James Ahlemann was born on June 30, 1945 in Columbus, Indiana. He entered the ministry and began to have opportunities to speak in churches in Virginia at the age of 16.

1. James Ahlemann Entered The Ministry At The Age Of 16
James Ahlemann was born on June 30, 1945 in Columbus, Indiana. He
and his family resided at numerous places that include Columbus, Indiana,
New Albany, Indiana and Terra Haute, Indiana. His grandfather and father
were pastors and as he was growing up, he shifted many times because his
father accepted a wide range of pastoral assignments in churches. They
moved to Lexington, Kentucky, Orlando, Florida, Norfolk, Virginia and
Blytheville, Arkansas and he completed his high school education from
Blytheville High School in 1963. He entered the ministry and began to have
opportunities to speak in churches in Virginia at the age of 16. During his
senior year of high school, he and his brother conducted special services in
churches in Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri. Upon his graduation from
high school, he was known as the pastor of a church in Clarksville,
Arkansas. At the age of 18, he attended the College of the Ozarks and was
the pastor at the Church of the Nazarene, Clarksville (1963-1964). During
his time there, the average church's attendance grew from 28 to 45.

2. James Ahlemann Entered The Ministry At The Age Of 16 (Continued..)
Later, James Ahlemann studied at Bethany Nazarene College in Bethany,
Oklahoma. After this, he attended the University of Missouri, Columbia,
Missouri and then he took a pastorate of Church of the Nazarene, O'Fallon,
Missouri (1965-1967). Besides this, he enrolled at Memphis State University,
Memphis, TN and was also a pastor at Church of the Nazarene, West
Memphis, Arkansas (1967-1970). In addition to this, James Ahlemann was a
pastor at Cedar Lane Church of the Nazarene, Little Rock, Arkansas from
1970 to 1971 and Calvary Church of the Nazarene, Arlington, Virginia from
1971 to 1977.
By the time James Ahlemann was 31, he was pastoring the 5th largest
church in the denomination of the Church of the Nazarene, became very
popular and was in demand for speaking to pastors on the subject of church
growth throughout the nation. On February 26, 1976, he opened the United
States Senate Session in prayer (an honor given to only 12 clergy every year
by the Chaplain of the Senate). His prayer was also printed in The
Congressional Record.

3. Thank You !