Purpose and Mission Statement: Born Again MM is a Christ centered motorcycle ministry. We are men & women who have been redeemed by the shed blood of Jesus Christ and strengthen each other through fellowship, encouragement, teaching and prayer. We are a brotherhood of men who ride Harley-Davidsons, American V-Twins or Japanese motorcycles and we view our motorcycles as ministry tools to accomplish this task. We are an interdenominational, non-profit organization with an ultimate purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are a brotherhood with the desire to establish ministries through out the world. We believe in God the Father, maker of heaven and earth. We believe in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son. We believe in the Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary after being conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe Jesus walked upon this earth as a mortal man doing His Fathers work. He was persecuted by his own people and suffered at the hands of the religious leaders and government officials of that day. He was sentenced to death and crucified on a cross for crimes he did not commit. He took the sins of the world upon Himself by having been sacrificed on the cross. He was laid in a guarded grave. At the end of the third day, He rose from that grave and walked among His people appearing to many. At the appointed time, He ascended into Heaven and took His rightful place at the right hand of The Father, leaving us with the commission to go into all the highways & byways of the world and spread His gospel. As Born Again MM bikers, we believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior and that we are to serve Him with all our heart, mind and strength. We believe that He will return to claim His Bride and that being a Church, free of any spot or blemish. As Born Again MM bikers, we are committed to standing on the firm foundation of the Holy Bible, written by men of God having been inspired by His Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus Christ died for us and every person that has ever been born and who is yet to be born so that we could have eternal life. We believe that His shed blood and broken body was an atonement made for us that enabled us to be forgiven of our sins. We believe that our primary mission as Born Again MM bikers is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and The Kingdom of God. We strive to walk in the Grace and Mercy of God the Father and to apply the power of The Holy Spirit to our walk. OUR PRIORITIES ARE: 1. To maintain an active personal relationship with God through worship and prayer. 2. To care for our club members and their families, we are to be honest and respectful and 3. To equip the brotherhood through fellowship, Biblical teaching and training. 4. To encourage Christ centered relationships and fellowship on an individual basis as well as with other clubs. 5. To Evangelize the biker community and the world around us through ministry outreach. We are to extend Gods mercy and love to those who are hurting and are experiencing the consequences of living without Christ. We do not and will not recruit members by personally asking someone if they want to be become a member. If anyone is to become a part of this ministry, we believe that they will come through God personal calling of them to do so, and will show their true heart for this kind of ministry. Though our membership is formal and a prospecting period, we fully welcome those who just desire fellowship in a Christian biker environment. Those desiring membership should do so by letting a full patch holder know of their desire. It is our hope that lives will be touched and changed in pursuit of our mission to expand God kingdom. Where we come from: Born Again MM is made up of people who are part of the motorcycle community. Some of our members lived the biker lifestyle, complete with its drugs, alcohol, sex, and violence, who now are clean in Christ. We are a family oriented ministry. We have members who were not involved in the hardcore biker lifestyle, but who share a love for motorcycles and have a desire to reach the lost with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We exist for the purpose of spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ within the community. We seek to evangelize wherever the gospel message needs to be heard and people need to know Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. "The Patch Holder" If any desire to be a Patch Holder they desire an honorable responsibility. For a Patch holder must be a man/woman whose life cannot be spoken against. He/She must be faithful to his/her spouse. He/She must exhibit self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. As well as enjoy having guests in his/her home. Patch Holders must not be heavy drinkers or be violent. He/She must manage his/her family well. A Patch Holder must not be a new Christian, because he/she might become proud and the devil will use that pride to make him/her fall. Also, people outside the church must speak well of him/her so that he/she will not fall into the Devil's trap and be