Larry Austin

FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTUIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN: ELDER LARRY B. AUSTIN Elder Larry Austin was born in Union County, North Carolina on September 6, 1941. He joined High Hill Church in August 1961 and was ordained as a deacon in 1966 at the age of 24. Elder Austin felt a call to preach even as a young lad, but never expressed it to the church until many years later. He made his first public effort to speak in the Lord's name in December 1973. He was ordained tothe ministry in 1981 when he was called to serve as pastor of Crooked Creek Church. Elder Austin is continually busy serving among the churches ofthe Original Bear Creek Association and often travels among the churches in the eastern states.