PERSONAL:

• Born in McAlester, Oklahoma
• Married to Anna Jean Ecker
• Two married children
• Excellent health

EDUCATION:

• Andersonville Baptist Seminary, Camilla, GA, ThM, ThD
• Christian Bible College & Seminary, Independence, MO, BBS
• Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, IL, ABSC
• Dallas Theological Seminary, School of Evangelism
• Trane Air Conditioning School, Certificate
• Tulsa Pipe Trades School, Certificate
• Tulsa McLain High School, Diploma

MILITARY:

• U. S. Army, 1966-68
• Served in Vietnam with the Ninth Infantry Division
• Earned rank, E-5
• Awarded the Army Commendation Medal, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Good Conduct Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Honorable Discharge

CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE:

• Present - First Baptist Church, Hermann, MO, Pastor
• 1997-2001 - First Baptist Church of Turley (formerly Golden Hills Baptist Church), Turley OK, Pastor
• 1992-96 - Easton Heights Baptist Church, Tulsa, OK, Pastor
• 1991-92 - Maplewood Baptist Church, Tulsa, OK, Pastor
• 1986-91 - Valley View Baptist Church, Tulsa, OK, S/S director, teacher, chairman of personnel, building and grounds, finance, & pulpit committees
• 1980-85 - Memorial Bible Church, Tulsa, OK, Elder, teacher, children's church minister
• 1979 - Faith Bible Church (closed), Tulsa, OK, Elder, lay preacher
• 1975-78 - Church of the Open Door, Tulsa, OK, S/S teacher, S/S superintendent, youth director, children's church ministry, Deacon

STATEMENT OF FAITH:

• I fully affirm the Baptist Faith and Message
• I believe:
  • Salvation is by grace through faith alone and once received is everlasting
  • The holy Scriptures are true, plenary, infallible and God breathed.
  • The pre-tribulation rapture of the church
  • The pre-millennial return of our Lord Jesus Christ
  • The dispensational viewpoint as presented in the Scofield and Criswell Study Bibles

• Licensed by Valley View Baptist Church, Tulsa, OK
• Ordained by Valley View Baptist Church, Tulsa, OK

MINISTRY OBJECTIVES:

• To be a faithful expositor of the Scriptures
• To fulfill the Great Commission
• To clearly proclaim salvation by grace, through faith in the substitutionary death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ
• To love the brethren as Christ loves me

PUBLISHED WORKS:

• Understanding The Apocalypse, http://understandingtheapocalypse.home.att.net/
• Jimmy Mac Music, http://jimmy.mac.home.att.net/
• Do Not Forbid Them, Proclaim, The Pastor's Journal For Biblical Preaching, published by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Spring 1998
• Great Are The Works of Thy Hands, Jimmy Mac Music Company, 1996
• We Come Into Your Presence, O' Lord, Jimmy Mac Music Company, 1995
• Let Me Feel That Gospel Music; A Collection of Gospel Songs by Jim McColloch, Jimmy Mac Music Company, 1995
• Response to Arminian/Calvinism discussion, SBC Life, The Journal of The Southern Baptist Convention, August 1995, p. 9
• Sermons of the Week, published throughout 1994-95 by The Oklahoma Eagle Newspaper, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Understanding The Apocalypse, Easton Heights Baptist Church, 1994
• District 2 Voice, Editor and Publisher, circulation 2411, 1986-1990
• Tips To Sell Your Music, Jimmy Mac Music Company, 1983
• Jesus Spoke To Me, Jana Record Label, 1979
• Let Me Feel That Gospel Music, Jana, 1979

REFERENCES: Furnished on request

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