BRIAN MORRIS

                                                              Hi Everyone!

 

 

I am Brian Morris aged 72 years and retired from Pastoring Oakdale Baptist church Caerphilly County, UK.

 

I am one of 9 children born to my late dear mother Audrey. We grew up poor but happy in a very busy household. Without ever knowing my father or even his name, I was adventurous to see the world. I left school at 15 without any qualifications and our home a year later to live in London where I began my life into the world of drugs and travel.

 

I moved to Holland in 1975 up until until my arrest in 1995 leaving my two month old son with his mum on a drug smuggling trip. I served five years of an initial twelve years sentence. My story is told in my 2003 Autobiography as seen in my introductory page. 

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I got married in 2004 just three years after leaving prison and became a step-father to four children, three boys and a girl aged between four and ten. I became a father again and my daughter was born in 2005 . 

 

I worked for two years caring for a man with cerebral palsy and then for sixteen months as caretaker of the local community center. I was hungry to learn so I decided to get more into bible study. I left my job to become a full time student at the Bible College of Wales.

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Finally equipped with a degree in Theology, five years pastoral training at the Bible College of Wales and the South Wales Baptist College, I became Pastor of Oakdale Baptist Church.

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Things progressed and we were happy and were able to travel as a family to many different countries. Then

sadly after eight years of marriage we decided it was not working out between us. Yet we remain friends until this day and I see my daughter regularly. My son who was 2 months old when I was arrested was restored to me and we have a wonderful relationship today. 

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FURTHER:

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A Book Introduction
There are stories that begin in certainty, and there are stories that begin in shadows. Mine began in a crowded Welsh home where several of us grew up without knowing our fathers’ names. I left school at fifteen, searching for identity, belonging, and purpose. That search took me from London to the Netherlands, from love to loss, and eventually into the darkness of addiction and crime.
My arrest for smuggling cocaine brought my life to a halt. I received a twelve‑year sentence, later reduced to ten. But prison did not destroy me — it became the place where I finally stopped running. In the quiet of a cell, I opened a Bible I had always been curious about, and what began as fascination became transformation. I devoured scripture, studied prophecy, pursued theology, and discovered a hope I had never known.
Five years later, I walked out of prison a different man — not because of my strength, but because of grace. This book is the story of that journey: the fall, the rescue, the restoration, and the calling that followed. It is written for anyone who has ever felt lost, broken, or beyond redemption. If my life can be rebuilt, then no one is beyond hope.

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