Billie Hanks Jr., founder of “Operation Multiplication,” was born on May 24, 1944 in San Angelo, TX. He was reared in a ranching family and at the age of 10 received Jesus Christ as his Savior. In his teenage years, he recalls—“Every summer I would go to the revival services at my church and, ‘go forward.’” I always marked the box saying I wanted to re-dedicate my life to Christ. People must have thought I was very worldly! The truth is—I wasn’t—I was just expressing the reality that I genuinely wanted to grow deeper in my faith. The problem was, I needed someone to show me how by their example.”
“Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.” (1 Corinthians 11:1)
In 1954, Billie and his family were… Go to person page >
Tune Title: [Lonely voices crying in the city]First Line: Lonely voices crying in the cityComposer: Billie Hanks, JrIncipit: 51232 12312 27121Key: F Major
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