Welcome to the Christian Men's Wall of Honor

DEDICATION:

Upon this Wall you will find the stories of great men. Sons of God. Men of Honor. Brothers in Christ. Men who stand out from the masses to stand up for their God and His Son. Men who are being honored by their friends and family by permanently memorializing them on this Wall of Honor for you and all the world to see and know.

PRAYER:

Eternal Father, bless these men for their faithfulness. May those who read and write the words inscribed here carry on and uphold Your Name. For those being honored here and still living, may they be continually blessed with Your Presence and Your Power as they bless those around them as they walk on with You. For those who are now with You, may their voices resound before Your Throne as an Anthem of Everlasting Praise and Honor to the Name that is above every name, now and forevermore. Amen.

J. R. Davison

The Bible says in the book of Genesis, “There were giants in the earth in those days.” However, many of us here today can testify to recent sightings of a giant among us in these days. His name is J.R. Davison.

J.R. never drew attention to himself but always pointed us to his Heavenly Father. Oh, how he loved his Father in Heaven and he loved to tell us stories about his fresh encounters with Him and how his Father could handle any difficult situation in life. more >>

Dr. Glynn Wells

Dr. Glynn Wells has answered the call to follow his Savior not only locally but around the world. He is truly what our Mission Pastor calls a “life term missionary.” His passion is to care for those who are lost and hurting, both physically and spiritually. He does this through (as he would say) “the gifts God has given him as a physician.” He and his wife Pat and 3 children (Brian, Jennifer, and Sean) lived in Kenya for 11 years and worked to establish five medical clinics. He continues to serve as a medical consultant for Christian Missionary Fellowship. He has also participated in eight short-term mission trips with his church, Mountain Christian Church in Joppa, Maryland. He is a physician in Bel Air, MD, has been an elder at his church and continues as a Bible teacher in small groups. If he isn’t reading about medicine, he is reading and studying God’s Word. more >>

Arthur Bowles

Arthur Bowles, the fifth of eight children, was born in rural Columbia, Virginia. A committed young man, he quit high school and began working to support his family. He relocated to Washington, DC, where he was employed at the P Street Gulf Station. Later he joined the staff of the DC General Hospital and retired after 30 years of faithful service. Arthur has been married to his wife Sandra for 38 years. They have two adult children and four grandchildren.

Desiring to be the servant leader God called him to be, Arthur was baptized, as an adult by Pastor Herbert Fitzpatrick at Riverdale Baptist Church... more >>

Thomas Franklin Johnson, Sr.

Thomas Franklin Johnson, Sr. was born July 7, 1941 in Davie County, NC and raised in Winston Salem, NC. He received Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at age 12 and has joyfully served Him since. On October 27, 1991 joined Woodstream Church, formally Landover Memorial Baptist Church. He was ordained as a Deacon on January 6, 2008. Deacon Thomas has been married to his wife Shirley for 47 years. They have six children and nine grandchildren.

Deacon Thomas passionately serves the Lord and His people. He Faithfully attends worship service, Bible study... more >>

Pastor John K. Jenkins, Sr.

At a quick glance, he appears to be another regular guy; well dressed, mild mannered and approachable. But after a few moments in his presence, you soon recognize that Pastor John K. Jenkins, Sr. is a godly man who walks with Jesus, has been richly blessed by God and has a deep heartfelt desire for you to have a similar eternal relationship with Christ, together with all of its blessings. You sense this desire personally, whether you encounter him casually amidst the daily things of life or you hear him through a preached sermon.

This tribute echoes a testimony that is common among many men throughout the Washington, D.C. area as well as around the country and around the world. We are grateful for knowing Pastor Jenkins and having him in our lives as... more >>

Deacon Frank E. Grier

“Thank you, thank you, thank you,” was the familiar refrain of gratitude heard from the voice of Deacon Grier when in his presence. But more often than not, it was he who deserved the hearty “thank you” from us. With this in mind, it is with much gratitude that we the men of First Baptist Church of Glenarden offer tribute to Deacon Frank E. Grier for his dedicated and faithful Christian service and the affect it has had on our lives.

Deacon Frank E. Grier served as an Elder and Deacon of First Baptist Church of Glenarden (FBCG) located in Landover and Upper Marlboro, Md. He gave his life to Jesus Christ at an early age in Belmont, N.C. Later, he moved to Washington, D.C. where he attended various churches, and rededicated his life to Christ. In 1973, he joined the First Baptist Church of Glenarden where he worshipped and served diligently. In God’s perfect timing, Deacon Grier transitioned... more >>

Franklin Christensen

Christensen spent his early years growing up tall and strong on a farm in Nebraska. With a straw hat on his head young Franklin worked the fields and tended to the animals on his father's farm. He rode a horse to school, played sports and learned many of life's most important lessons from his dad.

