By Leigh Pritchett
Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist
Jordan Milar, 24, of Huntsville serves as contemporary worship leader and administrative assistant at his church. The University of North Alabama alumnus is a vocalist, pianist and guitarist.
Ministry description: Administrative assistant and worship leader in contemporary service
Church name: Sherwood Baptist Church, Huntsville, in Madison Baptist Association
Life verse: “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’” (Jeremiah 29:11)
Q: Describe where you focus your greatest ministry efforts.
A: Facilitating worship through music; serving daily all the people who visit or call the church office; helping in the youth ministry to disciple young people in their walk with Jesus.
Q: Tell about a “turning point” in your life and how God was involved.
A: I had rough teenage years struggling with a lot of sins. When I went to college I was in a fraternity that had a mandatory Bible study. I had gone to church all my life. I knew the answers. In this Bible study I asked a question and the guy leading the study asked to take me to lunch to discuss it further. He invested in me. For two years he would take me to lunch and talk about things. After two years I went on Beach Project. It is an evangelism camp. That was a turning point. I didn’t become a Christian then, but I became a Christian the next semester. Now my prayer every morning is a simple prayer from Bobby Richardson, who played for the New York Yankees: “Dear God, Your will. Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else. Amen.”
Q: Have you ever read a book or heard a song that changed the way you think about God and faith? What was it and what did you learn from it?
A: The song “It Is Well with My Soul.” … That song was just words. To go back two years later and read those words as a Christian; to know that the writer lost all his family and was able to say, “It is well”; to know there was no way I could come back from all that I was doing. Psalm 46:1 says, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” No matter what terrible things happen to this country, to this world, when you plant your faith in our Father it will be good.
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