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In 1982, I was a Navy pilot flying A-7 Corsairs off of the USS Forrestal and had just surrendered to full-time Christian service. My pastor asked me to pray about joining his staff as an assistant pastor. I resigned my commission in the Navy and became an assistant pastor in 1983 with no Bible training at all! Though I had a B.S. degree in Aerospace Technology from a state university, I felt somewhat at a loss teaching the Bible. As the principal of a Christian school, I was unable to attend a local Bible college because it only offered daytime classes. I began attending a Baptist seminary in the area which was "supposed to be" the most conservative Southern Baptist seminary in the country. I attended this seminary while working on a Masters degree and felt frustrated because the professors constantly degraded the King James Bible and ridiculed Fundamentalists. During this time of frustration, I was introduced to a Bible correspondent program that offered graduate studies. I quit the traditional seminary and enrolled in the correspondence department and was greatly impressed with the quality of its courses. I completed a Master of Theology and a Doctor of Ministry through that school and actually felt that I had "earned" these degrees because of the intensity of the required work. This was not the first time that I had been exposed to correspondence studies. When I was undergoing Naval Pilot training, a large portion of the ground school (fuel, hydraulic, power plant systems, etc.) was conducted through correspondence materials. In 1988, I became the pastor of Temple Baptist Church in Kokomo, Indiana and once again felt the desire to expand my education. In 1990, I began driving 125 miles one way to a local Bible college. It took 2 years and 24,000 miles to finally walk the aisle with a diploma in hand. At the same graduation service, I also received an honorary doctorate.Dr. Mike Holloway
PastorYou can contact the pastor at pastor@templebaptistkokomo.com.
