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James Ahlemann Entered The Ministry At The Age Of 16

James Ahlemann was born on June 30, 1945 in Columbus, Indiana. He entered the ministry and began to have opportunities to speak in churches in Virginia at the age of 16.

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James Ahlemann Entered The Ministry At The Age Of 16

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  1. James Ahlemann Entered The Ministry At The Age Of 16 James Ahlemann was born on June 30, 1945 in Columbus, Indiana. He and his family resided at numerous places that include Columbus, Indiana, New Albany, Indiana and Terra Haute, Indiana. His grandfather and father were pastors and as he was growing up, he shifted many times because his father accepted a wide range of pastoral assignments in churches. They moved to Lexington, Kentucky, Orlando, Florida, Norfolk, Virginia and Blytheville, Arkansas and he completed his high school education from Blytheville High School in 1963. He entered the ministry and began to have opportunities to speak in churches in Virginia at the age of 16. During his senior year of high school, he and his brother conducted special services in churches in Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri. Upon his graduation from high school, he was known as the pastor of a church in Clarksville, Arkansas. At the age of 18, he attended the College of the Ozarks and was the pastor at the Church of the Nazarene, Clarksville (1963-1964). During his time there, the average church's attendance grew from 28 to 45.

  2. James Ahlemann Entered The Ministry At The Age Of 16 (Continued..) Later, James Ahlemann studied at Bethany Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma. After this, he attended the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri and then he took a pastorate of Church of the Nazarene, O'Fallon, Missouri (1965-1967). Besides this, he enrolled at Memphis State University, Memphis, TN and was also a pastor at Church of the Nazarene, West Memphis, Arkansas (1967-1970). In addition to this, James Ahlemann was a pastor at Cedar Lane Church of the Nazarene, Little Rock, Arkansas from 1970 to 1971 and Calvary Church of the Nazarene, Arlington, Virginia from 1971 to 1977. By the time James Ahlemann was 31, he was pastoring the 5th largest church in the denomination of the Church of the Nazarene, became very popular and was in demand for speaking to pastors on the subject of church growth throughout the nation. On February 26, 1976, he opened the United States Senate Session in prayer (an honor given to only 12 clergy every year by the Chaplain of the Senate). His prayer was also printed in The Congressional Record.

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