disgraced. Patch holders must be people who are respected and have integrity. They must not speak evil of others. They must exercise self-control and be faithful in everything they do. Those who do well as Patch Holders will be rewarded with respect from others and will have increased confidence in their faith in Jesus Christ. This ministry is especially successful among the "biker community" reaching not only social biker clubs but also "hard core" biker clubs including gangs. This ministry has transcended "colors and patches" without fear or intimidation, being accepted by them as a fellow biker and truly ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ! We have been able to pray with many and share life experiences where Jesus has been there for us as well. These clubs continue to express their appreciation for them bringing the presence of God into their campsites and club houses. No matter how hard the person is, or what life style they are living, they know, down deep inside, they need Jesus (God). That is what Born Again MM is all about, taking the Presence of God into everyday, ordinary, often hurting, lost and confused peoples lives, letting Jesus make a difference. This Ministry can be the very thing you, your family, club or Church may need to experience a new "fire" for the Lord, help in time of trouble, or redirection in life. Our "Ministry Patch"says it all. must be Born Again Statement of Doctrine 1. The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture as originally given and its sole authority in all matters of faith and conduct. (2 Timothy 3:15-17) 2. The unity of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit eternally in the Godhead (John 17:3,21; Matthew 3:15-17, 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14). 3. The Sovereignty of God in Redemption, Creation, Revelation and Final Judgment. (Colossians 1:12-20). 4. The full deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His Virgin Birth and His real and sinless humanity. (Matthew 16:16, Luke 1:26-35, Hebrews 7:26) 5. The universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the Fall, rendering man subject to God's wrath and condemnation. (Isaiah 53:6; John 3:36) 6. Redemption from the guilt, penalty and power of sin and from the dominion of Satan only through the sacrificial death (as our representative and substitute) of Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Son of God. (2 Corinthians 5:15-2l; Hebrew 2:14) 7. The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 Corinthians 15:3-8) 8. The necessity of the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit to make the death of Christ effective to the individual sinner, granting him repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ. (John 3:3-8, 16:7-11) 9. The justification of the sinner freely by grace through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 3:24-26) 10. The indwelling, and work of the Holy Spirit in the Believer. (Ephesians 1:13; Romans 8:9) 11. The expectation of the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 1:6-13) 12. The eternal blessedness in Heaven of the redeemed and the eternal punishment in Hell of the unbelieving. (Matthew 25:46) 13. The one Holy Universal Church which is the Body of Christ and to which all true believers belong. (Ephesians 4:4-6) 14. Believers baptism, ordained by our Lord, practiced by the Apostles and taught in the New Testament. (Matthew 28:19; Romans 6:3-4) 15. Each 'Local Body' (Matthew 18:20) is called to be a community of regenerated (Born-Again) believers, living in fellowship with all other believers within the (Church) One Body of Christ; and will be obedient and subject to His Will, as written in the Scriptures. (Philippians 1:1, Acts 20:28) Note: I have added this poem I came across as something that might be included on the site! THE OUTLAW by Larry Norman Some say He was an outlaw, that He roamed across the land with a band of unschooled ruffians and a few young fishermen. No one knew just where He came from or exactly what He'd done, but they said it must be something bad that kept Him on the run. Some say He was a poet that He'd stand upon the hill and His voice could calm an angry crowd or make the waves stand still. That He spoke in many parables that few could understand, but the people sat for hours just to listen to this man. Some say He was a sorcerer a man of mystery. He could walk upon the water. He could make a blind man see. That He conjured wine at weddings and did tricks with fish and bread. That He talked of being born again and raised people from the dead. Some say a politician who spoke of being free. He was followed by the masses on the shores of Galilee. He spoke out against corruption and He bowed to no decree and they feared His strength and power so they nailed Him to a tree. Some say He was the Son of God a man above all men. But He came to be a servant and to set us free from sin. And that's who I believe He is cause that's who I believe and I think we should be ready when it's time for us to leave. And now I think we should get ready cause it's almost time to leave and be with Him. Some say He was an Outlaw.

