My long time friend and fellow historian Dan Dillon has requested some assistance in keeping fresh content on his blog. I have some ideas about various issues that God's people are facing, but I am going to refrain from sharing those at this time.
However, since I do not want to leave Dan without content I will fall back on my favorite past time, which is the history of the body of Christ in the 20th century.
Back in the early 1990's I felt a burden to begin preserving our history as a body. Since that time, one hobby that I have thoroughly enjoyed is collecting old photographs. I am working on a book about William Sowders in which many of these pictures will be available to all. Who was he, where did he come from and what shaped his early life?
Well, in the mean time while I am composing this book, I will try to get on here at least twice a month to share a little bit of my findings. Anyone that has done any amount of research on a subject like history will recognize that it is VERY subjective. Sometimes I am unable to recall what I wore to church and ate for dinner on Sunday. Yet I am regularly asking people to recall dates and circumstances surrounding events that happened 50,60 and 70 years ago. There is plenty of room for error and perspective. We should all keep this in mind anytime we are reading one persons reflections. So please know that my names, dates, places and events are subject to be modified at anytime if I have more accurate and specific information become available. So some of the dates are an extrapolation based on other confirmed facts. I have spent a huge amount of time to validate and cross reference the material I have chosen to use. I hope it blesses you as much as it has me doing the research. I should have one bio ready by Sunday November 22nd.
God bless,
Paul Farmer
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