Free Article|Leave It To Cleaver
More Articles from Dr. Tony Cleaver
553
For more articles by Dr. Tony Cleaver, visit the Baptist Trumpet Archives. Go to https://www.baptisttrumpet.com/archive/ for details on how to access the Archives.
A Preacher, Evangelist and Leader
BMA of Arkansas trailblazer James Ray Raines was my friend for over 50 years. I met him when I was just a boy preacher of 18 and he was a seasoned preacher of 27.
Bro. Raines was born in DeWitt in 1937. He was an Arkansan through and through. He answered the call to ministry in 1953 at the age of 16. During his 67-year ministry, James Ray Raines met every criteria for a true trailblazer of...