About Thomas Ryan Alsop
I first felt the call to the ministry
when I was about 15 years old at Falls Creek, a church camp
in Davis, Oklahoma. The speaker told the story of his call to
the ministry, and at the end of the service he called an invitation
for lost people, and those who were called to the ministry.
I felt God calling me to the ministry, but I felt that I wasn't
good enough to serve. I fought with God through the whole invitation,
not to go down.
A few years went by, I graduated High School, completed studies
at Tulsa Technology Center, and decided I wanted to go to college
to pursue an education in electrical engineering. I moved to
a College in Northern Texas, but I had to face some challenges.
I was only one of a few professing Christians in the entire
dormitory. My roommates were Drug-Dealers and Anti-Christians
to say the least. I had many challenges living with them. They
would always try to test my faith, and prove Christianity wrong.
I started studying Christian Apologetics to defend my faith,
and in return, my faith grew stronger.
I
had a couple of dreams my first month at college. The dreams
were reminding me of my calling, but I still didn't think I
could be useful. The feeling of God calling me to the ministry
was clearly not going away. I decided that I had run long enough
from God's calling, and I wanted to accept this call. I surrendered
to the call one night while I was praying in my room, trying
to avoid the wild party my roommates were throwing in our living
room. That weekend I came back home to Tulsa, and confronted
my pastor about it after a Sunday night service.
Since
I have accepted the call, I have been involved in foreign missions,
prison ministries, and youth ministries. I have been to Mexico,
Japan, and Brazil. I have preached in several churches around
the world, done visitation witnessing, visited hospitals, prison,
taught youth classes, and have even been a counselor at Falls
Creek, where I first heard the call. I have been involved with
World Wide Ministries since 2002, and was licensed to preach
by my church in 2003. I have been working with Barnabas Ministries
since 2003. God has blessed me, by letting me witness hundreds
of people come to Him.
