By: Charlene Medley
Industrial Engineer, Teacher, Author and Minister are four hats worn at some time by Mr. Ronald Pace. He says he is most proud of his Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ hat.
“I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ because it is the power of God unto salvation,” said Mr. Ronald Pace with a smile.
During the summer months and holidays when Mr. Pace is away from the classroom, he performs outreach ministry at The Foundry located in the heart of Bessemer, Alabama.
He explained, “The Foundry is an outreach center for the homeless and poor. I’ve been affiliated with The Foundry for three years.” He said every Tuesday and Thursday he spends about three hours cleaning up, serving and teaching a 45 minute Practical Living Bible Class consisting of between 60-70 men and sometimes women.
“My contact person is Foundry Spiritual Leader and Director Miss Annie Ridgeway. She is truly a woman of God,” Mr. Pace added.
Along with his outreach ministry at The Foundry, Mr. Pace said for over five years he has taught Biblical Theology (Old and New Testaments) to approximately 200 ministers at The Worship Center in Trussville, Alabama.
In addition to group setting Theological teaching, Mr. Pace spreads the Gospel through other forms of media. “I am on Facebook and Twitter, “ he said.
“My Thesis at Birmingham Theological Seminary was “Internet Evangelism.” This is a whole new genre of communicating the Gospel and reaching the lost,” Mr. Pace explained.
He modestly said because of Facebook and Twitter, he probably reaches in excess of 2 million people easily. “God gets all of the glory,” he emphasized.
“For eight years, 365 days a year, I have been sending inspirational text messages to over 700 people every day.”
Mr. Pace said although via the Internet and text messages he reaches a lot of people, the texting began with two people.
He explained, “My texting was born out of a deep desire to talk to my two children, Kierra and Destin Pace who were teenagers at the time. They were home. In the same room. Texting each other. I was shut out. So, I began texting messages to my children. I would send the messages early in the morning so that they would realize how much the Lord loved them and that their daddy was thinking about them and loved them, also.”
Whenever Mr. Pace meets people, he asks if he can text them and share God’s Word. “People tell me how much the texts bless them.”
One lady said she was blessed by a text I sent because it reminded her of a song that they used to sing in church when she was a little girl. That text was,“ Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on JESUS! Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on the LORD!” Heb. 12:2.
Mr. Pace said texting God’s Word to people has helped him. “My insight into The Word has changed. I hope to inspire other ministers to use social media for Evangelism also.”
There are times when Mr. Pace uses the pen. He is the author of a book that he wrote in 2011 titled “Cain is Able”. “The book explains that God communicates to us through a still small voice in our head. But the struggle is, there’s also a loud voice in our head that we must shut out because it is not the voice of the Lord,” he explained.
He continued, “I was in a bad automobile accident in 2003 and writing the book was very cathartic. I was a broken man and I had no one to depend on except Jesus. Because of doubt, unbelief and fear, I did not think I could start or finish the book.”
He said once again, it was his children, Kierra and Destin who encouraged him to complete the book.
“They came over one summer and asked if I’d finished “Cain is Able.” I was inspired to finish the book for my children. I want to leave a legacy for them.”
Mr. Pace said he is now in the process of writing his second book titled “False Prophets-An Analysis of Pimps in the Pulpit” which should be out by 2017.
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