Authors Mary B. Niswonger and Dr. J.S. Bell's Newly Released "A Pilgrimage of Faith: From A Cotton Farm to a Mountain Valley" is the Story of a Man who Made a Difference
"A Pilgrimage of Faith: From A Cotton Farm to a Mountain Valley" from Christian Faith Publishing authors Mary B. Niswonger and Dr. J.S. Bell is an inspiring story of a life lived in service to God and others.
MEADVILLE, Pa., Jan. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "A Pilgrimage of Faith: From A Cotton Farm to a Mountain Valley": a father's sharing of life on a cotton farm in west Tennessee, followed by his early experiences as a pioneer missionary in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. "A Pilgrimage of Faith: From A Cotton Farm to a Mountain Valley" is the creation of published authors Mary B. Niswonger, a former special education teacher currently employed as a part-time professor at Midway University, Kentucky and the second daughter of Dr. J.S. Bell. Bell was born in a farming community in 1911. During his sophomore year in high school, he was called to pastoral ministry and ordained at the age of 17. During the thirty-five years he served as pastor of Hindman Baptist Church, he established twenty-one missions throughout Knott County, five of which became churches with full-time pastors of their own.
Mary shares, "How would you respond to a call from the heart of God?
"This is the story of how God's call came to a young man, J.S. Bell, at the early age of sixteen. Having grown up on a cotton farm in Tennessee, Bell planned to one day be an agriculture teacher, but God had a different plan.
"As the years unfolded, God revealed his call to Bell, which was to preach the gospel in an isolated, small community nestled in the mountains of Kentucky.
"Serving God in this mountain community brought both blessings and hardships. There were threats on Bell's life, financial hardship, long hours of study, prayer, and countless visits to homes of hurting people.
"Serving God was a pilgrimage of faith, day by day and hour by hour. Seed was sown. God provided the harvest—a harvest of redeemed lives, the birth of twenty-one missions, a growing home church, and the life-changing impact of a faithful servant—an impact that lives on in this mountain community even to this day."
Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Mary B. Niswonger and Dr. J.S. Bell's new book is an inspiring true story of faith and service in Knott County, Kentucky as told by a father and his daughter.
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