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Dr. Teresa Hairston is a woman of God, minister of the Gospel, self-proclaimed publisher, and founder of The Gospel Heritage Foundation. Today God is still showing Dr. Hairston favor with the upcoming celebrated Gospel Heritage Praise & Worship Conference, which is center stage to one of the world's largest international display of God's Kingdom in total praise. We had a chance to speak to Dr. Hairston on the Silke Endress Talk Radio Show, and here's what she had to say: Silke Endress: Dr. Hairston, Why Did You Get Into Ministry? Teresa Hairston: I got into Ministry to answer the call of God on my life. I wanted to inspire, empower, inform, and educate people with the mission of my life. God showed me 30 years ago, that music, writing, and ministry, was going to be a part of my life. Ministry is where I was assigned, my life the things I do, is a result of my choice to be obedient to God. SE: Who Were You Prior To Being The Successful Woman You Are Today? TH: I was the person that was molded and shaped by a lot of experiences, not necessarily grounded in the knowledge of who God is and His ways. The bible tells us that when a man ways please God, He will make even your enemies your footstool. |
What happens is that we choose ways that don't please God and wonder why we have so many challenges. Our biggest enemy is Satan, if we understand that our ways can please God, and when we honor God in our ways, He will bring the enemy under subjection to us. It just makes all the sense in the world that you would follow the things of God and do it His way that's the aftermath of coming into the knowledge. Before that knowledge, the way of the world, were the ways of my life prior to coming to know Christ. SE: Were You Already Into Publishing? TH: The publishing thing is a gift from God, prior to that I was in the music industry, and education, closely aligned with what I do now, but wasn't necessarily the same vocation. |
SE: What Was Your AHA Moment? TH: When I perceived the vision of my life, several years ago, the story was kind of interesting. I was attending a Amway meeting, didn't know it before I went, they used to just tell you come for a gathering with friends, and have food, talk…they set up all these products. This guy was making a presentation and during his presentation he asked, "God forbid, if you were to die tomorrow, what legacy would you leave, what would be the most important thing people would say about you?" I said wow, I don't know what to say to that...so as he walked around, he came to me, and I said, "Well, I would like to write a book or write something that would really impress people that would be left for generations." That became the first oration of my goal. That vision in my life was not even realized or worked out until several years later. |