Sometimes we as Pastors forget that the Lord has called Evangelists.
What
I have learned as a Pastor is that I need someone to come to our church
for special occasions and present the Word of God in a manner different
from the way I do.
Alan and Angie, we love you dearly and are so proud
It's called a
Partnership.
When I was in Altoona, Kansas,
Alan Harris would come every year to our church. It seemed that someone
would be saved each year, and that person would continue to come and be
baptized and join the church and become a faithful Christian. Even today after
20 years those who were saved in our church are still serving the Lord.
And more than this, those who were
Christians were given a new joy about their salvation.
Now I will be honest. I am not an
evangelist. I am not what you would call a soul-winning preacher. I am
primarily a teacher of the Word and exhorter to serve the Lord. I gave
the people the Word of God, and then Alan would come in for a week of revival
to stir the people up, and get them to put the Word that was in their
mind into action.
Andrew and Angie and Alan
Harris
Singing He's Still Working
On Me
Rivers of Joy Baptist
Church
June 24, 2012
Alan and Angie in those early years
would have small skits that would illustrate a biblical principle. Each
night they would have a skit. (Which I might add was very good, and the young
people loved it) Then they would sing, Alan is a Gospel Southern style singer
and this singing comes from the heart.
Alan is as good a preacher as he is a
singer.
Then in later years after they had
three boys, Alex, Anthony and Andrew have been a part of the ministry.
What Charity and I have observed over
30 years of their ministry is their total dedication to the work of the
ministry and the desire to help churches and pastors accomplish the purpose of
the church.
Charity has been amazed how well Angie
has been an evangelist's wife. They raised three boys while traveling the
United States in a home on wheels, home-schooling all three while nightly
serving in local churches.
It is true they are not perfect, they
have problems just like any family, but they have shown faithfulness to the
Lord. The delight of our hearts is to see the fruit of their ministry
abundantly flowing through the lives of their three sons as they continue to
serve Jesus in their own places of ministry! To God be the glory!
Alan and Angie Harris not
only ministered in the church, but when they are not in church. They have
ministered to young people, as well as adults, and especially to this pastor
and wife from Rivers of Joy and First Baptist Church in Altoona, Kansas.
Their love for our children continues to minister through a special
relationship, even today. They have laughed with us, cried with us and
supported us in some of the hardest trials of our life. However, the motivation
they have given us to keep on keeping on in the service of King Jesus is the
gift they give to each pastor and pastor's wife in every church that is blessed
to have them.
