Alan Fleming
The Holy Spirit witnessed to me when I was very young. When I was a small child, I used to be afraid of dying. I would wake up at night afraid. I would wake up my mother. She would comfort me and send me back to bed. I remember feeling drawn to go to church. But my family did not attend church. So I began to watch church on television on Sunday mornings.
One Sunday when I was thirteen years old, I was watching a Rex Humbard crusade. At the end of his message, he explained how to receive the gift of eternal life. I knelt down at a wooden footstool and prayed a prayer of repentance and commitment to Jesus Christ. I immediately felt as if a tremendous burden had been lifted from my shoulders. Since then I have no longer feared death. And I have found fellowship with other Christians fulfilling.
When I was sixteen years old, I was baptized by Dr. Stanley Hahn at FBC Thomson, Georgia. During my junior college days at Truett-McConnell I attended First Baptist Church of Cleveland, Georgia. It was while I was there that I yielded to the call to the ministry. While I at was Truett, I led a jail ministry involving students from the school. We witnessed to inmates at the local jail. I look back on that experience as an affirmation of God's call on my life.
After graduating from Truett I went to Baptist College at Charleston. While at Baptist College I attended Dorchester-Waylyn Baptist Church. The pastor, David Wooten, was a good friend and mentor. He took me to foreign missions week at Ridge Crest Conference Center in North Carolina. Hearing missionary's testimonies and stories I felt a tinge of urgency and a yearning for the work. I believe those inklings held a key to God's will for my destiny.
In 1983 I entered Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The first three years I was there I attended Southcliffe Baptist Church. It was at Southcliffe, in a Sunday School class, that I met Leah. We were married on February 15, 1986. The last three years I was at Southwestern I attended Forest Park Baptist Church. The third year I was there I was Associate Pastor. I completed a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern in 1989.
In 1990 God blessed us with our daughter Abbey who is now seventeen. Two years after that God blessed us with our son Connor, who is now fifteen. Both of our children repented and gave their hearts to Jesus in 1998. When that happened I told my Leah that we are now ready to go and do God's work wherever He leads us to go. The 20th of September, 2006, God blessed us with our son Ross, who will be 4 years old the 5th of October this year (2008).
The Holy Spirit witnessed to me when I was very young. When I was a small child, I used to be afraid of dying. I would wake up at night afraid. I would wake up my mother. She would comfort me and send me back to bed. I remember feeling drawn to go to church. But my family did not attend church. So I began to watch church on television on Sunday mornings.
One Sunday when I was thirteen years old, I was watching a Rex Humbard crusade. At the end of his message, he explained how to receive the gift of eternal life. I knelt down at a wooden footstool and prayed a prayer of repentance and commitment to Jesus Christ. I immediately felt as if a tremendous burden had been lifted from my shoulders. Since then I have no longer feared death. And I have found fellowship with other Christians fulfilling.
When I was sixteen years old, I was baptized by Dr. Stanley Hahn at FBC Thomson, Georgia. During my junior college days at Truett-
After graduating from Truett I went to Baptist College at Charleston. While at Baptist College I attended Dorchester-
In 1983 I entered Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The first three years I was there I attended Southcliffe Baptist Church. It was at Southcliffe, in a Sunday School class, that I met Leah. We were married on February 15, 1986. The last three years I was at Southwestern I attended Forest Park Baptist Church. The third year I was there I was Associate Pastor. I completed a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern in 1989.
In 1990 God blessed us with our daughter Abbey who is now seventeen. Two years after that God blessed us with our son Connor, who is now fifteen. Both of our children repented and gave their hearts to Jesus in 1998. When that happened I told my Leah that we are now ready to go and do God's work wherever He leads us to go. The 20th of September, 2006, God blessed us with our son Ross, who will be 4 years old the 5th of October this year (2008).
