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Richard Durham: The essence of living as a Christian servant He was a man "ahead of his time" in terms of his understanding of the power and use of the internet for Christian ministries and missions...He traveled throughout Kentucky and beyond and touched lives in the name of Jesus Christ - many of whom would never have been touched by the Gospel message except through the outreach of CMA . . . Richard's ministry with the Vision Riders Chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association (CMA). . Richard, along with Deacon Mike Forbis of Saloma Baptist Church, coordinated the Sunday ministry at Green River Lake State Park for around 13-14 years...Richard will be missed, but we rejoice in his eternal homegoing! - JOHN E. CHOWNING By Rev. John E. Chowning Richard Durham's pastor at Saloma Baptist Church Thank you for sharing the letter that Richard Durham had sent to Pastor Gerald Reliford. I read it early Tuesday, December 13, just before I did final preparation for Richard's memorial service that was held this morning at Parrott-Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville. Then this evening, I saw the photo of the large number of motorcycles that were parked in preparation for a very long processional from the funeral home to the Saloma Cemetery for the burial. There was a very large crowd at the funeral and burial as well as for the time of fellowship at Saloma Baptist Church. It was my honor to preside at today's service as well as to have known Richard for the past 20 years or so. We were very close friends as well as having the opportunity to serve together as pastor and deacon at Saloma Baptist Church. Richard was a very intelligent man who was the essence of living as a Christian servant - one who gave of himself in service to others in the name of Jesus Christ. He was a man "ahead of his time" in terms of his understanding of the power and use of the internet for Christian ministries and missions. Our congregation was one of the first in this part of Kentucky to have a web site, email list serve, and multimedia ministry. "Deacon Durham," as I affectionately called him (and he called me Preach), understood, far better and earlier than did I, the power to reach people through the innovation of the internet and world wide web as well as via the growing social media venues that are now available. Your prior entry discussed Richard's ministry with the Vision Riders Chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association (CMA). He traveled throughout Kentucky and beyond and touched lives in the name of Jesus Christ - many of whom would never have been touched by the Gospel message except through the outreach of CMA. Richard, along with Deacon Mike Forbis of Saloma Baptist Church, coordinated the Sunday ministry at Green River Lake State Park for around 13-14 years. One or both of them were there every Sunday morning from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend year after year. Others of us were involved from time to time, but it was the commitment of these two Baptist deacons that have made this ministry a reality - resulting in contact with thousands of people from across Kentucky and the nation with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Richard was involved in many other ways in the ministries and missions of Saloma Baptist Church and the larger Christian movement. There is increased attention around the world about the need, in the 21st century, for the church to be engaged outside the "four walls of the building." There is a movement dedicated to the "church without walls." This Baptist pastor strongly subscribes to this approach to the work of Jesus Christ, and Richard Durham was one who understood this basic necessity and reality to the time in which we live - long before it became fashionable and a trend - that we must return to the Biblical model of ministry, missions, outreach, evangelism, etc. We must take the Gospel of Jesus Christ into the "highways and byways" of this world - as Jesus did himself during his earthly ministry. I know of no one who has demonstrated the need for all of us to become the "hands, heart, and voice of Jesus Christ" to the world around us. At Saloma Baptist Church, we refer to it in our vision statement: "To minister to the community and the world in the name of Jesus Christ." Richard Durham lived his Christian faith. At Saloma Baptist Church for the past few years, we have hosted an annual CMA Day in the spring. This will continue in April 2012 as we host an inaugural "Richard Durham Christian Motorcyclists Association Sunday" that will be dedicated to celebrating his life and legacy and helping continue to highlight and support the important missions work of CMA. In closing, I would ask you to be in prayer for his wife, Anita; son, Matt; daughter, Melissa; and granddaughter, Abigail. He loved his family as well as his extended family, his church family, his CMA family, and his many friends. Richard will be missed, but we rejoice in his eternal homegoing! - JOHN E. CHOWNING Comments re article 48822 Richard Durham and his remarkable testimony at New Life This story was posted on 2011-12-13 18:04:32
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