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| Family
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Born: December
23, 1940 in Tulsa, OK
Parents: Rev. and Mrs. J.R. Harris of Tulsa,
OK
Married: Crystal L. Russell of Ponca City,
OK, May 26, 1979.
Four Children
Six Grandchildren
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| Educational
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High School: 1968, Grand
Saline High School,
Grand Saline, Texas.
Four Sport Letterman: Football, Basketball,
Track, Baseball
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| College:
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1962, BS in Biblical Studies
and Psychology, Southwestern Assemblies of
God College,
Waxahachie, Texas, Summa Cum Laude, Valedictorian.
Winner of Harmon Trophy for Best All Around
Athlete 1962. 1966, BA in History and
Political Science, Midwestern University,
Wichita Falls, Texas, Summa Cum Laude.
1972, M. Div., Graduate Seminary, Phillips
University, Enid, Ok, Magna Cum Laude.
1966-1967, University of Tulsa School
of Law, and
1972-1973 twenty-seven hours of Doctoral
work at Phillips University.
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| Pastorates |
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1969-1973, Carmen United
Methodist Church, Carmen, OK
1973-1976, Lamont United Methodist Church,
Lamont, OK
1976-1979, Albright United Methodist Church,
Ponca City, OK
1979-1982, Fairview United Methodist Church,
Fairview, OK
1982-2004, First United Methodist, OKC, OK
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| Positions
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1983-1993, Chairman of the
Board of Each One Feed One, International.
1987- Present, President of Ariel Ministries.
1982-2004, Established a bible study, Loaves
and Fishes, for the downtown Oklahoma City
business community. This ministry continued
unabated for over 22 years.
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Publications |
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Books
The Lame Prince: A Study in Relational Grace
Becoming A Somebody
Seven Steps to Wholeness
Pending
The Feast of Israel
The Tabernacle in the Wilderness
The Priesthood of Israel
The Atoning Touch: The Healing Miracles
of Jesus in Mark’s Gospel
Study Guides
Four Fabulous Visions: A Study Guide to
the Amazing Book Of Revelations.
Ephesians: A Study on the Queen Epistle.
Taped Studies
Six Steps to the Throne
The Lost Son
Victory in Jesus
The Last Will and Testament of Jesus
The Run Away Slave
*Ariel Ministries
has dozens of other taped sermons and teaching
series available, plus a number of additional
study guides.
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| Radio Ministry |
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Founder and Teacher of Holy
Ground, a national radio outreach presenting
the good news of relational grace on the following
stations:
The Oasis Network:
Tulsa, OK, 90.5 FM
OKC, OK, 88.1 FM
Hampton, VA, 91.5
Canton, OH, 88.7
Wilkins Communications
Kansas City, MO 1380 AM
Chattanooga, TN 1450 AM
Sky Angel Satellite Network
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| Television |
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Served as co-hosts with
Chris Harris on Trinity Broadcasting Network
for many years.
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| Travels |
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Traveled over thirty trips
to the Holy Land where he is an acknowledged
authority on Middle Eastern history. Traveled
three times to Kenya, East Africa, where
he established a clinic near Mount Kenya.
Led tours to Egypt, Jordan, Greece and
Turkey.
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| Honors Received |
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1975, Salvation Army “Man
of the Year”, Ponca City, OK,
1995, “Harry Denman Evangelism Award”,
Oklahoma Annual Conference of the United Methodist
Church.
2001, “Kingdom Builder Award”,
Evangelical Covenant Church.
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| Special
Achievements |
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Presented over twenty camp meetings including
the 150 year old Hurricane Camp Meeting
in Tulu, Kentucky, and the Beulah Camp Meeting
in Illinois, one of the oldest camp meetings
in America.
Led over forty persons into full time pastoral
ministries.
Preached revivals and conducted teaching
seminars in a wide variety of denominational
settings from California to Massachusetts.
Perhaps best known as the pastor of the
church destroyed by the Murrah Building
bombing in 1995.
While pastoring First United Methodist
Church in OKC, hosted two presidents of
the United States, William Jefferson Clinton
and George W. Bush, two vice presidents
of the United States, Albert Gore and Richard
Chaney; two Attorney Generals of the United
States, Janet Reno and John Ashcroft; plus
the Surgeon General of the United States
and a number of other dignitaries.
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