Tom Spence

Western Oklahoma author and retired Marine Tom Spence , will be selling and signing his books at McIntosh Book Shoppe on Friday, 8 July 2016 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  The store is located at 917 Bay Street in Beaufort, South Carolina 29902. His newest release is Acceptance of Authority . Tom will have a variety of books published by Tate Publishing .  Two of the most hard-hitting books, especially for those in western Oklahoma, are Throw Away Kids and PoMo Poverty .  In these companion selections, Tom goes beyond identifying society’s problems; he brings us to solutions that don’t wait on the government to fix or ignore the problems. Tom is an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the pastor of the congregation in Burns Flat , Oklahoma.  As a pastor, he returned last summer from his second trip to Africa to train pastors and church leaders in Kenya and Uganda.  He has served as moderator of the Red River Presbytery but perhaps is best kno

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