Submitted by philip on Tue, 09/04/2012 - 01:00 Iron Man Pastor: Emily and James Lambert enjoy a fellowship at Bryceland Baptist Church, where James is the “Iron Man” pastor. By Karen L. Willoughby, Managing Editor GIBSLAND – Because of his wife’s health, James Lambert needs to stay near home, but his presence is going to Russia, Romania, East Asia and North Korea, as well as all over the United States and maybe other places he hasn’t yet heard about. Lambert, pastor of Bryceland Baptist Church in Bienville Baptist Association, designs applications – apps – for the iPhone. It’s work he can do to pastor a church that can’t pay its pastor a fulltime salary, and be available as needed to his wife and three youngsters, ages 6, 11 and 12. “It’s amazing what God can do when you’re out in the woods,” Lambert said. “You can reach the world nowadays through the window we call the computer. We can reach the world in our own small way, and it’s important for the spread of the gospel that we take advantage of every way we can.” It was Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board, who first referred to bivocational pastors as “Iron Men.” Lambert is one of those who pumps iron with his mental … [Read more...]