I would
like to take this opportunity to introduce myself
to you. My name is Justin Alfred, and I was
born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. I
graduated from Murrah High School in Jackson in June,
1965, and went on to attend Mississippi State University
on a football scholarship. On October 1, 1965,
I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior through
the ministry of some fellow athletes who were members
of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I
in turn became very involved in the ministry of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes and had the opoportunity
to share and minister throughout the southeast while
in college. During this time I also met and
married my wife, Janie, and God has given us five
beautiful daughters and two wonderful sons-in-law. I
graduated from Mississippi State in June, 1969,
with a BA in history and philosophy, and then from
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in May,
1973, with a Th.M. I pastored in south Louisiana
for five years after finishing at NOBTS, and then
my family and I moved to southern California in order
that I might continue to do further studies. I
subsequently enrolled at UCLA and received an MA
in Near Eastern Languages & Cultures and also
began work toward a Ph.D. in that same field. While
in California, I was invited to become a part of
the ministry at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa. We
left California in March, 1983, to pastor a church
in Parker, Colorado, and then in June, 1984, I became
the pastor of Calvary Chapel of Colorado Springs. In
April, 1997, my family and I moved to Murrieta, California
where I served as an instructor at the Calvary Chapel
Bible College for two years. In May, 1999,
I left the Bible College and began my present teaching
ministry that now spans the United States and
overseas.I have also been serving as an Adjunct Professor at the Haggard Graduate School of Theology in San Diego since the Fall of 2004.
God has been so very gracious
to my family and me over all these years, and we
fully know and realize that apart from His grace
and mercy, we have and are nothing. Consequently,
as I view God's grace and mercy toward me in
the face of all my sin and failure, I have no recourse
but to extend that same grace and mercy toward others
that He has so abundantly lavished on me. This,
therefore, is the basis, goal and direction of this
ministry, and I pray that God will indeed bless you
as you seek Him in the truth of His Word as He has
blessed my family and me.
In Christ's love,
Justin T. Alfred
