Charles Swilling     

At the age of 16, I was saved by God's marvelous grace. I followed the Lord in scriptural baptism at the Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Roland, Oklahoma. It was at the same church I surrendered to preach in April, 1962.

In September of the same year, I began studies at the Texas Baptist Institute and Seminary in Henderson, Texas. I completed my studies in Bible languages with a Master of Theology degree in May, 1967. The Calvary Baptist Church in Henderson ordained me to the gospel ministry in 1964 at the request of the Harris Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Wilkinson, Texas, my first pastorate.

Churches I have pastored are the Harris Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Wilkinson, Texas; Concord Baptist Church, Omaha,Texas; Enterprise Missionary Baptist Church, Gary, Texas; Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Jacinto City, Texas; East Side Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Texas; Grace Missionary Baptist Church, Houston, Texas, and Veal Switch Baptist Church, Hughes Springs Texas.

In 1974, the Texas Baptist Institute and Seminary asked me to join their teaching staff. It was a joy to teach there for 7 years. I enjoyed the work with the school and helping young preachers and it was a blessing to associate and fellowship with the other teachers in the school.

It was my privilege of working with the Grace Missionary Baptist Church for nearly 18 years. I was the director of the Sounding Out the Word Ministries at Grace as well as pastor. I learned a lot about the printing ministry and the outreach ministry of the printed Word. The church sent material into 68 countries and 49 states. It was a blessing to hear from many preachers who wrote for our material and called to have their names added to the mailing list and ask for some or all of the material. The outline books and paper were sent to churches and individuals free of charge to them.

At present, I am selling sermon sets and study books as well as pastoring. Most of the sermon sets have 8 sermons in them and the cost is $4.50 per set, which includes postage. I have 396 sermon sets at the present time. I have 62 outline books available. These books are series of sermons that I have preached at the churches I have pastored.

The material would make a good study for Sunday School, BTC ladies' auxiliary, men's' brotherhood or helps for a pastor. I offer this material to help teachers and preachers share the Word of God in outline form.