Dennis Thurman

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Religion
Occupation Senior Pastor
Location Candler, NC, United States
Introduction I am a mountaineer by birth--a native of Asheville, NC. For a period of ten years I lived in the Charlotte area and since 1995, I have been "home." I was brought up in a Christian family. In fact, I went to church nine months before I was born! Despite the best efforts of parents and preachers, I went astray. The Prodigal Son story that Jesus told in Luke 15 became my story--a sordid life of drugs and booze and that's enough for you to know. But at the age of eighteen all I had been taught came flooding back into my mind when I saw the mess I was in. Christ changed me. I gave my life to Him and as a result have spent the last three decades preaching the Gospel. I'm not all I ought to be and certainly not what I one day shall be, but thankfully, not what I used to be! God has blessed me with a great wife, five wonderful children and so far, thirteen grandchildren—one of which is in heaven. To Him be the glory and praise, now and forever.
Interests Watching sports, playing golf and reading.
Favorite Movies The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Twelve Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, King Kong (the original version), Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula--all the old Universal B&W horror flicks
Favorite Music Steve Green, Brooklyn Tab, Carrie Underwood, Charles Billingsley, Paul Overstreet, Steve and Annie Chapman
Favorite Books Anything by Jeff Shaara and Tolkein, Arnold Dallimore's biographies of Spurgeon, Whitefield and Charles Wesley