Time traveling with photos.
This was during my short time in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of L.A. in 1955 (I was 8 years old). I actually attended services alone, unless I had a part in the service, then my parents might attend. During those early years, I attended whatever church was convenient for Daddy to drop me off. I attended Presbyterian, Baptist, and Methodist churches. I did not learn much from those early years. Even when we were settled back in North Carolina, I did not learn much because very little Bible preaching and teaching was taking place under the Liberal pastors in the Methodist church I attended. Eventually, I had a Bible preacher who introduced me to JWC Bible College. This gave me the first solid Bible teaching I really ever had.
My "army days." Notice that I had enlisted a neighborhood "comrade in arms" to come to church with me (along with some of his siblings and other neighborhood children). We made up a good portion of the youth choir.
Though my Bible training and doctrinal understanding were very limited, I did know that Jesus would forgive and that He would change our lives if we called on Him. I came to know Christ as Lord and Savior and knew that everyone else needed to become Christians.
This was during my short time in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of L.A. in 1955 (I was 8 years old). I actually attended services alone, unless I had a part in the service, then my parents might attend. During those early years, I attended whatever church was convenient for Daddy to drop me off. I attended Presbyterian, Baptist, and Methodist churches. I did not learn much from those early years. Even when we were settled back in North Carolina, I did not learn much because very little Bible preaching and teaching was taking place under the Liberal pastors in the Methodist church I attended. Eventually, I had a Bible preacher who introduced me to JWC Bible College. This gave me the first solid Bible teaching I really ever had.
My "army days." Notice that I had enlisted a neighborhood "comrade in arms" to come to church with me (along with some of his siblings and other neighborhood children). We made up a good portion of the youth choir.
Though my Bible training and doctrinal understanding were very limited, I did know that Jesus would forgive and that He would change our lives if we called on Him. I came to know Christ as Lord and Savior and knew that everyone else needed to become Christians.
