The Texas sun shimmered off the streets of Dallas as Tom and Tiki Finlayson pulled their caravan off the road to stop. On staff with Mike Barber Ministries, they were still riding high from the thrill of winning 2500 souls to Christ during an outreach in Westville, Ind. Tiki’s dad parked the 18-wheeler that carried their equipment. Climbing down from the cab, he stretched before wrapping his arms around Tiki.
“Thanks so much for all you did, Dad,” she said.
Laughing, he said,“Yep,” as Tom pulled him into a hug. They watched him climb on his motorcycle for the trip back home to Chattanooga, Tenn.
Driving back to Houston, Tiki marveled at how much her life had changed since she and Tom had married. He was a wonderful husband and a great stepfather to her sons, Derek and Kevin.
Tom hadn’t always been the vibrant preacher and soul winner that he was today. He’d been a preacher’s kid from Chattanooga who’d rebelled and ended up with a $5,000 a week cocaine habit. Reaching the end of his rope, he’d finally given his life to Christ. In the early 1990s, his older brother, an evangelist, put him on the mailing list for the Believer’s Voice of Victory magazine, the monthly publication of Kenneth Copeland Ministries. Reading each issue cover to cover, had been a game changer. Becoming a Partner with KCM, he learned to live by faith. In 1995, he’d started working in prison ministry.
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