Randy James relies on 800 number, bumper stickers to offer salvation

From a Main Street storefront a block or two from the stately old courthouse and across from a pawnshop, in the heart of this town where 22,500 people have their pick of some 65 churches, Randy James is reaching out to offer salvation to the nation, one toll-free call at a time. James, 73, cut his evangelical teeth alongside his father, who preached to Saturday night drunks around Waco’s town square. But the two tools of his current operation, which he calls GoTel Ministries…

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