Hello Baptist Board

My name is Tim Shelton. I live in a little town named Villa Ridge which is in Missouri. I just celebrated my 25th wedding anniversary 2 months ago. I have 2 children a daughter and son
My walk in faith started when I was a young child. As a child I was always fascinated with life after death. I believe God was convicting me of eternity at a young age. My grandfather took me to church as a young child, and I made a profession of faith at the age of 14 when I was in a Bible camp. I was raised in the church of God of Prophecy. Which is a holiness Pentecostal church. I tried living a Holy life in my teenage years but I would always backslide and at the time i thought I lost my salvation. So I got discouraged and thought I will go to church when i do not have all this peer pressure from the world.
When I graduated High School. I joined the U.S. Navy. I lived a worldly life while serving I knew the life I was living was not right but I was ignorant at that time...... thinking I would live right when I got out of the Navy. My theology was messed up I thought I had to live like a monk to be Holy.
I just thought at the time if I make a commitment to the Lord I know I will mess it all up so I will commit my life later
After serving almost 8 years in the Navy I returned back to Missouri. I was still living a worldly life until the year of 2005. When I discovered my father had terminal cancer. His sickness and death made me realize how short life is. I knew when he was dying of cancer I knew I needed to get right with the Lord so I started listening to christian radio station KSIV 91.5 I would listen to J Vernon McGee in the mornings on my way to work and Adrian Rogers. I didn't know how the Lord was working in my life at the time but I see it now. How He was getting all that false Pentecostal doctrine out of me.
When my father passed in August 2006. I started looking for a church to attend. I found an assembly of God church and re-dedicated my life to the Lord. After about 1 year In the church The Lord was revealing truths to me that my pastor couldn't answer and at this time in my spiritual life I felt deceived by the Pentecostal Church. So I was upset with the deception and left. Not knowing where to go. I stayed out of church for about 5 years. During this period I was still listening to J Vernon McGee and Adrain Rogers I know it sounds stupid but I still didn't know what Church to attend. I knew what I believed in and I knew it was the truth. I just thought there is no one out there that believed the old time religion and singing the old gospel Hymns. During this time I started backsliding again
The time now is November 2014 My son got involved with drugs and had a very violent seizure that still affects him today. It was during this time an independent fundamental Baptist Church placed a gospel tract on our door. My family was ready to go back to church after his seizure but we were unsure where to go. We saw that gospel gospel from Union Baptist Temple laying on our coffee table and decided we would give this Baptist Church a try. My son was actually baptized in this church around the time my father was sick. So we thought this was no coincidence that this gospel tract showed up at this particular time in our lives. We felt God was leading us there.
I was very skeptical when we started attending the church. I believed in eternal security however I was worried I was going to hear something like 1 2 3 repeat after me and we will see you in the bapitistry I was telling my wife once that preacher starts that OSAS I'm out of there. Our first Sunday at Union Baptist Temple was Dec. 28th 2014. After a couple of months of attending and talking to the pastor about eternal security I felt this was the church God wanted us in. I re-dedicated my life to the Lord and was baptized on Easter Sunday.
I am now serving as the treasurer of Union Baptist Temple. I give God all the glory from delivering me from the false religions i was in and not giving up on me. So many times I left Him but He never left me. I still have a whole lot to learn and I pray for wisdom most everday. I hope and pray to glean more knowledge from this forum. Thank you your Brother in Christ Tim Shelton

 

Thank you very much Salty and InTheLight I will check out the military forum. I appreciate the warm welcome

 

What was the minor exeception?

 

Thank you Cassidy, Rippon, Martin and Rob. I appreciate the warm welcome