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Vines: My Life and Ministry is unavailable, but you can change that!

Dr. Jerry Vines accepted the call to pastor First Baptist Church, Jacksonville,FL, in July 1982 and retired in February of 2006. He was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention in both 1988 and 1989. He traveled the country preaching and teaching the Bible at churches, conferences, and denominational meetings. Now, in his autobiography, the pastor, Baptist statesman, and father...

“Sin will take you farther than you want to go. Sin will teach you more than you want to know. Sin will keep you longer than you want to stay. Sin will cost you more than you want to pay.” And when it comes to what Southern Baptists did in Vegas, it didn’t stay in Vegas either. They left Vegas with me as their president for a second term. I was actually getting some accolades from the Baptist media. Bob Terry, editor of Missouri’s The Word and Way, praised me for focusing on witnessing and evangelism.