{"id":319,"date":"2020-09-04T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T13:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.herringlakebaptist.org\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2020-09-04T14:12:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T14:12:41","slug":"our-pastor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/index.php\/our-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pastor Jim MacQuarrie&#8217;s testimony<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>It is my desire to be a faithful, equipped shepherd communicating Christ to a lost world and edifying His saints by the preaching of His Word to enable His church to effectively serve Him in love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 1, 1981 \u2013 Personal salvation at Word of Life snow camp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 24, 1982 &#8211; Dedicated my life to Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a>January 4, 1998 &#8211; Ordained at High Point Baptist Chapel of&nbsp;<\/a>Geigertown, PA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa and I were married on August 11, 1984; we have four adult children; Alisha, Crystal, Jonathan and Jessica. Crystal is married to David; they have two boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a 1986 graduate of Piedmont Bible College Winston-Salem, NC. Currently working on a Master of Arts in Ministry at International Baptist College and Seminary in Chandler, AZ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Life verses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John 3:30&nbsp;&nbsp; He must increase, but I must decrease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalm 27:4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One&nbsp;<em>thing<\/em>&nbsp;I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the&nbsp;Lord, and to inquire in His temple.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"631\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.herringlakebaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/14409387_10154436090604985_4138166589736332421_o1-1024x631.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor and Melissa MacQuarrie\" class=\"wp-image-285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/14409387_10154436090604985_4138166589736332421_o1-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/14409387_10154436090604985_4138166589736332421_o1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/14409387_10154436090604985_4138166589736332421_o1-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/14409387_10154436090604985_4138166589736332421_o1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Jim MacQuarrie&#8217;s testimony It is my desire to be a faithful, equipped shepherd communicating Christ to a lost world and edifying His saints by the preaching of His Word to enable His church to effectively serve Him in love. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/index.php\/our-pastor\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-319","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herringlakebaptist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}