Testimonies
A testimony can be a very powerful thing. As long as it is spirit driven it can open the door for witnessing. Inspire others to renew their relationship with God or to just volunteer more in the Church. Here are just a few of the Testimonies from our members that have been shared over the years.
The First One – Troy Purkey
Someone had to be first. Someone else also heard God’s voice and understood the power of a testimony and how it can work on the heart of someone who is lost. This person was the first to share his story with me. Now I can share it with you as the ‘first’ Testimony of a Church. It is during this Bible School the boy becomes ‘A Child of God’. It’s summer in the late 1940’s. Lenoir City is a thriving…
The Testimony of Ray Purkey
Ray Purkey will turn eighty-five this year. His hands shake and he has a hard time swallowing and talking sometimes due to the effects of Parkinson’s. But he still remembers clearly getting saved. Not once, but twice. When he was eight years old a young Ray attended a revival at Bell Avenue Baptist Church. The Reverend Earl Chaney was preaching about going to hell and Ray was listening. Ray’s life has been a hard one at times. But for seventy…
The Testimony of Darlene Thomas
Back in 1980 both my brother and sister were witnessing to me. I felt I was already a Christian. I couldn’t understand why they were telling me I was not going to heaven. The last time I visited my sister she told me she was in counseling and taking Prozac for depression because of marital problems. The very next day I got the news that she had taken her own life! I was devastated! I felt so guilty. I felt…
Eleanor Spears’s Testimony
Sometimes when a person has had a long relationship with God, there will be a history. Not just one testimony to give, but several. This is Eleanor’s first of many testimonies. First off – God is the judge. There is a courtroom in heaven and He is the judge. It is also His plan, and he knew me. From when? From the very beginning. But I didn’t know ‘that’. The background of my birth is that my ‘mother-to-be’ was Edith…