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From Gambler to Pastor Sells Change in Fort Worth Area
S. Terry Carlile, once a gambler and Navy prisoner tied to gangsters, is now pastor of the First Baptist Church of Benbrook near Fort Worth. He recounts his conversion after a waitress urged church attendance and describes his rise from a life of dice and booze to leading a growing church while preaching repentance and service.
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Robert
Ford Bensbrook
Tex
Nancy
Terry
Terry Carlile
First Baptist Church
Benbrook
Fort Worth
Southern Baptist Convention
Odessa
North Grant Street
North Grant
Mr. Carlile
Carlile
North Texas
Navy
Astoria
Savo Island
States
C.O
Seattle
Arkansas
O. E. Coleman
Cleburne
Texon
Deaton
Deaton & Sons Drilling Co
Arthur Deloach
First Baptist
Marcuis
R. Elmer Dunahm
Southwest Baptist Seminary
Alcoholics Anonymous