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FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN:
ELDER MARK RICHARDS
Elder Richards was born on October 22, 1970 in Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas. He was baptized on May 17, 1980 at Bethel Church, McMahan, Caldwell County, Texas by Elder W.R. "Dickie" Daniels, Jr.
He was ordained September 17, 1994 at the Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, McMahan, Caldwell County, Texas. Elder Billy Moseley led the ordination prayer. Elder Hulan Bass did the interrogation and Elders Bill Walden and Anthony Blevins did the charge. Elder Clifford Gowens was the clerk.
He was married to Paula Lynette Blevins (of Huntsville, TX), August 20, 1994 at the Fellowship Church, Madisonville, Texas; Elder Billy Moseley officiated. To this union two sons were born: Zachary Isom and Ryan Christopher.
ELDER RICHARDS WRITES: I cannot recall a time when I did not feel to be enfolded in the loving arms of God, nor can I recollect the instant that the conviction of sin first brought me to my knees. I do recall, however, a special meeting at Bethel when Elder Mike Montgomery preached on the subject of repentance. I remember after services standing outside the church, looking upon the beautiful view through tear-stained eyes, and promising that from that point on my life would be.
The first time I felt the glorious revealing of God’s word was while working as a drafting intern in 1988. After being outnumbered in an office discussion about a blasphemous movie being released that summer, I felt the need to read the Bible. The pastor of my youth, Elder W.R. "Dickie" Daniels called on me to introduce the services that Sunday night at the Luling Church. I spoke from the forth chapter of Second Corinthians. As things progressed, the Lord blessed me with my pastor, Elder Hulan Bass, as a father in the ministry. In 1992 the Lord doubly blessed me by bringing into my life a sweet young lady, and her father. In the time that Paula and I dated, her father, Elder Anthony Blevins, became another father in the ministry to me, and cultivated in me a great respect for the
church and the Spiritual Kingdom of God. I also count among my blessings the ministries of Elders Billy Moseley, Mike Montgomery, and Clifford Gowens. Each has strengthened in me an appreciation for the care of the sheep and lambs of God. |
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