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Joe Aulds preaching during a 2006 revival at a Tennessee church. Submitted photo

Farm boy to ‘voice in the wilderness,’ Aulds completes 50 faithful years of ministry

April 14, 2016

By Jamie Stephens, Regional Reporter

SPEARSVILLE- As a farm boy, Joe Aulds was focused on building a future in agriculture – serving as president of 4-H and FFA and winning grand champion awards at livestock shows.

But, he said his life was never the same after the day, during his senior year of high school in 1966, when he admitted to his pastor from Camp Creek Baptist Church that he was tired of running from God and wanted to surrender to His will.

“Two years prior to the moment when I admitted to Reverend [William] Cottrell that I wanted to stop running from God, I already knew in my heart that God was calling me to ministry, but I had been afraid of surrendering,” explained Aulds.

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