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FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN:
ELDER TIMOTHY NEAL CANNON
Elder Cannon was born on February 14, 1948. He was baptized on July 1976, at Pine Hill Church, Elder Hassell Wallis officiating. On February 14, 1970 he married the former Emily Guess. To this union three daughters and three sonswere born: Tanya, Esther, Rhoda, Peter, Titus, and James.
He was ordained on October 2, 1982, at Grace Chapel Primitive Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee.
ELDER CANNON WRITES: In June of 1971, while camping at Sardis, Mississippi, the merciful Lord of Glory revealed to me the depths of my life that had been spent in abominable sins. In the darkness of night the Holy Spirit worked conviction and repentance, bringing light and life to my soul. It was then and there that He revealed the pungency and beauty of Jesus Christ's blood, which was willingly shed for me at Calvary as He, the precious Lamb of God, took my place, enduring the wrath of God on my behalf: The Holy Spirit led the brethren that were with me during this life-changing event to read to me Psalm 51. The next day, the Lord reassured me of His infinite love through Psalm 116.
Both these Psalms have been my testimony and calling to a life's ministry of music, writing, and preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. I have written several plays for homeschool and private school students, the most recent being "The Battle of the Titans," a play, which concerns the famous Scopes trial of1925. I have also composed a major oratorio, ICHTHUS, which has been performed by choral festival students. This composition puts to music the last seven days of Christ's life and His ascension.
Caraway Church, Caraway, Arkansas, called for my ordination and I served this church for six years (August 1982 to September 1988). While living in Memphis, Tennessee, our family ministered to Greenwood Church, Greenwood, Mississippi (1988 to 1992). In November of 1992, I was called to pastor Little Flock Church in Burnsville, Mississippi, where I continue to serve. |
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