Tad's Life

Jules was the lay pastor of the Brethren Assembly here in Dakar. I met him many years ago shortly after we arrived in Senegal. He was a calm, thoughtful, intelligent brother. We worked together only occasionally over the years, but he was part of that circle of younger leaders who gave me confidence in the future of the Church here.

A few years back, while we were in the US on furlough, word came that Jules had been diagnosed with cancer. Chemotherapy put it into remission, but in this last year it had come back. Pastors from all the evangelical groups banded to lead a major effort to raise enough money to send him to France for extraordinary measures. They didn't get quite enough in time for it to matter, but it is a huge testimony to the place Jules held in so many hearts and from so many different sides of the evangelical community.

The Lord has taken Jules home. He'll be missed. We'd appreciate your prayers, especially for his wife and children and congregation.