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Thinking Cap Series By Kent Haralson
The 'Thinking Cap' series grew out of questions being asked by a high school philosophy class and was further cultivated by personal discipleship efforts by Kent, first as a teacher and then as a pastor. Dr. Haralson is uniquely gifted to contribute in-depth, 'meaty' study material on God's Word thus furthering the understanding of Christian brothers and sisters in their walk with the Lord.
He is married with two adult children and eight grandchildren. He was saved at age 32; served as youth leader, Sunday School teacher and Deacon and was called to fulltime service in 1987. Academically, he has been awarded a B.S. (Mathematics & Physics) from the University of Wisconsin; M.S. (Computer and Information Science) from Ohio State University; Ph.D. (Martial Arts) from Feather River University and D.Min. (Pastoral Ministries) from Anchor Theological Seminary. He has also taken post graduate courses from Tyndale Seminary. Following a 17 year career with IBM Corp as instructor, programmer, manager, planner and Senior Manager, Kent resigned in 1987 upon receiving a call to fulltime ministry, taking up as associate pastor at Berean Baptist Church in West Palm Beach FL USA. His responsibilities included all Sunday Schools, Bible studies, evangelism, discipleship and laylead ministries for a church averaging over 800 in attendance.
A martial artist since 1972, he is the founder of Seigi Bushido Ryu (The Way of the Righteous Warrior) system and holds an 9th degree black belt. Moreover, Kent is Chairman of the worldwide organization of Christian martial artists, Gospel Martial Arts Union, which was founded in 1986.
In 1997 he was called to be the Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Lewistown, Montana. While there the church budget more than doubled as did the attendance. In August of 2002, he was called to pastor Grace
Church in Osceola, Wisconsin. This small church of 45 at that time, has experienced steady growth.
It is our prayer that the 'Thinking Cap' series will be thought-provoking and a vehicle for focusing your attention on Christ and God's Word.
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