA, I felt God’s calling in my life to enter ministry while attending a Missions’ Conference service for all Academy students (mandatory). I will ever be thankful for that day - that service - that speaker - and God’s personal work in my heart! Upon graduating from high school, I enrolled as a student in Trinity Baptist College in Jacksonville, Florida, where I met my future wife, Laurie. We were married in May of 1995. I am so grateful for her and for the two children that God has miraculously given to us!

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God’s faithfulness has been interwoven throughout my ministry journeys for the past nineteen years. Between the years of 1995-2002, I served in two distinct ministries, one in Florida and one in Rhode Island. Serving in an assistant’s capacity in both ministries, I quickly learned that men and ministry will never be as faithful as God Himself! I am so thankful for my experiences in both of these ministries and know that God used every moment in my life to lead me to my current home. In 2002 shortly after the tragedy of 9/11, the ministry opportunity of a lifetime (as I describe it) was afforded to me. An invitation to minister full-time in our country’s greatest city was offered! Never did I ever believe that I would become a “New Yorker,” but now for the past thirteen years, I have gladly and gratefully called New York City my home.

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New York City has been described as the “melting pot of the world” with nearly sixty-five to seventy percent of all city residents being described as “foreign-born.” Approximately seventy-five countries are represented in the Borough of Queens, speaking over forty different languages. It is here that I have been privileged by God to live, to work, and to minister for the past thirteen years as the pastor of the All Nations Baptist Church. I feel honored by God to serve Him in this “greatest of mission fields.” The difficulties are present. The blessings are too numerous to mention. The potential is beyond belief. My continued resolve and future prayer for my life, my family, and my ministry is rooted in a Scriptural promise of GOD’S FAITHFULNESS explained to me as a student many years ago at TCA. For that, I will ever be grateful.