“Sharecropper to Entrepreneur to Pastor” by Rev. Dr. John Henry Womack is now available for purchase
“Given my background, I hope that readers will see that life’s success is partly about academics, but mostly about your perspective of who God is. It is my prayer that my story may help you to understand that God has something for all of us to do, and that we can be equally successful in our individual callings if we have faith in him. It is my prayer that by exposing a great part of my life will help to encourage you when you feel left out to know that you too can lift up your head, and be all that you desire to be. another purpose in my writing is to help one to understand that where one come from, the color of your skin, or the lack of an academic degree do not matter: God still has great things in store for all of us. as we know, the God whom we serve is color blind, impartial, “but with God there is no respect of persons.” Romans 2:11 (KJV).
– an excerpt from the book
Author Reputation Press is honored to publish “Sharecropper to Entrepreneur to Pastor” by Rev. Dr. John Henry Womack. In this masterpiece, one gets to experience the harsh reality of the exploitative nature of daily life challenges. As a result of reading this text, you will seek and find comfort in the Lord. The book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARP website.
The author writes this book with the intention of helping to fulfill his call to the ministry of redemption and the sharing of Christ Jesus. He believes that the call to the ministry is to share the love of Christ. As we receive God’s love in whatever form He chooses, we are expected to share it with others so that they might be converted, inspired, and know that God loves them as well.
Rev. John Henry Womack was born and raised as a sharecropper and became an entrepreneur, owning and operating several highly successful businesses over the course of more than thirty years. He also served as the pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts, from 1993 to 2010. Rev. Dr. Womack earned his Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. John and his wife Bertha, of fifty-eight years, reside in Florida, they have three grown children and one grandson.
There’s an old question about whether a person will be a thermometer or a thermostat in life. A thermometer merely registers the temperature of the surroundings, but a thermostat actually controls the temperature. This inspiring story demonstrates how, during the major junctures in his life, John Womack has been and continues to be a thermostat.
Growing up in a Virginia sharecropping family in the midst of pernicious racism and economic deprivation, Womack was able to learn how to overcome these obstacles without losing his belief that human beings are basically good and will do right when given the opportunity.
Throughout his life, he combined his creative vision not only with the necessary business acumen but also with moral and ethical responsibility in spite of an environment of greed, egotism, and selfishness. Regardless of his position—whether in the navy or as an entrepreneur, husband, father, student, pastor, board member, and friend—Womack has acquitted himself with a spiritual consciousness that girded him with the capability to overcome the barriers to progress and prosperity. He never abandoned his fundamentally Christian orientation amid a variety of temptations.
Remaining humble through all these endeavors, Womack longs to share his life work with today’s youth, young adults, and others. He yearns to encourage them to believe—despite surrounding hardships and institutional barriers—that they can transcend their existential circumstances and make something out of their lives.
By sharing his life story, Womack hopes to encourage others to confront today’s challenges with wisdom, faith, hope, and love. Certainly, the Rev. Dr. John Womack—sharecropper, veteran, entrepreneur, husband, father of three, pastor, and author—exemplifies this possibility and personifies this truth.
“Sharecropper to Entrepreneur to Pastor” by Rev. Dr. John Henry Womack is now available for purchase on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/3s4zykfw