Ordination

Pastor Earl Dingus was ordained on June 13, 1954 at the Sinking Creek Baptist Church in Johnson City, Tennessee.  It is on the registry of churches in Nashville, TN as having been established in 1773, prior to the Declaration of Independence, and is one of  the oldest churches in the state.  Earl fondly remembers his ordination and lovingly embraces those memories of dear Southern folks who encouraged him to follow His Lord and Savior in the ministry.


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Earl J. Dingus was a pastor to the Chillicothe Baptist Church for 12 years and is noted
in their history of the church.  On occasion he has gone back to the church to visit or to
assist with funerals for the church members.

1970-1980: The Move to Clinton Road
On March 11, 1970, a 10–acre lot of land on Clinton Road was purchased and was paid in its entirety February, 1973.  Dr. Earl J. Dingus served as pastor from 1970 to 1982.  Ground breaking on the Clinton Road property began 6 years later on April 1, 1979.

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God' Blessing - Reflecting upon three little ones. Children with sweet faces and quiet conversations.

God's Blessing

If you listen intently, you may hear

   The angels sing

But as you listen, amidst the jumbles

   Through the year

Comes the voice of God saying:

   "Open your Heart up to me

   For the Blessing of heaven."

Nothing that even the angels of heaven

   Or anything else can give,

Will equal the smallest

   Blessing from God.

But does God really bless?

If you will look into the eye of a little child

Or hear the childish laugh --

Listen - Listen -

That is God speaking

Love to Olivia, Addison and Amelia

Written in December 2011 by Grandpa Earl

The Reality of Life

The Reality of Life

God knew You before

The world was Born

God knew that you would be

A rebellious soul!

So, before He laid down the

Foundation of the World

He said to His Son

"There is no Hope

Unless You Die

For Him."

Then on that Christmas Morn

Salvation was Born

The Christ of the Cradle

Though Laid in a Manger

Had Come to Die

On a Cross.

Now that you are His

Despair is

A Radiant Hope!

Each day we lift our Head

Because God

Took away all Dread

And filled our Life

With Him.

By Earl Dingus  ~  January 2012