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While there I got to be involved in many different ministries. Right after I Graduated from Bible College (HBBC), I went on staff at Lakewood Baptist Temple in Lakewood, WA. So by the grace of God I am still walking through doors as he opens them to me. The answer today is that same as then, no. My father asked if there was anything other than serving Him that would make me happy. It was in the middle of my senior year that I felt God’s call upon my life to preach the Gospel. He allowed me to teach Sunday school and be very involved with the youth at Southwest Baptist Church.Īs he opened doors, I walked through them, growing in the Lord and learning His word. He gave me the privilege to travel on the ‘Witness’ group for Heartland Baptist Bible College for two years. He gave me I Corinthians 10:31 as a life verse, “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” As I sought God, he began to open doors to for me. I have no doubt that is why all my brothers and sister are serving the Lord in good Fundamental Baptist Churches today.Īfter my salvation I began for the first time to truly seek the will of God for my life. He made serving the Lord our family’s ministry, and he made it a joy. Some of my most cherished childhood memories are going out door knocking with my dad and then going to the park or Dairy Queen. My dad didn’t try and shelter us from the ministry but rather he brought us along every step of the way. It was a great honor to grow up in the ministry. Over the years God has used him to plant nine Independent Baptist Churches. My father has been a pastor for close to 35 years. Now I am 100% sure, without a doubt, on my way to Heaven.Īs I stated in my salvation testimony, I had the great privilege of growing up in a strong Christian home. I went forward to the altar and prayed and received Christ as my personal Savior. On Wednesday evening of that week I finally set aside my pride and worry of what everyone else would think. Dave McCracken was preaching on being 100% sure that you would be in heaven at the Marriage Supper but I wasn’t 100% sure. In August of 1997 I was at youth camp, and Bro. I know the Lord used that situation to speak to me once again, but it was almost a year and a half later before I finally decided I couldn’t live in misery anymore. When I was almost 17, my Grandpa passed away. I let my pride get in the way of admitting that it didn’t matter who I was or what good I was doing, I was still lost. I was a bus captain, sang in the church and teen choirs and always thought of myself as a pretty good kid. But the more I tried to remember the larger the doubts grew.Īs a teenager, I always tried to pacify it with being involved in different ministries in the church. I mainly went off of what my older sister told me I had prayed and thought that was enough.
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As a young child, about 5 or 6, I made a profession of faith and remember being baptized, but the older I grew there wasn’t a whole lot I could recall. I had the privilege of being raised in a pastor’s home. Not because I wanted to please men but because I finally realized I was a sinner and I needed forgiveness from a great Savior. That night by the grace of God I got saved. When I stepped off the bus back on campus I found my roommate who was a senior and talked with him. I sat there miserable knowing things were not well in my soul. The people riding with me kept singing “It Is Well With My Soul”. After the service on November 3rd, 2000 I had to ride the college bus back to campus from the church. During a revival meeting at Southwest Baptist Church in OKC, OK, God turned up the pressure on me, but I refused to walk the aisle. I knew I was lost but I didn’t want anyone else to know it. Just a couple of months into my freshmen year I was miserable. I realized I was making professions of faith to please people and not because I believed I was a sinner before a holy God. I had made professions of faith, but in doing so I was always trying to get out of trouble with my parents. While at Bible College I took a personal evangelism class that really shook me up. My Father asked me to attend one year of Bible College and I agreed to do so. After I graduated from high school I had my plans for my future but they did not include serving God. I was raised in a very strong Christian home, yet I struggled with my salvation for many years.