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MULLAGHMEEN BAPTIST CHURCH |
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Our Elders
Victor Irwin Barrie Clingen
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In September 2005 one of our elders, Barrie Clingen,
went into the Irish Baptist College to
study and train for full time
About three years ago (Jan 2005)
after a period of prompting and leading from God, we took the decision to sell
our business, in order for me to go to Bible College. It was a decision that
was not made lightly, and yet we knew that this was what God wanted us to do.
This was with the aim of me going into the pastorate at the end of the three
year period.
The three years have gone far too
quickly and with May 2008 looming on the horizon, perhaps the question ‘why me?’
occurs time and time again! I can feel inadequate for the task, fearful of what
the future holds and the direction that God will take us as a family; yet I am
confident, as I was at the start, that God will give me the gifts and resources
we need to fulfil His plans for us.
I thank God that he has helped us
so far and pray that he will guide us as a family in the future.
Please pray for
Barrie, his wife Jeanette
and their family as they seek God's guidance for the future.
Christian Work. Now in 2008 Barrie writes:
As I write this I am looking at a photograph, of me reading an article in the
Grace Baptist Magazine, which has on the reverse side an article entitled ‘Why
me?’.