Dr. Gerald Newsom's Book of Inspirational Poems and Songs

About the Book

About the Author

Rev. W. Gerald Newsom was born on January 5, 1947 in The City of Dyersburg, Tennessee. Rev. Newsom attended The University Of Tennessee At Martin from which he graduated with The Bachelor Of Arts Degree. He did post-graduate work with The Lambuth College of Jackson, Tennessee and received numerous, post-graduate work credits from The Bethel College of McKenzie, Tennessee. He did graduate work with The Memphis State University’s Graduate Program held in Jackson, Tennessee and had done graduate work at The University Of Tennessee At Knoxville. He did much. Graduate work at The Memphis Theological Seminary of Memphis, Tennessee. He earned the Doctor of Theology Degree from the Southern Bible Institute and Seminary of Thomson, Georgia, which is an accredited seminary; the seminary has branches in England, Scotland, Ireland, Honduras, Mexico, and five American States. He was fully ordained by The Southern Baptist Church as a Minister 1971, having spent his previous years being brought up under the teachings of this nation’s recognized largest Protestant church body. He accepted a position in 1982 as an Interim Minister on a supply basis with The United Methodist denominational work in Obion County, Tennessee. His ministry received ten awards from The United Methodist Church denomination, one of which was The Southeastern United States Conference On Evangelism Award for having the distinction of being the ministry that won The Highest Profession Of Faith Rate for the whole Memphis Annual Conference Of The United Methodist Church. His pastoral ministry won five service awards and “The Highest Rate Of Church Growth Award” from The Memphis Annual Conference. He was the pastor whose ministry won “The Highest Number Of Professions Of Faith Award” for having lead to Christ more souls than had any United Methodist Church ministry in the approximately fifteen or more cities and towns or communities that composed The Dyersburg District Of The United Methodist Church. His ministry won “The Highest Profession Of Faith Rate Award” for The Dyersburg District Of The United Methodist Church in addition to having won “The Highest Profession Of Faith Rate Award” from The Memphis Annual Conference for its scope of work through the area up to Nashville, Tennessee.