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| © Copyright, Harvest Oaks Baptist Church, Inc. This material may not be republished or rewritten without written permission. All rights reserved. |
| The Pastor of Harvest Oaks |
| Jay Gibson Senior Pastor |
1. Birthdate and Place:
I was born in June in San Antonio, Texas!
2. Family Information:
Wife (Ashlee), Son (Jeremy), and Son (Jacob).
3. Where did you grow up?
After being born in San Antonio soon thereafter we moved to Garland, TX. From
there we moved to Parker (a farming community outside of Allen) where my parents
still live today.
4. What is your "Salvation" testimony?
When I was around 12 or so I had gotten in trouble and prayed that night if God
would help me to get out of trouble I would be "baptised". Sure enough He got me
out of trouble and Sunday came around and I had to "anny up"! When I went down
the isle, I told the pastor that I had already prayed to God. Then that summer I got
"dunked" in Lake Lavon thinking I was being baptized. In college, my roommate
and others helped me to see that I may have believed in my heart but Ihad not yet
confessed with my mouth Jesus as my Lord and Savior and knelt beside my bed
and made sure that I had truly confessed Jesus as my Lord and Savior!
5. What is your "Call to the Ministry" testimony?
God used my senior year of college while working as a Sports intern at Channel 7
KATV, an ABC affiliate TV station in Little Rock, AR to help me see I had a higher
calling in life. During that summer, I had been used by God to help one of the on
air personalities through a very difficult situation. It was at the end of that summer,
when I went back to college that my desire was no longer in the field of TV
communications, but rather in the field of communicating the Grace of God to a
hurting world! God had redirected this journey of life that I was on!
6. What is your Education History?
I Graduated from Plano East Senior High and University of Arkansas at Monticello
with a BA in Communications (Major in Speech, Minor in General Business).
I was born in June in San Antonio, Texas!
2. Family Information:
Wife (Ashlee), Son (Jeremy), and Son (Jacob).
3. Where did you grow up?
After being born in San Antonio soon thereafter we moved to Garland, TX. From
there we moved to Parker (a farming community outside of Allen) where my parents
still live today.
4. What is your "Salvation" testimony?
When I was around 12 or so I had gotten in trouble and prayed that night if God
would help me to get out of trouble I would be "baptised". Sure enough He got me
out of trouble and Sunday came around and I had to "anny up"! When I went down
the isle, I told the pastor that I had already prayed to God. Then that summer I got
"dunked" in Lake Lavon thinking I was being baptized. In college, my roommate
and others helped me to see that I may have believed in my heart but Ihad not yet
confessed with my mouth Jesus as my Lord and Savior and knelt beside my bed
and made sure that I had truly confessed Jesus as my Lord and Savior!
5. What is your "Call to the Ministry" testimony?
God used my senior year of college while working as a Sports intern at Channel 7
KATV, an ABC affiliate TV station in Little Rock, AR to help me see I had a higher
calling in life. During that summer, I had been used by God to help one of the on
air personalities through a very difficult situation. It was at the end of that summer,
when I went back to college that my desire was no longer in the field of TV
communications, but rather in the field of communicating the Grace of God to a
hurting world! God had redirected this journey of life that I was on!
6. What is your Education History?
I Graduated from Plano East Senior High and University of Arkansas at Monticello
with a BA in Communications (Major in Speech, Minor in General Business).
| SOME FUN INFORMATION These answers are besides the obvious answers of Jesus and His Word: |
1. Favorite Hobby(s):
Reading, computers, home remodeling projects (if you can call it when I am through), golf (when I can afford to),
and deer hunting (if I can find them and see them)!
2. Favorite Restaurant(s):
Chili's (Are there any other restaurants?)
3. Favorite Store(s):
Any Christian bookstore, Home Depot, Lowe's, and any of the electronic stores.
4. Favorite Music / Musicians:
Music - Contemporary Christian music, Instrumental Jazz, and most all music types.
Musicians - Paul Baloche, Chris Tomlin, Mercy Me, Third Day, Jeremy Camp.
5. Favorite Movie(s):
(Most ministers put Braveheart, but not me!)
The Lord of the Rings series, Anything Batman,
Anything from the midevil time period, and any kind of war movies.
6. Favorite Book(s) (you would recommend):
"Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire" by Jim Cymbala, "The Antioch Effect" by Ken Hemphill,
"Visioneering" by Andy Stanley, and any Charles Swindoll character series.
7. Favorite Super Hero(s) and why?:
BATMAN! Is there any other?
Why?...In the infamous words of the Joker:
"Where does he get all those wonderful toys!"
8. Favorite People (people who made a difference in your life)?:
Ashlee, Jeremy and Jacob, my parents, my wife's parents, my Godmother, Bro. Lynne Steele, and select friends
(I won't mention any names so they won't know if it is them or not).
9. Favorite Person (anyone you could sit down and visit with) and why?:
The current President of the US at the time. Why?...I would ask him, "Who really shot JFK?", "What's really at
Roswell?", and "Can I pray with you, can I pray for you, and can I tell you about my Jesus?"
Reading, computers, home remodeling projects (if you can call it when I am through), golf (when I can afford to),
and deer hunting (if I can find them and see them)!
2. Favorite Restaurant(s):
Chili's (Are there any other restaurants?)
3. Favorite Store(s):
Any Christian bookstore, Home Depot, Lowe's, and any of the electronic stores.
4. Favorite Music / Musicians:
Music - Contemporary Christian music, Instrumental Jazz, and most all music types.
Musicians - Paul Baloche, Chris Tomlin, Mercy Me, Third Day, Jeremy Camp.
5. Favorite Movie(s):
(Most ministers put Braveheart, but not me!)
The Lord of the Rings series, Anything Batman,
Anything from the midevil time period, and any kind of war movies.
6. Favorite Book(s) (you would recommend):
"Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire" by Jim Cymbala, "The Antioch Effect" by Ken Hemphill,
"Visioneering" by Andy Stanley, and any Charles Swindoll character series.
7. Favorite Super Hero(s) and why?:
BATMAN! Is there any other?
Why?...In the infamous words of the Joker:
"Where does he get all those wonderful toys!"
8. Favorite People (people who made a difference in your life)?:
Ashlee, Jeremy and Jacob, my parents, my wife's parents, my Godmother, Bro. Lynne Steele, and select friends
(I won't mention any names so they won't know if it is them or not).
9. Favorite Person (anyone you could sit down and visit with) and why?:
The current President of the US at the time. Why?...I would ask him, "Who really shot JFK?", "What's really at
Roswell?", and "Can I pray with you, can I pray for you, and can I tell you about my Jesus?"
