Jesse Stripland

FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN: Elder Jesse Stripland Elder Stripland was born on October 20, 1950 at Odessa, TX to Elder HarleyElder Stripland was born on October 20, 1950 at Odessa, TX to Elder Harley &Jeanne Stripland. He was ordained on October 29, 1989 at the Tyler P. B.Church, Tyler, Texas. On February 14, 1976, he married Eileen Holden. He hasserved Mt. Paron P.B. Church in Minden, LA; First P.B. Church, Santa Paula, CA;Zion's Rest P.B. Church, Jonesboro, LA (Co-pastor). ELDER STRIPLAND WRITES: I was living near Paris when I met my future bride, Eileen Holden, at the Little Hope Association being held at East Mountain Church in Sept. 1975. We were married on Valentine's Day in Feb. 1976. We have not been blessed with children of our own except for the one we lost during pregnancy; however, we have been blessed with numerous "adopted" children. In Feb. 1977 we moved to the Tyler area and lived there for the following 15 years. During that time, I was ordained to the gospel ministry by the Tyler Primitive Baptist Church on October 29, 1989. I was called as pastor of Mt. Paron P.B. Church near Minden, La. I served them until in March of 1991, when we moved to Santa Paula, CA as I had accepted the call as pastor of First Primitive Baptist Church of Santa Paula. We were there for six years before I resigned and moved to Jonesboro, LA, due to a heavy burden I felt for the church here, namely, Zion's Rest Church. Zion's Rest Church called me in Nov. 1998 as co-pastor along with Elder Lelon Swanner who has been her devoted pastor for over 50 years. We are both currently serving as co-pastors.