Growing up I had asumed I knew what life would be like when I turned 51 the second half of my life. Wow I never thought I would make it this long.  Satan had his chances long ago to remove me from this life.  From birth, I was born in March 9, 1964 at 10:02 am. Two months early, I always have been the type to run where angels fear to tread. I weighed a massive 3lbs 5oz. wow, the doctors gave me less than 50% chance of living, but God! When I was in the Navy, I injured my shoulder in bootcamp so after a year of pain the doctor wanted to look.  I had a simple scope procedure, it went great till it was time to start to wake me.  They pulled the breathing tube from my throat and I was supposed to breath, however, I was not awake so my brain and lungs said breath but my throat said no so we had problems.  I had a negitive pressure pulmanary edema wow what a mouthfull.  Well they had to put the tube back so they had to paralyse me.  Well that stopped everything, heart, lungs etc.  Out comes the paddles you know the one…clear…zap!!! Well I came back after being dead for 4 minutes.  One more time then I will move on, I was due to be ordained as a Bishop well the day came and I took my Mother with me to Pennsylvania.  It was a snowy day, I was started to get off at my exit when I saw in the distace a truck pulling off the road and I saw why.  It was a big dully bucket truck and he lost a wheel.  I am going 60 to try to get out of the way, like a torpedo at my miada!  It hit my front wheel and I went airborn 15 feet!  I landed hard but I down shifted and kept control of the car.  Pulled over and started shaking bad, looked at the car and did not look bad but later I learned how bad it was.  We drove home in the rain very slowly.  I put the car in the shop and they doubted me.  Three weeks later I get the car back with apologies. He asked me how high I went to do the damage he thought 15 feet.  God looked over me and my mother.  Satan did not want me to get my Ordination that night, but I did and God gets the glory.  

Now I have a great wife, job and dog lol.  I am doing well, God has blessed me with all this and a ministry that I am just starting to walk in after 25 years. I am truly excited for the next 51 years, hmm I guess that truly makes me middle age now :).  Blessings.

Bishop Jackson Plant

Kingdom Time Ministries

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Bishop Jackson Plant is a military veteran, retired from the US Navy in 2008. In 2018 Bishop Plant joined the board of Directors for Shilo Ministries. Pastor Plant is an Ordained Bishop with the Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.) Bishop Jackson Plant’s burning desire and hunger for a revival to see this lost world come to Jesus are the foundation of Plant Ministries. Pastor Plant has multi faceted ministries, ranging from Director of the Church Of God Christian Servicemen's Center in Yokosuka, Japan; Evangelist for Ministry to the Military's (MTTM) in the Far East; Associated Pastor for various Church of God Ministries in Maryland; Formerly Senior Pastor for Kingdom Time Ministry in Hawaii. Pastor Plant was called to minister in 1984, a call which he tried his best to run from. For five years he ran, then in 1989 after a death experience; God got a hold of him and he quit running and embraced the call. During 1997-98, Pastor Plant attended the Brownsville Revival in Pensacola, Florida where God purified his heart and reaffirmed his call to ministry. Then the Navy transferred him to Yokosuka, Japan and then to the USS Kitty Hawk. It was there where he preached for the first time and began the call as God’s servant. Additionally, he was appointed as the Singles Pastor at the Yokota Christian Serviceman's Center. In 2000 Bishop Plant was credentialed, ordained, and appointed through Church of God. He was sent forth as a Senior Pastor at Yokosuka Christian Servicemen's Center in Japan. Bishop Plant is operating Plant Ministries and lives in Harlingen Texas with his wife, Julie and chi Huey.