Amanda Hollingshead Born Again: On a Sunday Morning in January 1996 Place: Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Age: 17

I was saved when I was 17 on a Sunday morning in January 1996 at Shiloh Missionary
Baptist Church. I had been going to the altar off and on since I was 9. Through the years,
my heart got harder, and I had more pride. People would come to me during revivals, but
I was able to push them and the conviction aside. On the Sunday I got saved, the conviction
was very deep and troubling. We had a visiting preacher, Scott Carter, but I don’t remember
what he preached. During his message, I was trying to decide if I would go and play the
invitation song or stop at the altar. As I struggled with my decision, Sister Biven Hendrix
kept staring at me, and I knew that she knew I was under conviction. When it came time for
the invitation, I made my way to the front, but I was still undecided. When I got to the front,
Sis. Biven said my name, and at that instant I turned and went to the altar. After praying for
a while, I requested that my sister come and lead in prayer. As she was praying, I also
started praying out loud. I had finally decided that I wanted to be saved more than anything
and was willing to finally put my pride aside to do that. I prayed “God have mercy on me”,
and suddenly the need to keep praying left me. I wasn’t sure what had happened so the
following week I continued to pray to God to let me know whether or not I had been saved.
The following Saturday I attended my first ordination service and while Bro. Massey was
preaching God revealed to me beyond a shadow of doubt that I had been saved the previous
Sunday. I was so overwhelmed with the spirit that I interrupted Bro. Massey’s sermon to
tell everyone that I had been saved.

Amanda is a teacher, a pianist, the wife of a Baptist minister, Bro. Kevin Hollingshead, the mother of a son, Chad, and soon to be mother again. She is active in the Church's Vacation Bible School and she and her husband are valued members of our church family. Her hobby is "Scrapbooking".

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