As he grew into his teen years, now known to most of his friends as "Chris", he was more often seen in a football helmet or baseball cap. It was during these early days that the farm boy met a town girl named Gloria. more >>

Mike Johnson

MikJohnson is one of those individuals you run across only a few times in your life. If he were an athlete, he would be an all-pro football player or maybe a Hall of Fame recipient. In the kingdom of God, he's one of the "greatest among" us that Jesus talked about (Matthew 23:11), the humble servant, busy behind the scenes making sure the needs he sees are being met to the best of his abilities.

Mike's church family, as well as his many friends, have all benefitted in one way or another from his... more >>

Ted Holley

Pastor Ted Holley is a faithful servant of God. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to get to know Ted in the early 90's, soon after I had become a Christian. My first impression of Ted was one of pleasant surprise that a pastor could actually be entertaining, even funny. That was new to me and very appealing, especially as a new Christian. As I matured in Christ, interestingly, what had first drawn me to the man was overshadowed by being drawn to God. This is a testament to Ted's God given ability to reach people where they are and guide them to became ever closer to God through a love for Jesus Christ.

I recall, as a new Christian who just graduated from business school, sitting in the pew now ready to learn everything there was to know about the Bible. It didn't turn out quite that way. Through Ted's preaching, I quickly learned what is most important, how we can be a part of people coming to know Jesus Christ as their personal savior. Since that time, I often find myself reminding myself of the lessons I learned back then about being prepared to share our faith with others... more >>

Bob Burton

This is my tribute to Bob Burton, the man that God used in my life to "close the deal with God." It was February 1969, I was 22 years old, my wife had just become a believer in Jesus Christ and I was struggling with how to process this. I loved her and wanted us to do life and marriage together, but was convinced that being a Christian was not for me.

One weekend she asked, "Can we go to church?" Though I really did not want to since I had no idea what went on inside a church on Sunday morning, I relented. She found a church a few miles from our home that she thought would a good one. Well, it was a memorable experience because of how out-of-place I felt that day.

The next week, knowing I had a bad experience the week before, my wife asked if we could try again. She had found a different, but similar church closer to our home. more >>

Red Calkin

Red Calkin was born and raised in Princeton, NJ. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the University of Kentucky. His enthusiasm for life and encouragement for others made him a member of the University of Kentucky Wildcat Cheerleading Squad. He also met his wife while attending University of Kentucky. Following graduation and commissioning through the University of Kentucky ROTC program, Red began his Army career as an aviator. He earned his wings at Ft. Rucker, Alabama in helicopters and subsequently checked out in fixed wing aircraft as well. Red had a successful 26 year career in the Army... more >>

John Andrews

John Andrews is an ambassador for Jesus Christ and has been a leading member of Burke Community Church in Burke, Virginia for almost 14 years. He has his Masters of Divinity from Golden Gate Theological Seminary and currently works as a Senior Research Engineer for Scitor.

John is a man of passion for the glory of His Savior, Jesus Christ. He has been married to his wife, Cheryl, for 25 years. They have a son, Greg, a daughter, Nicole, and a son-in-law, Jeff.

In 2004, John started having some troubles with... more >>

H. Jack Morris

Pastor H. Jack Morris is the Senior Pastor at Largo Community Church in Mitchellville, Maryland and is also the Director of Christian Counseling Services, a Maryland based health and mental health professional association. He is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist. Pastor Morris has been married to his wife Corin for 54 years. They have two adult children, Rebecca and Jack II and 3 grandchildren.

Jack was born in Western Pennsylvania and as a young boy attended church regularly with his grandmother... more >>

William J. "Bill" Wilson

William J. "Bill" Wilson was Assistant Pastor of the Largo Community Church in Mitchellville, Maryland for 15 years (1991 to 2006). He and his wife Fran have been married for almost 58 years and have four adult children, eight grand-children, and one great-granddaughter. A great-grandson is expected in April 2009!

Bill and Fran have a heart for missions and helped to start two churches. One was during Bill's service at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The other was while Bill was stationed in the Pentagon, when Jack Morris asked him to help start an interdenominational church,... more >>

Fredrick Minnis

Fredrick Minnis, is a believer in Jesus Christ and has been a faithful member of Largo Community Church in Mitchellville, Maryland for over 25-years.

Fred is a humble man who has been married to his high school sweetheart Peggy for 35 years. They have two sons Fredrick, III and Devin.

For 22-years Fred has been the primary person attending and bringing the Word of God once a month to the men residing at the Gospel Rescue Mission in downtown Washington... more >>

Robert Wingfield, Jr.

