Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 28 January 1993 — Page 4

The Muncie Times, Thursday, 28 January 1993, Page 4

Evangelist Diane Bumpus saved at 12

Diane Bumpus

by Phyllis Davis

Evangelist Diane Bumpus is a woman who patterns her life on “thus sayeth the

Elder Jerry Bumpus, are devoted to doing the will of

God.

She’s a native of Indiana who grew up in Fort Wayne. “I was raised as a church-going person and I have been saved since the age of 12,” said Bumpus. “I never got into drinking alcohol or doing drugs. I never even smoked a cigarette. I always knew I wanted to be a Christian and serve the Lord.” Her formative training began under the leadership of Elder John Du Free, where she began to show an interest in doing the Lord’s

work.

“I sang in the choir and worked in various aspects of the church,” said Bumpus. “As my love for the Lord grew so did my work in the area of serving Him and I

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am trained in working with the mentally handicapped.” She continued to serve the Lord when she moved to Muncie. Upon her marriage to Bumpus in 1980 they united their efforts to “bring the word of God to as many people as possible.” “I am the mother of two girls, Dyondra, 12, and Marketa, 9, and I know the importance of bringing up children in a Christian home,” she said. “There are too many kids growing up without a religious background and we, servants of the Lord, need to do all we can to reach His people. ’ ’ Out of this concern to reach people who are “dying from lack of knowledge’ ’ about the Word and will of God grew a desire to reach people behind prison walls. “I began a prison ministry in 1989 at the Indianapolis Women’s Correctional

facility,” said Bumpus. The institution is over crowded with young black women, most of whom are incarcerated for crimes including welfare fraud, robbery and drug-related offenses. “The public needs to know how bad things are for these women. They are remorseful and they wish they had a second chance to turn their life around.” Bumpus also said these women lacked such fundamental supplies as basic as “hair combs and grease, toothpaste, deodorant and other toiletries.” She said she will accept contributions of these and other supplies and anyone wishing to donate them may contact her at her home or at the church, Holy Ghost Temple, 1518 E. 17th St., where the motto is “Everybody is Somebody.”

ister. She and her husband,

enjoyed helping people and

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