The Cherokee Vine
Living by Faith
Pastor bounces back from an unstable childhood, drugs and failed business and ministry ventures to lead The Source Worship Center, a new church that will celebrate its grand opening at 11 a.m. today.
Garry Stone's life story is what he calls a tale of "rags to riches to rags to His glory." The 48-year-old pastor of The Source Worship Center in Canton was born in Gwinnett County but grew up in Forsyth. Until he was 6, he lived with his grandmother in a three-room house that had no indoor bathroom and a water supply that was borrowed from a neighbor. A wood stove provided heat, and his grandmother had to warm water on the stove for his bath. Aside from a few visits with his grandmother, Stone wasn't raised in the church. But he does recall an early experience with the Holy Spirit that he didn't fully understand until he became a Christian. "I remember playing with my trucks and things, building roads in my grandmother's garden, and …
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