Deacon Robert Wingfield, Jr. is a tireless, humble, faithful servant of Jesus Christ. Whether it's caring for his ailing wife and parents or serving as a volunteer with the Visiting Nursing Association, he has touched the lives of the infirmed and dying. His remarkable service for Christ involves helping to establish two churches: St. Paul Baptist Church, St Paul, N.C., and the Woodstream Church, Mitchellville, MD. He has served as a Missionary to Israel and participated in numerous short term mission trips spanning the globe for Jesus Christ. His commitment to maintaining God's House has him arriving at the church before 6:00 a.m. seven days a week. The immense respect and love his family, friends, church and community have for him makes him... more >>

buddy-wood

Buddy Wood's life honored God and impacted me in two clearly obvious ways. He lived well and he died well. Long before he was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer on Nov. 28, 2006, Buddy was a man devoted to knowing, loving, and serving God with his time and resources. He had many gifts and used them all for God's glory.

He had an insightful intelligence that allowed him to see through the chaos and clearly define the heart of a problem; a simple way of explaining complicated truths so that everyone could understand; a love for God's word that woke him ... more >>

Don Simmons

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you . . .

From witnessing to young children on blue school buses, to baptizing adults in the Jordan River, Minister Don Simmons has been an obedient servant of God. From door-to-door visitations on Saturdays, to Fisher's of Men meetings on Thursdays, he has been a willing servant of God. Maintaining unconditional faith in the Lord to provide for his family and order his steps, he has been a trusting servant of God. more >>

Glen Brown

Glen Brown is a man's man. You can see this manliness demonstrated by his passion for riding his Harley. But his completeness and diversity as a man is also demonstrated by his skills in the kitchen. When it comes to the CFC men's breakfast, Glen Brown is one of the most faithful within the CFC men's ministry. At every monthly men's breakfast you can find Glen lending a hand to make sure that whatever needs to be done to cook the vittles happens. He is right there beside the head cook, Miss Bobbie, all the time, and always responds pleasantly to her "commands". And on those rare occasions when Miss Bobbie cannot be there to cook, Glen is man... more >>

Harold Trivett

Harold has been a Christian longer than most of us have been alive. During those years, God has worked through Harold's life in many ways. Harold has been a member of CFC since its founding 30 years ago. Over those years, many changes have occurred and many people have come and gone, but Harold has remained and continues to serve the Lord. The Bible never said anything about retiring from serving God - and Harold lives that out. He has been in the church choir, managed the CFC softball team, participated on the church board and helped with special construction projects. During recent years, Harold has been best known for his... more >>

G. Merlin Dann

Gerald Merlin Dann, my father-in-law, was the man God used to challenge my unbelief. He became a believer in Christ shortly after my wife and I were married in 1967. When we visited, he was insistent that I read the Bible and do what it said. I had no desire to read the Bible, since I was convinced that my stereotypes of Christians were correct and that being religious was not for me. I remember one time when he opened his Bible to John 3:16 and told me to read it out loud. Needless to say, I didn't want to, but to keep peace in the family, I did. After reading, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten... more >>

Ed Britton

Our friend Ed Britton is a modern-day Apostle Paul. A 1958 graduate of my alma mater, the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis (where he was a classmate of Senator John McCain), Ed captained the Navy Lacrosse team and then went on to have a successful career in the military. Following his time in the military Ed spent the rest of his working life at Smith Barney where he was very successful in the investment field. However, if you know Ed Britton, his focus on investment has nothing to do with dollars and cents but it does have everything to do with investments for eternity. I have often heard it said that you don't actually meet Ed... more >>

Coach Bill McCartney

Former head football coach of the University of Colorado, "Coach Mac" as he is known is the former president and founder of Promise Keepers, the international men's ministry dedicated to introducing men to Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord and then helping them to grow as Christians.

Bill has always loved coaching beginning with high school basketball teams in Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan. He used his same gifts with football, becoming the only high school football coach ever hired by University of Michigan coaching legend Bo Schembechler. After nine years as an assistant, Bill was hired as head coach at the University of Colorado. more >>

Dr. Charles (Chuck) Colson

Almost 35 years ago, Charles W. Colson was not thinking about reaching out to prison inmates or reforming the U.S. penal system. In fact, this aide to president Richard Nixon was "incapable of humanitarian thought," according to the media of the mid-1970s. Colson was known as the White House "hatchet man," a man feared by even the most powerful politicos during his four years of service to President Nixon.

When news of Chuck's conversion to Christianity leaked to the press in 1973, the Boston Globe reported, "If Mr. Colson can repent of his sins, there just has to be hope for everybody."

Chuck would agree. He admits he was guilty of... more >>

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. King grew up a stellar young man. He sang with his church choir at the 1939 Atlanta premiere of the movie Gone with the Wind. He entered Morehouse College at age fifteen, having skipped his ninth and twelfth high school grades to get there. He completed Divinity Studies at Crozer Seminary and then a doctorate in Theology at Boston University.

