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A Lifetime of Church

Synopsis

A Lifetime of Church chronicles the author's deep involvement in two very different churches. The church of his youth was maintained by a strict social order and a set of predominant customs and traditions. From his earliest memories the author recounts what it was like to grow up in this conservative context, while it brought misery to his mother and was the life passion of her father. A series of extraordinary events culminated in the author becoming a lay minister in this church as a young adult. At the same time, a personal Bible study brought about a new set of beliefs. Following a long and agonizing spiritual struggle, the author helped found an independent community Bible church. For thirteen years the author served this church as the senior pastor, reared his family, operated a community pharmacy, and learned a lot about faith and life.

Author Biography

Tom Speicher

Tom Speicher is an enthusiastic and optimistic man. He is a "people person" in the truest sense of the word, a man who loves to know others from all walks of life. Beginning with life as a boy on his grandfather's family farm, Tom's life has taken unexpected turns at every junction along the way. A pharmacist by profession, Tom graduated from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1978. Tom has also served as a pastor since 1984, including thirteen years as a senior pastor. He has shown himself to be an effective communicator of God's Word, using both wit and passion. He and his wife, Tammy, have been married for thirty-two years and have three grown children. This is Tom's first book