Aiken Celebrates Ron Thompson Ministry August 30
Posted by Terry White on July 31, 2009
The Grace Brethren Church of Aiken, SC (Steve Taylor, pastor) is preparing to say goodbye to Ron Thompson, who is going into partial retirement and is moving to Tennessee.
On Sunday, August 30, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at the Aiken Elctric Cooperative Community Room, 2790 Wagener Road, there will be a celebration of how Pastor Thompson has been used as an instrument of God in his more than 50 years of ministry.
We invite all friends to join us in Aiken or send a card of encouragement to our church, GBC of Aiken, 144 Talatha Church Rd., Aiken, SC 29803, attn. Cindy Speer. Here is biographical information from the Thompsons:
GOD HAS USED US AS HIS INSTRUMENTS
• God called me into the Gospel ministry in 1953 when I was 18. Later He joined me in marriage to Thelma, my wonderful wife, and then gave me an opportunity to receive sound biblical training at Grace Theological Seminary at Winona Lake, Indiana, where He led us both out of liberalism and into the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.
• God gave us an evangelistic ministry over 14 years by allowing us to conduct many crusades and seminars in other denominations as well as in FGBC churches throughout the United States and in several foreign countries including Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico, and C.A.R.
• God provided a rich pastoral experience for us by sending us to two FGBC churches in Virginia and one in Arizona, as well as to churches of other denominations.
• God has deeply influenced us through some wonderful mentors – a pastor and a lay leader in Virginia, a pastor in Indiana, and an evangelistic leader in Mexico. In turn, we have been able to mentor younger workers.
• God has blessed me with the greatest mentor, my wife, Thelma, who has been at my side for over 52 years. He has given us wonderful children, terrific sons-in-law, and beautiful grandchildren.
• God has enriched our ministry greatly through Thelma’s gifts and abilities as a teacher of children, bookkeeper, and nursery worker.
• God has given me innate musical ability that laid dormant for many years, but now He has made it an integral part of my ministry.
• God answered our prayer for an opportunity to serve in a mission-minded, outward focused church by giving us nine wonderful years with you at Grace Brethren Church of Aiken.
• After over 50 years of service for our Lord, He has released us to move into a partial retirement in Tennessee where we will be open to whatever ministry door God wants us to go through for His honor and glory!
These words from the Psalmist are our encouragement for the future: “I want to praise the Lord throughout my life. I want to make music to praise my God as long as I live.” (Psalm 146:2 God’s Word Translation)
In His Great Faithfulness, Ron & Thelma
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