In 1953, at age 24, King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to comply with the Jim Crow laws that required her to give up her bus... more >>

Dr. Jerry Falwell

Jerry Falwell had no greater ambition than to serve God as a father, a good neighbor and as a local pastor. Yet when he saw direct challenges to the ideas and ideals that he believed honored God and fortified this country, he could not stand idly by.

Jerry Falwell was born 1933 in Lynchburg, Virginia, the city he loved and lived in most of his life. Jerry initially attended Lynchburg College but later transferred to and graduated from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri in 1956.

That same year, at age 22, Jerry became the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, back in Lynchburg. Jerry and thirty-five adults and their children worshiped... more >>

Dr. Bill Bright

Billy Graham once said of this man:

He has carried a burden on his heart as few men that I've ever known - a burden for the evangelization of the world. He is a man whose sincerity and integrity and devotion to our Lord have been an inspiration and a blessing to me ever since the early days of my ministry.

He was referring to Bill Bright.

Born 1921 into an Oklahoma family, Bright described himself as being a "happy pagan" in his youth. While in his early 20s he moved to Los Angeles, California and founded a company called Bright's California Confections. In 1944, while attending Hollywood... more >>

Dr. Edwin Louis Cole

Ed Cole has been called the Father of the Christian Men's movement in the US. Born in Dallas, Texas, Edwin Louis Cole didn't stay long in Big D. His mother moved him to LA when he was just four years old after a doctor told her Ed would not survive without the sea air and sun to heal a severe case of scarlet fever.

In Los Angeles, Ed grew up in and around the Angelus Temple. During the depression his life centered around the church and on Skid Row where he played a trumpet with street corner witnessing teams.

While serving in World War II, Ed met and married a fellow member of the Coast Guard, Nancy Corbett... more >>

Dr. Billy Graham

The United States Postal Service says there are a handful of Americans, along with the current President of the United States, who will be delivered mail that simply reads their name and the country. Our next honoree is one of them. His name and address: "Billy Graham, America."

Billy Graham has preached the gospel to live audiences of nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories through 41 crusades and various meetings since 1947. Graham has reached hundreds of millions more through television, video, books, articles, film, and webcasts. No man has extended more personal invitations to know... more >>

Dwight L. Moody

Dwight (D.L.) Moody was born 1837 in Northfield, Massachusetts, a middle child among eight siblings. When his alcoholic father died when Dwight was four, his mother struggled to make ends meet. Dwight was sent away to work for his room and board.

When Moody turned 17, he moved to Boston to work in his uncle's shoe store. A year later, during a crusade in a wheat field, an evangelist laid out a challenge, "the world has yet to see what God can do with a man, wholly sold out to Him." Moody said to himself, "I will be that man." Moody's conversion sparked the start of his career as an evangelist, though he had to... more >>

General William Booth

Listen to the words of William Booth writing in 1890 in his best selling book, In Darkest England and the Way Out:

My only hope for the permanent deliverance of mankind from misery, either in this world or the next, is the regeneration or remaking of the individual by the power of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ. By providing for the relief of temporal misery I reckon that I am only making it easy where it is now difficult, and possible where it is now all but impossible, for men and women to find their way to the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.

William Booth was born in 1829 in Nottingham, England, to a family that started with money but soon descended... more >>

William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce was born in 1759, the son of an English merchant. While studying at Cambridge University he formed a lasting friendship with the future prime minister, William Pitt . Attracted to politics, Wilberforce became a member of parliament at age 21. His rowdy and riotous lifestyle changed completely however when 4 years later he became a Christian, and in 1784 joined a prayer group known as the Clapham Sect. His Christian faith prompted him to become interested in social reform, a particularly the improvement of factory conditions in Britain. He undertook efforts to "renew British society" including the organizing the Society for the Suppression of Vice and an association for the Better Observance of Sunday. more >>

Robert L. Fischer (1906 - 2010)

Final Promotion Granted at Age 104

Robert Lawrence Fischer was born in Hoboken, NJ on March 6, 1906. He spent his early years there with his Mom and Dad and older sister Trudeau. His Dad was the manager of the New York City Chemist Club.

As a boy, our Dad developed a love for ham radio. In the early 1900’s he put together his first crystal radio set which was a gift from his mother. At 16, Dad became the youngest member of the American Radio Relay League, which proved to be the focus of his later life as a Radio Engineer.

During his high school years, Dad attended the... more >>

Gerard “Mac” McManus

Galatians 5:22-24 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. ²⁴ Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

That passage, is what best describes how MY Dad, Gerard "Mac" McManus has lived his life, since he started his walk with Jesus. Growing up as a kid, I can not remember a time, where Dad did not demonstrate these attributes... more >>