Personal Testimony
of Tommie and Patricia Miles
Tommie Miles, Jr. was born to a prayerful Christian mother and an alcoholic father. Unfortunately, he followed in his father's footsteps at an early age. Later, they became drinking partners. He dropped out of school in the seventh grade, unable to read or write.
By
the time Tommie became an adult, he was drinking two fifths of 151 proof rum, a
case of beer, and smoking two packs of cigarettes every day. At that time, he
even walked the streets with two pistols on his sides. This resulted in his
being labeled "Wyatt Earp." This lifestyle led him into a life of
crime. All the while his mother faithfully prayed for him. When he was sober one
time, she prophesied that some day God would give him a Christian wife and that
he would preach the Gospel. Needless to say, he dismissed this as foolishness.
At
that time, he even walked the streets with two pistols on his side. This
resulted in his being labeled "Wyatt
Earp."
As the years went by, Tommie continued in this lifestyle choosing to do his own
thing.
Eventually, it caught up with him when he bought a stolen car. This resulted in
his arrest six months later. He was sentenced to Life and 25 years without
parole, in Greensboro, Alabama. There he met Mrs. Izetta McCaskill, an elderly
woman who ministered to the inmates. She taught Tommie about the awesome love of
Jesus. In 1981, he surrendered his life to the lord
On All, Jesus Christ, the Messiah. Mrs. McCaskill prophesied that Tommie would
preach. (Confirmation of what his mother had said previously) She gave him a
Bible and God miraculously taught him how to read it.
He was still in prison. Form 1981 to 1988, he was moved from prison to prison in
Alabama. However, he did what he could inside those walls by teaching the
inmates about Jesus. God gave him the honor or becoming the first Inmate
Chaplain in Alabama at Bullock County Correctional Facility. He met his
Christian wife, Patricia, there in September of 1990 while she was participating
in a prison ministry for the inmates. They were married in November of 1990. The
prophesies were being fulfilled there in prison. Tommie and Patricia used
Matthew 18:19 to help pray for Tommie's release. On February 25th, 1991, Tommie
became a free man.
Since then, Tommie and Patricia have dedicated their lives totally to reaching
the drug addicts, alcoholics, prostitutes, gang leaders, and homosexuals with
the love of Jesus. They have seen miracles upon miracles and many souls
redeemed. One such example was a well known gang leader. The gang leader had
come to a service with the intention of shooting Tommie with a 38 pistol-but
reported later that every time Tommie had said "Jesus," he saw fire
come out of Tommie's mouth. He made Jesus his Lord that night!
Even while Tommie was an illiterate alcoholic, God had a vision of what He was
going to be.
Joining Patricia and Tommie together in marriage and Ministry could not have
been so successful had not the trials and tribulations he encountered led him in
this particular path (including an alcoholic father).
Having traveled down some of the same paths as those to whom they minister, the
Miles understand the pain of brokenness, the injury of those without hope. This
Ministry has brought a new light to the hopeless. This light is "Jesus
Christ."
Their Ministry includes Church and Tent Revivals, Prison and Radio
Phone:334-283-4678