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FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN:
From Gary Harvey:
I was born in Kokomo, Indiana on February 25, 1960. My parents are Richard and Jane Harvey. In Indiana, we attended Taylor's Creek Church. I joined when I was eight and was baptized by Elder Albert Pratt. When I was twelve, we moved to Dalark, Arkansas and joined Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church.
In 1987 my parents moved from Dalark to Siloam Springs, Arkansas and started attending Little Flock Church in Rogers, where Elder Don Farris was pastor. I date my ministry from June 4, 1988 when Elder Farris and one of the men of the church helped me move to Siloam Springs. I joined Little Flock and began to exercise immediately. Shortly after I moved, I also met Elder Harold Stumbaugh, who tried to help me find a job in the Russellville area. He introduced me to Becky Fulmer; she took me around to the area schools to apply for teaching positions. Although I didn't find a job there, I did find a wife. Becky and I were married on December 31 that same year by Elder Stumbaugh, her pastor.
After being ordained in 1991, I briefly pastored Zion's Rest Church in Bentonville, Arkansas and Fort Smith Church in Fort Smith. Both of these congregations were very good to Becky and me. We then moved to Russellville and joined Point Remove Church, where again I feel tremendously blessed to have Elder Stumbaugh as another father in the ministry. I am currently living in Russellville with my wife and two sons, and I attempt to pastor Shiloh Church in Conway, Arkansas.
Updated – 3/2017:
Since 1993 unto 2000 Gary has served as an Associate Pastor at Point Remove Primitive Baptist Church in Russellville, Arkansas, under Elder Harold Stumbaugh, now Pastor Emeritus.
He has been Senior Pastor at Point Remove since April of 2013. He holds a BSE in Math and Physical Science from Ouachita Baptist University, and a Master’s in English from the University of Arkansas in Fayettsville. |
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