Head Start in the Christian Olympics

This is a book for all Christians of all walks of life.  It is also a challenge to the unsaved.  The author has never discovered a published book on the entire subject of the Christian Olympics.

The author’s information is gathered from our “Assembly Brethren” who over forty-one years taught us to take notes and to develop the subject matter for ourselves.  It fulfills  the solemn need that we should earnestly contend for the faith, which was once for all delivered unto the saints and simultaneously building up ourselves on the most holy faith.

The approach taken is from the image of the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean and Ishmian games  introduced from the time of the Graeco- Macedonian Empire.  Palestine was also introduced to the national games of the Greeks.  The Romans carried on many of the Greek athletic customs, but came to give special prominence to their gladiatorial shows.  We too, by way of comparison, are competitors in the Christian arena, striving for the mastery.  We have then taken up this current challenge in our world of sports and have woven it within a scriptural framework to arouse and awaken Christians to rethink their mission and “ Call to Action.”

Clayton Llewellyn Stephenson Watkins was born in St. John’s Antigua, 64 years ago. He is the second child of a family of nine. He was saved at the early age of 18, baptized , then received into assembly fellowship at Shiloh Gospel Hall.  He moved to St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands in 1964, where he married Ruth Caines in 1968, and was blessed with four lovely children, namely, Lissue, Eric, Eleanor and Lincoln.

Clayton Watkins was called into the field of evangelism in 1978, and is a commended full- time worker from Philadelphia Gospel Hall who merged with Grace Gospel Chapel who also joined in his commendation where he fellowships with the saints presently.  He served as one of the elders for many years until he received his calling from God to a larger field of service as an itinerant evangelist The qualifications of the author is based upon forty one years of Christian experience, all from the “Friday Nights Assembly University”.under the capable leadership of the author’s late Bible teacher, Leslie Crossley from England.  The author’s first book, “Saved!

Where Do We Go From Here?” was printed by: “ Destiny Image Publishers, Shippensburg, PA 17257."

The author is also a prolific writer and an expositor with spiritual ability to preach and teach. The author’s qualifications are verified by Dr. T. Michael F lowers, Exec. Director of Southern Baptist Mission Association, Inc. Decatur, Georgia. Horace Young, B. A. Evangelist, and Dr. Joseph .Halliday OBE. Finally by the commendation of the author’s assemblies.