In the Lord’s gracious providence, he continues to open doors and give us the privilege of sharing his gospel of grace and mercy in Christ with others. Almost 1000 tapes per month are mailed to this nation and other nations. Response to our television program numbers anywhere between 50 and 100 letters each week. Your gifts to our missionaries last month alone was $10,000. Invitations for me to preach the gospel to other churches are more than I can possibly fulfill. However, I know that it is your desire that I accept all that I can. “Necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:16).
Someone said, “You can’t build a church and be gone most of the time.” Perhaps, but I believe that this is the Lord’s Church, and he will build it, sustain it, and keep his people faithful, especially when they and their pastor are seeking to obey his order to “go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
It is not your desire nor my intention to refuse a call to minister the gospel in other places simply because a pastor should not be away too much. Besides, I feel that it is a rich blessing to you to be able to hear other preachers of the gospel!
Some of us have been together over 33 years! That is quite long enough to build a relationship of love, understanding, trust, and dedication to our blessed Lord and his kingdom of grace. If, after all these years, there is no permanent commitment to his and to one another, our profession is a farce!
Let us be about out Father’s business “while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work!”
About Henry Mahan
Henry T. Mahan was born in Birmingham, Alabama in August 1926. He joined the United States Navy in 1944 and served as a signalman on an L.S.T. in the Pacific during World War II. In 1946, he married his wife Doris, and the Lord blessed them with four children.
At the age of 21, he entered the pastoral ministry and gained broad experience as a pastor, teacher, conference speaker, and evangelist. In 1950, through the preaching of evangelist Rolfe Barnard, God was pleased to establish Henry in sovereign free grace teaching. At that time, he was serving as an assistant pastor at Pollard Baptist Church (off of Blackburn ave.) in Ashland, Kentucky.
In 1955, Thirteenth Street Baptist Church was formed in Ashland, Kentucky, and Henry was called to be its pastor. He faithfully served that congregation for more than 50 years, continuing in the same message throughout his ministry. His preaching was centered on the Lord Jesus Christ and Him crucified, in full accord with the Scriptures. He consistently proclaimed God’s sovereign purpose in salvation and the glory of Christ in redeeming sinners through His blood and righteousness.
Henry T. Mahan also traveled widely, preaching in conferences and churches across the United States and beyond. His ministry was marked by a clear and unwavering emphasis on Christ, not the preacher, but the One preached. Those who heard him recognized that his sermons honored the Savior and exalted the name of the Lord Jesus Christ above all.
Henry T. Mahan served as pastor and teacher of Thirteenth Street Baptist Church in Ashland, Kentucky for over half a century. His life and ministry were devoted to proclaiming the sovereign grace of God and directing sinners to the finished work of Christ. He entered into the presence of the Lord in 2019, leaving behind a lasting testimony to the gospel he faithfully preached.
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