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Letter to the 1956 Board of Trustees

Editor’s note: The Toccoa Falls College board of trustees is meeting this week on campus April 19-20, 2007. Please be in prayer for these men and women who have been called to serve the Lord in this way. We thought it would be appropriate to post a letter from Dr. Forrest written to the 1956 board members. Click here to see a photo of members of the 1955 Board of Trustees. To The Board of Trustees of Toccoa Falls Institute My Dear Brethren: You have heard me tell of the ten dollar bill given as a down payment on the

January 13, 2010 No Comments

Kelly and Alice Barnes

“Kelly Barnes and Alice Larson came in 1917, he from Lumberton, North Caroline, and she from Santa Rosa, California. Both of them lived with the Forrest. After their training at Toccoa Falls and at Wheaton College, they married and were associated with Toccoa Falls Institute until their deaths. Mr. Barnes was superintendent, and Mrs. Barnes was one of the teachers and later became the high school principal.” (From Achieving the Impossible with God) Kelly and Alice Grace as a young couple. Kelly Barnes always struck a dashing image, especially as a young man. No one could ever accuse Evelyn Forrest

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Influential People to Dr. and Mrs. R.A. Forrest

Dr. and Mrs. R.A. Forrest impacted the lives of many people. Here are a few of the people who influenced them. Dr. and Mrs. A.B. Simpson â€” Dr. Simpson was the founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. He often commented that he never “set out to start a new Christian denomination.” Instead, his goal was to answer God’s call by providing training for those who felt led to enter Christian service as pastors, teachers, and missionaries. He was the founding pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle in New York City and a close friend of the Forrests. David and Lillie

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David Fant

David Fant was the man who told Richard Forrest about the property that was for sale at Toccoa Falls. He was a conductor for Southern Railway’s Southern Crescent Limited line. When the Forrests moved to Atlanta, Georgia, from Florida, they lived with David Fant and his family in a little house on Luckie Street. In this photograph, a group of people from Toccoa, Georgia, met Southern Railwayâ€™s train 38 one day in the late 1920â€™s to hear a 10-minute sermon by the railwayâ€™s famed engineer-evangelist, David J. Fant (fifth from the left). In a article printed in an early issue

January 13, 2010 No Comments

Walking Two by Two

Editor’s note: There is no sound to the video. To start the video, click in the middle of the video box, please be patient as the video loads. To pause the video, click in the middle of the video box and click again to resume playing. Get the Flash Player to see this player. The video begins with people getting into two cars. Then there is a parade of people, before a group poses for the camera. Near the end, Alice and Kelly Barnes are laughing and talking as the camera rolls. Notice how nicely everyone walks, two by two.

November 17, 2009 No Comments

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Letter to the 1956 Board of Trustees

Kelly and Alice Barnes

Influential People to Dr. and Mrs. R.A. Forrest

David Fant

Walking Two by Two

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