James Ahlemann Entered The Ministry At The Age Of 16

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• James Ahlemann Entered The Ministry At The Age Of
  16
• James Ahlemann was born on June 30, 1945 in
  Columbus, Indiana. He and his family resided at
  numerous places that include Columbus, Indiana,
  New Albany, Indiana and Terra Haute, Indiana. His
  grandfather and father were pastors and as he was
  growing up, he shifted many times because his
  father accepted a wide range of pastoral
  assignments in churches. They moved to Lexington,
  Kentucky, Orlando, Florida, Norfolk, Virginia and
  Blytheville, Arkansas and he completed his high
  school education from Blytheville High School in
  1963. He entered the ministry and began to have
  opportunities to speak in churches in Virginia at
  the age of 16. During his senior year of high
  school, he and his brother conducted special
  services in churches in Tennessee, Arkansas and
  Missouri. Upon his graduation from high school,
  he was known as the pastor of a church in
  Clarksville, Arkansas. At the age of 18, he
  attended the College of the Ozarks and was the
  pastor at the Church of the Nazarene, Clarksville
  (1963-1964). During his time there, the average
  church's attendance grew from 28 to 45.

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• James Ahlemann Entered The Ministry At The Age Of
  16 (Continued..)
• Later, James Ahlemann studied at Bethany
  Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma. After
  this, he attended the University of Missouri,
  Columbia, Missouri and then he took a pastorate
  of Church of the Nazarene, O'Fallon, Missouri
  (1965-1967). Besides this, he enrolled at Memphis
  State University, Memphis, TN and was also a
  pastor at Church of the Nazarene, West Memphis,
  Arkansas (1967-1970). In addition to this, James
  Ahlemann was a pastor at Cedar Lane Church of the
  Nazarene, Little Rock, Arkansas from 1970 to 1971
  and Calvary Church of the Nazarene, Arlington,
  Virginia from 1971 to 1977.
• By the time James Ahlemann was 31, he was
  pastoring the 5th largest church in the
  denomination of the Church of the Nazarene,
  became very popular and was in demand for
  speaking to pastors on the subject of church
  growth throughout the nation. On February 26,
  1976, he opened the United States Senate Session
  in prayer (an honor given to only 12 clergy every
  year by the Chaplain of the Senate). His prayer
  was also printed in The Congressional Record.

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