Director of Missions for the North Sabine Association, as well as four others, for 31 years, Lee Dickson is an old hand at juggling five associations at once. But it wasn’t always so easy.
NATCHITOCHES – Director of Missions for the North Sabine Association, as well as four others, for 31 years, Lee Dickson is an old hand at juggling five associations at once. But it wasn’t always so easy.
“I faced a serious learning curve when I first started,” said Dickson. “Thank God, I had Arnold (Nelson) and Barbara, his wife, to lean on. Arnold was not only a very good friend, but a great mentor as well.”
The years have taught how best to handle the five associations he oversees.
“Well, I let Barbara, my wife, do all the work, and depend heavily on my moderators,” Dickson said. “Barbara is just a God send and I have some very good moderators.
“I’ve learned to become a cheerleader or a waterboy,” Dickson said. “I guess you can say my job is to be a promoter for all the great things done in District Eight.”
Dickson got his start in pastoring at Benson Baptist Church in Converse before heading to to Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport six years later.
He would not become DOM for District 8 until 1978, when the legendary Arnold Nelson decided to retire.
“Arnold Nelson recommended me to every leadership position I’d ever held,” Dickson said, “including that of being his successor. He has truly blessed my life.”
Dickson also counts as a blessing Barbara, his wife of 42 years. “I really don’t know what I would do without her,” Dickson said. “She has been there for me at every turn.”