{"id":15,"date":"2021-03-30T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T09:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/WestBowPress\/856846\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2024-03-08T01:39:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T01:39:31","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/WestBowPress\/856846\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1212 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/WestBowPress\/856846\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/au-268x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/WestBowPress\/856846\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/au-268x300.png 268w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/WestBowPress\/856846\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/au.png 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/>Samuel W. Hale, Jr.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Samuel W. Hale, Jr.<\/em> is a graduate of the American Baptist College in Nashville, Tennessee and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a former pastor of the historic Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Springfield, Illinois. His ministerial experience includes over 60 years of pastoring, teaching, missions, religious journalism, and church ministry development.<\/p>\n<p>He has written for the Sunday School Publishing Board of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc.; served as Director of Continuing Education at American Baptist College for 11 years and as Director of the Contemporary Ministries Workshop of the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education for over 20 years. He has served in various Mission and Christian Education capacities during his more than six decades of Christian Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>He has also authored the books \u201cConfirmation for Ministry\u201d, \u201cThe First Century Mission and The Twenty-First Century Church\u201d, \u201cWhen Your Loved One Dies \u2013 A Practical Funeral Preparation Guide for Family Members\u201d, \u201cAdventures of the Souls\u201d, and \u201cWhen Messias Comes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of his main Ministry Objectives is to make real the Teaching Mission of Jesus in Luke 24:45 &#8211; \u201cThen opened him their understanding that they might understand the scriptures.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nOther Books By This Author <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westbowpress.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/352665-When-Your-Loved-One-Dies\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/WestBowPress\/856846\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/otherbook1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48\" style=\"border:1px solid #000; padding:5px; background:#eee;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westbowpress.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/740528-Adventures-of-the-Souls\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/WestBowPress\/856846\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/otherbook2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48\" style=\"border:1px solid #000; padding:5px; background:#eee;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel W. Hale, Jr. Samuel W. Hale, Jr. is a graduate of the American Baptist College in Nashville, Tennessee and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a former pastor of the historic Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Springfield, Illinois. 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