As far as needs, what I need most is to find other old outlaws or just bikers who want to minister in the outlaw world.. Also, looking for someone to build me a hearse cason for a free funeral service for bikers. I can build the trailer but I'm just not a carpenter.

www.bornagainmm.com and email me at preecherdon@aol.com or don@bornagainmm.com

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I am an old biker saved by the grace of God and ride in motorcycle ministry which can be checked out at www.bornagainmm.com or check my testimony in the "about me" column.. I was ordained through the 1st. Baptist Church. "but" I tend to think of myself a a Bapti-costical minister...

Hello & God Bless, My name is preacher don (Don Allen). I just a young 55 yrs. old when my brother and I were coming home from a trip and I was still wasted from a party at a biker rally in Nacadoches. I had only been out of my last time in lockup for about 9 months and was still on paper. We were on the way home and rode up on this little CMA rally at a fairground in Alba, TX, and he just had to stop and enter the bike show.. I, myself, was not in least interested in stopping at some kind of church rally. As I sat there drinking a beer, I noticed that no body else was drinking. I was approached and befriended by a few guys that were putting on the rally. Never even asked me to put the beer aside, just invited me over to their area to eat lunch. I was hungry!! Well, we spent a couple of hours there and had a pretty good time. I met a biker from Lindale, where I lived. He invited me to come visit a little church mission that he was going to start in few weeks at Lindale. Well anyway, as we were leaving, they invited us again to visit the church and as we rode away I thought, that be the day Out of sight and out of mind. Oh, I forgot to mention, Mike, my brother did win the best custom in the show. How about that!! Three weeks later I was riding through town and went by the old funeral home and saw a few bikes sitting out front. Kind of worried me so I stopped to check it out and make sure it wasn someone I knew in there. Well, surprise, it was the guys from the rally and they had begun a mission through the 1st. Baptist Church of Lindale, TX, that owned the old funeral home building. They had begun a little mission called, In The Wind Well, I went in and stayed for the service and left with a lot of confusion in my heart. My wife really had no idea where I was at. She thought I gone out for the evening drinking and riding with my buds. We had been having major problems and she wouldn ride with me anymore. She didn like my friends or me very much. She especially didn like the things I was doing. When I told her about the biker church she didn really believe me. She thought the only way bikers could have a church is if it would have to be a cult of some kind. Well, I kept going back every Friday night for a few weeks. We had church on Friday nights to try to keep us out of the bars on the weekends. There were only eight of us when we first started. In about two months it had grown to a couple of dozen. I still couldn get my wife to go with me. Oh, I forgot to mention, my wife was raised in the 1st. Baptist Church of Tyler and was one of those church people She just couldn see what our mission could be about. Well, after a few weeks I stopped going. I got off track again and just couldn let go of world About two weeks after I stopped attending I was run over by my own tractor and got busted up from the tip of my toes to the base of my neck. I was in a cast from my ribs down. I had to stay home for a while. After missing a couple of weeks showing up at church, I guess they got to wondering about my absence. One Saturday night as my wife was cooking in the kitchen a biker rode up to the house and come to the back door. He looked a lot like me, beard, long hair, leathers, and just a little rough. My wife hollered and said, one of your friends is here. She really didn like the idea of him coming to see me. I was laying on the couch in my cast and I could see him through the screen and I told her that was the biker church pastor, Robert Kimbrough. She let him in and was really looking him over. She went back to kitchen and ignored us, trying to not even be sociable to him. Another knock came on the door and when she opened it, there was another guy at the door and he had on a pair of slacks, sport shirt, tie, shoes and a regular haircut!!! It was Ken Dobbs, the missions pastor from the 1st. Baptist Church. My wife really sat up then! She couldn close her mouth. After listening from the kitchen for a couple of minutes, she came into the living room and sat down and listened as we visited. They had heard of my accident and had actually come to my house to minister to me! I had never had anyone show that kind of interest in me before. Before they left, they laid hands on me prayed over me. My wife was really dumbfounded, even as I was. She was really thinking things over because she was seeing a couple of ministers doing what she had been taught all her life. The next Friday night, I asked her to drive me to church and she said she would. When she let me out, I told her to pick me up around 9:30pm. (We always had a fellowship supper after church). Well to my surprise she pulled over into the parking area and got out and came in with me. You Jesus That night after service and during altar call, I kind of broke up my cast at the knee going to my knees before my Lord, Jesus, and accepting him into my heart. From that point on we have never looked back. My wife goes every where with me and she loves ministering and helping out in any way, even if it cleaning the restroom. She has truly learned that we are all the same people in the eyes and heart of God. From that point it was like the pastor (through God) took me under his wing and mentored me. I was 55 yrs. old at the time of my salvation. A couple of years later Robert health got very bad and he and the 1st. Baptist church ask me to come forth and be ordained as the pastor for a time while he rested. God really does take the bad and make good out of it. I was pastor up until about two years ago when at that time I presented another fellow to be the pastor that I felt God had sent to replace me. I know that I was called to be out on the highways and byways doing mission work. The church had grown into a regular church and I have been led to maybe start another mission. But I also know that I am to be involved in outside ministry, in the rallies, clubs, and streets. I still attend Church In The Wind when I am in the area but mostly as I can, being as how I on social security, I run the highways and byways with a ministry I helped to begin called Born Again Motorcyle Ministry and I have but a few members across the state.. But as God moves me I will follow His will and do whatever he wants. At the moment I am putting together a trike so I can keep riding. My diabetes and osteoarthritis keeps my feet weak and I had to sell my Harley to pay bills and get together parts to build this rig. I am also looking for a carpenter to help me build a hearse trailer to pull behind my bike. I plan to do no cost biker funerals as I am needed. A lot of us old ones are slowly passing on and I just want to reach as many as I can and try to be sure they going be there to get a new ride in heaven and ride with Jesus. Most bikers I know can afford the hearse charges anyway.. Sorry, I have rambled on so much, but my heart is so full and I wish I could tell you all the Lord has done to change my life. Let just say that if I hadn finally chosen to listen to Him, (He been trying to slap me hard enough to get my attention all my life, but I just wasn listening), I would either be locked up or dead. I better change that, I mean alive eternally, but not in heaven but eternally in hell So through God calling a sinner like me through the 1st. Baptist for ordination, I must do as He wants I have to admit though that I am what you probably call Bapti-costical minister.. If anyone out there happens to ride and would be interested in a biker ministry that is a little different than most, I be glad to discuss it with you.. we are not the typical ministers.. We are pretty deeply involved with ministering in the 1% outlaw world. It hard to find guys that can go into their world and not be offended by what they see around them. Do not judge, we just show by example.. Jesus, preached to 5000 at one time and you never convince me that there wasn all kinds of sinners, rable rousers, hecklers, or drunks among the crowd. But He did not judge them, He just showed them love. There is no one that Jesus nor God does not love.. Not one! He may be hurting over watching what we do but if we will just accept Him and repent, (turn away from our sins) He is waiting for us.. It is through Him only that we have the power to stand against Satan. God Bless and hope to hear from you soon.

Being a servant for my Lord, Jesus Christ, and ministering on my trike.. I love being able to visit churches throughout the area just be available for somebody's old mother, father, grandma just waiting for someone to come along that might be able to connect with their wayward child. sometimes I can relate with them where a regular pastor might not..

Used to be team roping and riding my bike. Now it is looking for ways to serve my Lord Jesus Christ everyday..He always finds something for me to do if it is just to learn..

The Bible, The Message, God's Word. I like the way the last two are paraphrased to help me study.