PHARR, TEXAS

Dr. John Tisdale, Ph.D

Fathers Day at Anchor Bible Church, Pharr, Texas
Dr. John Tisdale with his daughter Bonnie and son Stephen

Dr. John Tisdale, daughter Bonnie & son Stephen on Fathers Day at Anchor Bible Baptist Church, Pharr, Texas

NOTE FROM DR. JOHNNY TISDALE
​Friendship Baptist Church near Beeville, TX was the first church I pastored. I was 22 years old...and, in realty, was a novice and should not have pastored. In spite of my youth and inexperience God blessed with salvation decisions and church growth. The church did not have a baptistery, so we baptized in a water feeding hole for cattle near the church. I remember sinking in the soft mud up to my knees when I baptized. I performed my first wedding in this church...and forget to let the groom kiss the bride. In spite of it all, the people were kind. I visited the church 10 years ago and some of the members were still there. My pay was $200 per month and they furnished a parsonage but I had to pay the utilities! The picture is the old church...which still looks the same way, and a picture of me 10 years later, about 1984, at Fellowship Baptist Church.

Darla Lopez

Paul Sakai

John David Maddox

Mike Keats

Lydia Tisdale

​Helen Wyatt

Edward Stanley

The three pictures above are the 2016 graduating class of the Main Campus in  Pharr, Texas

          Dr. J.  Fulton & Dr. R. McDonald                                              Eddy Grant                                                     Dr. Tisdale presenting D.D. to