Harold Eubanks

Born Again: A Wednesday morning
during revival in 1983
Where: Bethel Baptist Church
Age: 32

His Testimony

First, a little background leading to my salvation that Wednesday morning in 1983. At about the age of ten or eleven, I was attending a modern Baptist church and felt pressured to join the church and be baptized. I did join, was baptized, but still was lost. Several years later, I began to doubt if I was truly saved. I went to the pastor of the church at that time and was led down the same road as I was at the age of ten. It is called the “Roman road to salvation”, when in truth it should be called the “Roman road to destruction”, because it is a salvation of intellect instead of heart-felt, know-so salvation that comes only from God. So I was baptized again but still in a lost condition. I went on that way for a few more years, then strayed away from church for seven or eight years.

I got back in church and became very active. I was a Sunday school teacher, youth leader, choir member and deacon. I tell this experience to show no matter how sincere or active you are as a church member, you still must have that heart-felt, blood-bought, know-so salvation that the world and even many Baptists do not know what you are talking about.

Then one summer, we were invited to a revival service at Bethel Church. Bro. Fred Prince was preaching that night. I remember how friendly and loving people were and there was a freedom of worship I had never seen before.

Shortly thereafter, I moved my membership to Bethel. I began to hear the gospel preached in its purity time after time by every preacher who preached in that pulpit. I heard words like being lost, conviction of God, drawing power of God, blood bought, and know-so salvation, and time and place. After being at Bethel for a while, I became troubled and doubted my salvation again. At the time I was a deacon, Sunday school teacher and helped lead singing. I believe years of “religion” and pride stood in my way when God was dealing with me. I became so burdened and confused until that Wednesday morning of our summer revival in 1983. At work by myself I bowed before God in the back corner of the warehouse and asked God to save me “if” I was lost. We had day and night services during the revival and I had not been to any of the day services. That Wednesday morning, I had to go because I could not get any relief from that burden in the corner of the warehouse. That morning, we had testimony service and I believe everyone there who was saved gave their testimony and every one of them drove my conviction and burden deeper and deeper. We had an invitation and sung every verse of the song and on the last verse, I could not take it any longer and ran to the altar. It seemed like I stayed there forever crying unto God to save me “if” I was lost. I got up once and sat down, exhausted, wondering if I had waited too late. I almost got up and left. But I was too scared to leave the church and had to get all that “religion” and pride out of the way. I cried unto God, “even if I have to die today, please save me before I die” because I knew then that I was lost and there was no “if” about it. At that moment, there was a peace and joy that came over me that I have never experienced before in my life. That burden, doubt, and confusion was gone. Thank God for a know-so salvation! I joined the church that morning and was baptized by Bro. Fred Prince in Carroll Lake the following Sunday. I was thirty-two years old.

Marie Eubanks Crews

Born Again: At Age 13
Place: At Prospect
Baptist Church in Hollow Rock, TN

Marie went to be with the Lord May 28, 2008

Her Testimony

I was saved at Prospect Baptist Church in Hollow Rock, Tennessee, when I was thirteen years old. I remember being on my knees praying and they were singing “Love Lifted Me”. I got up off my knees and was so happy that I shook hands with everyone there. I knew the Lord had saved me.

On April 6, 1960, after we moved to Huntingdon, I moved my membership to Huntingdon First Baptist Church and remained there until I united with Huntingdon Missionary Baptist Church on Tuesday, June 24, 2003.

[I wanted to share this experience at the request of my son Harold Eubanks.]