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Episode 21
Published 2 years, 3 months ago
Description
Jerrie Barber discusses his 63-year career of preaching with his wife Gail by his side. He reflects on his early years of starting as a teenager, getting fired, falling asleep during his own sermon and his eventual transition into interim ministry. Jerrie’s analysis is:
“When a preacher stays a long time, usually, the church doesn’t like the next preacher. I volunteer to be the next preacher they don’t like."