The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 151, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 18, 1945 Page: 4 of 40
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PAGE FOUR
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DR. JENKENS
Church to Honor Pastor’s
30 Years of Service Today
By ERMA HOLT First Baptist church, has faith-
- And he shall feed his flock fully carried out that Biblical ex-
like a shepherd.” hortation.
HL. • , cavine love Today the 4.280 members of the
Thirty years of undying love church are pausing to thank the
| man who, through divine aid. has
led them from a weak and dimin-
ishing group to become a strong
and prosperous institution. In his
honor the church will pay tribute
at the morning worship service,
in which representatives of vari-
ous elements in Abilene will parti-
cipate.
Those who will speak at the
ceremony at 11 a m. will be Dr
E B Surface representative of
the Abilene Ministerial alliance:
Dr Rupert N Richardson, presi-
dent of Hardin-Simmons univer-
sity who will appear for that in-
| stitution and for the Baptist denom-
ination E M Collier, of Hendrick
Memorial hospital Tom Hayden
42d district attornel. who will rep
resent the Abilene citizenship and
% Joe C. Humphrey, representing
Abilene high school of which he
is principal.
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
After his return to North
Carolina, he received a letter
from the church here inviting
him to be its pastor. Mean-
while. the First Baptist church
of Wilmington, N. C. had also
called him and sent him a let-
ter several days earlier. "It was
the hand of God that hid the
Wilmington letter from my
sight until I had already ac-
cepted the call to Abilene,”
Dr Jenkens emphasized.
% @ e
Since then the First Baptist
church has grown to become one
of the largest in the convention.
Backed by Dr. Jenkens' spirit, it
has pioneered in summer encamp-
menu, the maintaining of an edu-
cation director and the idea of a
youth center, which is in the pro-
cess of materializing at present. In
30 years 11.323 members have been
received Contributions have to-
taled $1,556,924.37.
It has been through the efforts!
of Dr. Jenkens, who has always
i been interested in the young peo-
• 1 hie church that $3521247
INSPIRED BY DR. JENKENS—The Baptist Youth center ^ been spue unto the Youth cen
plan of the future is the result of promotion by Dr. Millard A. ter fund, whose goal is $100,000.
Jenkens. pastor of the First Baptist church. The $100,000 The pastor maintains. "How we
project is a pioneer idea in Baptist youth recreation centers, how we bulla the Cristine charge
time.” Dr Jenkens smiled, “and ter of youth today," and is hoping
I guess I must have done too well Sound people: sponsoreby (RE
for my own good, because when I church, become a reality soon,
was next asked to preach in a lit- • • 2*.
was nothing but a sandy country
road." he laughed
Thirty-one years ago Dr Jen-
kens had never dreamed of com-
ing to Abilene, or even to Texas.
He had been born on a small farm
near Asheville, N. C. and "was
just a typical country boy."
In telling his story Dr Jenkens’
memory took him back to the
days when he preached his first
Dr Jenkens' pastorate in Abi-
DR. MILLARD A. JENKENS lene began Nov 2. 1915 "At the __ ------
time, he recalled. Abilene was sermon, at the age of 17. His first
and devotion toward one church a small town with about 8.000 peo- congregation was the "trees,
have proved that the life of Dr. ple living inside its limits Those stumps, cows and birds” of the
Millard A Jenkens pastor of the were the days when Hickory street backwoods where he practiced for
A_ month before he ever entered
the pulpit. He recalled that day
when he stood on the platform of
a little Baptist church called Bent
Creek and preached on the sub-
ject. I Will Arise and Go to My
Father, the topic upon which he
had worked weeks previously.
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73-yearo-ld preacher Mid. "Finally.
I began to pray that the Lord
would show me his desire in a
dream. Then one night I dreamed
that I was in Athens with Judge
Andrew Cobb of that First Baptist
church and after I had preached a
long line began to form It began
on my right hand aide and extend-
ed all the way around the room
until it reached my left side. After
that vision 1 knew 1 had to go to
Athena.
“On Jan. 1. 1908, I started my
work M pastor of that First church
in Athens We began with a revival
meeting. On the laat Sunday of 'hat
meeting 1 Mw Judge Andrew Cobb
arise from his seat and a line came
behind him. It moved over to the
right aide of me and began form-
ing around the room until it ex-
tended around to my left side It
was just the way I had dreamed
it, and as I stood there with tears
in my eyes, 1 thanked God for that
blessing.”
It was while pastor in Athens
that the minister met and married
his future wife, the former Mar-
garet Holman. *
The veteran pastor first came to
Abilene in answer to an invitation
from the late President Sandefer
of Hardin-Simmons university. He
was to preach a convocation ser-
mon in that institution, which,
then, was Simmons college. When
he visited in Abilene the First Bap-
tist. church had no pastor and he
was asked to fill the pulpit.,
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tie log school-house across the The North Carolinan studied in
way. I had so much self-confidence Judson college. Wake Forest col-
that I made little preparation for lege and in Europe, and holds the
my sermon As a result. 1 got up degree of Doctor of Divinity con-
in the pulpit, gave an impressive ferredb/ Bethel college. Ky. Al
illustration I had found, but could though I never had the opportuni-
get no sermon to come I repeat- ty to go to the seminary I feel
ed the illustration hoping to be- that 1 have educated myself for
come inspired, but still no ser- my work through research done
mon came Finally, after I had in libraries of foreign countries
stood in the pulpit eight minutes, Dr Jenkens said. He has made five
I was forced to sit down, much to trips to Europe, and has visited
mv embarrassment From that day the Holy Lands several times. He
onto is the author of several books, in-
cluding Archangel of Death, Reli-
gion With a Song and Horizons
Aglow. Some of his works are yet
to be published He has written
over 2.000 stories on experiences
with God which are to be bound.
IN HARD-TO-FIND HOUSEWARES!
to this. I have never gone
the platform insufficiently pre-
pared to preach "
s *
Dr. Jenkens' first pastorate was
at a small and picturesque village.
Waynesville, N. C..
Since that time Dr Jenkens As trustee, board member and
has been offered pastorates at some
of the largest churches in the
Southern Baptist convention, but
has never gone to any church un-
less he felt led there by God
He recalls when he was pastor of
the University church in Macon.
Ga The church had become strong
and powerful and was one of the
largest in the southland. He had
enjoyed being its pastor and was
making plans for its future.
"Then one day a peculiar thing'
happened," the minister said. "I
felt that I was being led to go
over to the east side of Macon to
become pastor of a little Baptist
church which could only afford a
executive he has served the Bap-
tist denomination in various ca-
pacities and has been functioning
as Texas member of the Sunday
School board, trustee of Hardin-
Simmons and founder and trustee
of Texas Baptist sanatorium
During his 30 years in Abilene.
Dr Jenkens has had 28 calls from
other Baptist churches, some of
which offered him a doubled sal-
ary, but "I have always felt that
God wanted me to stay in this
church ” Although he has brought
the church from weakness to
strength, the pioneer insists he
hasn’t done as much as he should
have, for "life is all too short,”
$600 yearly salary for a acher
One of the deacons of t little
church came to me and in an apo-
logetic tone asked me if I would
consider becoming pastor of that
small group. A bit hesitant at first.
I finally went and began to help
that church get on its feet.
he says.
Dr Jenkens recalled when he
was asked to become pastor of the
First Baptist church in Athens,
Ga , and had turned down the in-
vitation. "The church called me
five times in three months and
each time I felt I couldn’t go.” the
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