Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor

D. A. Carson's father was a pioneering church-planter and pastor in Quebec. But still, an ordinary pastor-except that he ministered during the decades that brought French Canada from the brutal challenges of persecution and imprisonment for Baptist ministers to spectacular growth and revival in the 1970s.

It is a story, and an era, that few in the English-speaking world know anything about. But through Tom Carson's journals and written prayers, and the narrative and historical background supplied by his son, readers will be given a firsthand account of not only this trying time in North American church history, but of one pastor's life and times, dreams and disappointments. With words that will ring true for every person who has devoted themselves to the Lord's work, this unique book serves to remind readers that though the sacrifices of serving God are great, the sweetness of living a faithful, obedient life is greater still.

1. Opening Credits
2. Foreword by Mark Dever
3. Preface
4. Chapter 1: O Canada! A Sketch of Québec
5. Chapter 2: Tom Carson: Beginnings of Life and Ministry
6. Chapter 3: French Work in Montréal
7. Chapter 4: Crisis
8. Chapter 5: The Early Drummondville Years
9. Chapter 6: Discouragement, Despair, and a Vow
10. Chapter 7: Civil Servant and Minister of the Gospel
11. Chapter 8: Pressing On: Transformation and Growth
12. Chapter 9: Marg's Alzheimer Years
13. Chapter 10: Ending Well: Final Ministry and Promotion to Glory
14. Closing Credits