MONROE - Jeff Cole felt called by God to be the minister at Believers Fellowship in Monroe.
Cole has let God guide him throughout his life and felt the calling to be a minister late in life, he said. He was in his 30s when he knew that God wanted him to be a minister.
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh graduate went to Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky and graduated with a Masters of Divinity in 1989.
Over the next several years ,he filled in at churches that needed a minister. He was also a pastor at United Methodist and Free Methodist churches in the area. He is also the assistant manager at Wal-Mart.
When Believers Fellowship decided it needed a full-time pastor the congregation called Cole to offer him the job.
"I thought it was time to get back into the ministry," Cole said. "I missed being a (full-time) minister. I'm looking forward to it."
He and his wife Lynn, who is a special education teacher in Brodhead, have seven children, six boys and one girl, ranging in ages from 16 to 33.
The church will hold a special Sunday service at 2 p.m. tomorrow. A reception for Cole will follow the services.
Believers Fellowship is a nondenominational church, located at 1802 Eighth St., Monroe.
Church services are at 10 a.m. Sundays and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Cole has let God guide him throughout his life and felt the calling to be a minister late in life, he said. He was in his 30s when he knew that God wanted him to be a minister.
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh graduate went to Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky and graduated with a Masters of Divinity in 1989.
Over the next several years ,he filled in at churches that needed a minister. He was also a pastor at United Methodist and Free Methodist churches in the area. He is also the assistant manager at Wal-Mart.
When Believers Fellowship decided it needed a full-time pastor the congregation called Cole to offer him the job.
"I thought it was time to get back into the ministry," Cole said. "I missed being a (full-time) minister. I'm looking forward to it."
He and his wife Lynn, who is a special education teacher in Brodhead, have seven children, six boys and one girl, ranging in ages from 16 to 33.
The church will hold a special Sunday service at 2 p.m. tomorrow. A reception for Cole will follow the services.
Believers Fellowship is a nondenominational church, located at 1802 Eighth St., Monroe.
Church services are at 10 a.m. Sundays and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.