Tom
Palmer:
One of the great desires of my life was that someday I might be a preacher.
I can’t explain it, yet even as a young boy that desire was very real to me.
As a twelve year old boy, I surrendered my life to the ministry at Miracles
Acres Youth Camp. I believed I yielded my 1ife to the will of God to be a
preacher at that point. No doubt the influence of my grandfather, Dr. George
Palmer, and my father, Rev. Jack Palmer, who were both preachers, had a
great influence on my life.
Throughout my teenage years, and
during a year of Bible college at Pensacola Christian College, I received
good training and valuable experience in the ministry.
While I was a senior in high
school, the ministry of revival became a great personal love through the
life-changing impact of a month-long revival crusade in our church.
In June of 1980, I joined my father
as his assistant pastor and youth director at Calvary Independent Baptist
Church in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
For nine very blessed and wonderful
years, we served the Lord together. It was during this time that my wife,
Patty, and I became acquainted. We were married in 1983 and completed our
ministry at Calvary in July of 1989. In September of that same year, we
committed ourselves to begin our revival and evangelistic ministry.
In recent years, we have conducted numerous revival meetings in churches,
Christian schools and camps. It remains our desire to see God continue to
work in reviving the hearts and lives of His people. We count it a great
privilege and blessing to be a part of what God is doing across America and
around the world.
