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Hi, I’m Jim Richards, President and Founder of Impact Ministries. Over 40 years ago I was a drug using, rock n’ roll hippie living “in the scene” in Huntsville. People were afraid to tell me about God.

Back in those days the church was scared to death of hippies. I guess they all thought we were “long-haired, Charley Manson-type murderers” or something.

James b richards biography examples

I was desperate to find God but I just couldn’t get anyone to tell me about Him.
I actually went around to some preachers and asked for help. Some of them told me I was going to Hell. (I knew that. That was why I was asking for help.) Others went as far as to tell me not to get all worked up, no one was going to Hell.
For me, it was about a lot more than going to Hell.

First, I was sick of me. I hated all that my life had become.

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I was mean, vile, angry and tormented. I wanted freedom from me. I wanted to know God. All of my life I had longed to know God. As a child I once asked a p