I just love this story! What a GOD message!
There I am, preparing to speak. Someone introduces me who does not know me personally. So, he reads from my bio. Two things capture the congregation’s attention:
First, my name – H.B. Charles Jr. “Just in case you’re wondering,” he says, “H.B. does not stand for anything.” I am going to be asked about that later. Usually, I simply answer, “What can I say? My father did it to me. And I did it to my son.”
Then the second, bigger detail comes up: “H.B. succeeded his father’s forty-year pastorate at the age of seventeen, while he was a senior at Los Angeles High School.” This statement typically evokes some commentary from the person introducing me. “I don’t know what I was doing at seventeen, but it sure wasn’t pastoring a church!” More Here
