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The First Baptist Church of Algiers began as a small Mission Church and in 1927 L. R. Shelton, Sr., who attended the Baptist Institute in New Orleans, became its Pastor. Pastor Shelton devoted all his time and energy to Evangelizing Southeast Louisiana. However, the rationing of tires and gasoline during World War II put an end to this extensive mission work, leaving radio broadcasts as the only means of reaching people with the truth of the Gospel.
On January 10, 1943 Pastor Shelton opened the first radio broadcast, a 15 minute weekly program and began preaching, as he said, “God’s Word as it is, to men as they are.” It was a small beginning to a Ministry that now airs numerous programs on hundreds of radio stations throughout the globe, before passing away in 1971
About LR Shelton
The First Baptist Church of Algiers began as a small Mission Church and in 1927 L. R. Shelton, Sr., who attended the Baptist Institute in New Orleans, became its Pastor. Pastor Shelton devoted all his time and energy to Evangelizing Southeast Louisiana. However, the rationing of tires and gasoline during World War II put an end to this extensive mission work, leaving radio broadcasts as the only means of reaching people with the truth of the Gospel.
On January 10, 1943 Pastor Shelton opened the first radio broadcast, a 15 minute weekly program and began preaching, as he said, “God’s Word as it is, to men as they are.” It was a small beginning to a Ministry that now airs numerous programs on hundreds of radio stations throughout the globe, before passing away in 1971
