ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE

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About the Author Reverend Terry C. Barber was born on April 26, 1957, and raised in the north-central Ohio town of Ontario, just outside Mansfield. He attended Mount Union College near Canton, Ohio from 1975-1977, following his graduation from Ontario High School in 1975. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in May 1977, and was honorably discharged into the Air National Guard in October 1978. Reverend Barber graduated in 1981 from East Texas Bible College, in Tyler, Texas. In 1982, he married his wife MaryAnn Fetherston, and re-enlisted in the Air Force. Reverend Barber enrolled in correspondence courses at Berean University, Illinois, and was licensed to preach the gospel in 1990. During the gulf war, he served in the Air Force and was medically retired from the military in July, 1991. Reverend Barber was ordained as a minister of the Gospel in 1992, he served as associate pastor and then senior pastor of various churches in upstate New York from 1989 to 1996. He also served in various capacities as an associate pastor in Arizona from 1997 to 2000, and is currently fully retired. Product Description According to His Purpose is an autobiography. The story begins with my conversion experience and my experiences with God as a young, zealous Christian. It describes my struggles as a Christian man in the military stationed in the Republic of Turkey. Since Christianity was illegal in Turkey, it was there I learned the pain of physical persecution for the sake of my faith in Christ. After being struck down with an incurable disease early in life, and forced to accept a medical retirement from the Air Force, I took the pastorate of a small, inner-city church in Syracuse, NY. From the Author According to His Purpose is a true story about success and failure, pain and suffering, hope and despair and how God can use good and bad to break a man, in order to build him into a useful instrument. According to His Purpose provides insight into understanding why even God's people are permitted to suffer with sickness, disease and disabilities. This book will minister to people in the military, people who suffer with disabilities and anyone who has ever asked the question, "Why do bad things happen to good people?"