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Barnabas Ministries - Milwaukee

Pastor Al Calderon

Pastor Al Calderon Jr.

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I was born in San Antonio, Texas on September 3, 1945.  My mother was very sick with tuberculosis when I was two years old and my father was an alcoholic so we went to live with my Aunt and Uncle, my Father’s sister.  We lived with them until I was thirteen by then I started to drink and hang around with street gangs.  My mother came back from the hospital she was in for eleven years.  So I was asked by my Aunt and Uncle if I wanted to go and live with her.  We lived in low income Housing and I became more involved with street gangs.

 

I was married at the age of seventeen.  My wife was sixteen and we had three children when I thought it was better to relocate somewhere else.  Out of nowhere my mother’s younger brother came to visit her.  We had not seen him seen him in a long time.  He was living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and told me there was a lot of work there.  So, I came to Milwaukee in 1968 to find a better way to live with my wife and children.

 

Little did I know God was already working in my life.  I tried to change my lifestyle for the better, but without Jesus, no one can change completely.  I had a few jobs but I couldn’t keep any jobs because of drinking and doing drugs.  I was on county welfare for a while, but I grew tired of being on welfare and went to look for a job.  They found me a job at a flour mill.  I worked there two years and, out of nowhere, I got a phone call from the man that found me the job.  He told me of a better job with more money.

 

This is where God stepped in my life because at this new job He had a man waiting for me to tell me about Jesus.  His name was James Howard Smith.  For two and a half years he was after me, telling me Jesus loved me and inviting me to visit his church.  Finally, I gave in and went with him.  God touched my heart and I gave my life to Jesus.  He delivered me from drinking and doing drugs.  After eight years He called me into the ministry to teach the Word of God.  I can not say it was always easy, but He was always there when I needed Him.

 

My first wife and I got divorced due to some differences we had in our marriage.  I was a single parent for six years with six children.  But God is faithful and he brought another woman in my life.  Her name is Pat.  We married in 1985.  She is a Godly woman and we serve the Lord together.

 

God has given me the ability to teach His Word and that is where we are today.  God has given me Barnabas Ministries to carry out the vision which He has given me – which is to encourage people with His Word.

 

GOD BLESS YOU  -  PASTOR AL CALDERON JR