Message From School Director

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About Director

I was born in Rome, Georgia in 1954. My parents and grandparents were faithful members of the church. After completing high school I attended David Lipscomb University then served in the U.S. Army. Upon completion of my military service I desired to become a preacher of the Gospel of Christ.

Following my time in the U.S. Army, I graduated from South-eastern Biblical Institute (Doraville, Georgia) in May of 1980 with a BSL degree in Bible. I hold a BA degree in History from N.C. Wesleyan College and also a BS degree in Education from N.C. Wesleyan. I received my master’s degree in Educational Administration from the University of Georgia in 1993. I received my Series 7 (Investment) license. I have been married for forty-seven years to my wife Cindy and we have three married daughters and seven grandchildren. All of my family faithfully serves in the Lord’s church. My son-in-law, Bruce Holt, preaches for the church in Oliver Springs, Tennessee and my son-in-law Gentry Jackson is a deacon at Karns church of Christ in Knoxville.

Since 1980 I have preached for congregations in North Carolina, Georgia, Illinois and Tennessee. The congregations I preached for on a full-time basis include: Rocky Mount church of Christ in Rocky Mount, North Carolina Monroe church of Christ in Monroe, Georgia Mount Pleasant church of Christ in Valdosta, Georgia Quincy church of Christ in Quincy Illinois Clinton church of Christ in Clinton, Tennessee In addition, I have held numerous Gospel Meetings and Parenting Seminars in several states. I have also worked in secular work over the years as I preached the Gospel. I taught in both Middle School and High School for approximately ten years. I served as principal of Knoxville Christian School from 1995 through 1998 while also preaching for the Central church of Christ in Harriman, Tennessee. From 2000 until 2007 as I served as the full time minister of the Clinton church of Christ, I did overseas mission work (one month per year). First in Ghana, Africa and then in Nepal and India. For a number of years, I went over and taught a Bible class for in Nepal and then in Shillong, India. It is during this time that I developed a strong desire to enter the foreign mission field on a full-time basis. I have taught in schools of preaching in Ghana, Nepal and India. In 2007 the Clinton church of Christ accepted the oversight of my work and I began to work full time in India. In 2008 I began the Mustard Seed Village orphanage in Lakla, Assam and a two year school of preaching in Dibrugarh, Assam which I combined with the Mustard Seed Village in 2011. In 2014 we opened a separate Girls orphanage, the Rainbow Village orphanage close to Miao, Arunachel Pradesh. The Mustard Seed Village will be for the boys and the Rainbow Village for the girls. At present we have 72 orphans at the Mustard Seed Village and Rainbow Village. In 2016 we built a new Christian school at Namphai 2 in Arunachal Pradesh where our work is primarily located. I have now completed fourteen years of full time work in India. My work encompasses a number of activities that work together to fulfill the great commission as well as 2 Timothy 2:2, Galatians 6:10 and James 1:27.