Jeff Strite

Church of Christ at Logansport
Logansport, Indiana 46947
574.753.8552

• Education: I attended Purdue University for two years studying psychology, sociology and philosophy. Then I spent an additional 4 years at Great Lakes Bible College in Lansing, Michigan where I graduated Summa Cum Laude and with a Bachelor’s in New Testament studies.
• Experience: I have served a total of 3 churches. One in Hamilton, IN for 7 years. The second in Union City, IN for another 7 years. And am presently preaching for the Church of Christ in Logansport, IN where I have lived for over 20 years.
• Comment to those looking at my sermons: Look at my sermons in the same way I look at those of others: Look for ideas and illustrations that will help you better understand and communicate what you see in the text.
• Sermon or series that made a difference: The sermons that have made the most difference in my life have been those that I felt God had influenced the most, like the "Miracle Sunday" sermon where I felt God wanted me to announce the specific amount I believed He would supply - before I knew the actual count. He supplied exactly what we needed. Another was my "bag of stones" sermon (based on Jesus admonition about "casting the 1st stone") that essentially confronted a church with its judgmentalism and broke the back of a rebellious
• One of my favorite illustrations: After a Revival a woman approached the preacher and said she had a desire to become a Christian but she just couldn’t understand how God could forgive her. He asked her if she recalled any scripture. She said yes: "For God so loved the world that he gave His only FORGOTTEN son..." He smiled and said "The reason God forgot His Son was so He could remember you."
• Family: I have a son Jonathan, a daughter Naomi.
• What my parents think of my sermons: My parents had always been supportive of my ministry and have taken the tapes I’ve sent and shared them with others (they've both since passed on to be with Jesus)
• Best advice given to me about preaching: My father told me to focus primarily on my preaching. He said that I’d never get another chance to talk to so many people in a week.
• Books that have had an impact: Anything by C.S. Lewis. Most particularly his "The Great Divorce" and "The Case For Christianity."
• Hobbies: I enjoy singing, playing guitar and banjo, working on the computer and preaching. A few years ago I was part of a Southern Gospel Quartet for which I’d written a few songs.
• If I could Preach one more time, I would say...: Just exactly what I'm preaching now.
• Something funny that happened while preaching: I once baptized an older woman who had hearing aides in both ears. When she didn’t have her aides in she spoke extremely loud and of course she couldn’t have her hearing aides in when she was being baptized. In the baptistery, I realized I hadn’t told her she needed to pinch off her nose so that water wouldn’t get in. I attempted to mouth my instructions but obviously she didn’t understand. Rising from the water she sputtered and gasped. She loudly proclaimed: "That wouldn't have happened if I'd learned how to swim."
• What I want on my tombstone: He was faithful to His Lord