The Encourager

<p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em><u>About the Author:</u></em></p><p>A native of South Carolina Harold Michael Phillips is a graduate of Mid-Continent University in Mayfield Kentucky as well as Covington Theological Seminary Rossville Georgia with a Masters in Religious Education and a Doctors Degree in Theology.  He is presently the Senior Pastor of Pleasant View Baptist Church in Port Deposit Maryland and has been since 1990. He is a recipient of the Salt and Light Award in 2003 given by D. James Kennedy and Coral Ridge Ministries and an honorary Doctors of Divinity Degree from Mid-Continent University. Dr. Phillips has been married to his wife Corkie for 43 years and has five children and fourteen grandchildren.  He also has five horses  a dachshund named Bella and yes a donkey named Barnabas.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>