Terry L. Harris was raised in a strong Baptist home in Vancouver, Washington.  He  received Jesus Christ as his

Lord and Savior at the age of seven and was very faithful to his Baptist roots throughout his high school years.

He entered the University of Puget Sound in 1972, with a football scholarship majoring in Business and a double minor in Psychology and Religion.  Upon graduation in 1976, Terry took a job with the US Treasury as a Federal Auditor.  During his travels around the country he became a very serious student of the Bible and began to learn more about Christianity.

He met his wife, Georgina at UPS where she was also a student.  They married in March of 1978.  They were blessed with a son, Timothy in January 1985.

While living in Seattle, Washington, the Lord came to him and called him to the office of Pastor.  In March 1980, he received his license from St. John’s Baptist Church.  In March 1981, he received his ordination papers.  Shortly after that he left the Baptist church and with seven people started Tacoma Christian Center.  The real change in Terry’s life took place when he was baptized in the Holy Ghost.  He had come to the place in his life of total confusion over the baptism, gifts of the spirit, speaking in tongues, and the struggle between Baptist and charismatic.  He fasted and prayed for two weeks seeking an answer and on the fourteenth night in the living room of his apartment he received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.