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Born on June 8, 1943, of a Christian family, James M. Becher .accepted Christ at an early age, Interested in writing and drama since High School, he graduated from Grace L. Hill Memorial Christian School, where he participated in several plays and got A's in English Grammar. His interest in writing caused him to write several short stories, poems and articles, usually incorporating his faith into his writings. He went on to attend St. Petersburg Jr. College, in St. Petersburg, FL. for two years. While attending a Bible Club on Campus, he found out about a writing contest that he entered and won second prize, with a Biblical short story, called "Beggarman-Thief." After Jr. College, he attended Bob Jones University, in Greenville, S.C., where he acted on their radio drama series, "Miracles." While there, he felt the call of God to preach. James obtained his B.A. degree in Bible-Lit at Clearwater Christian College, and went on to the Biblical School of Theology (now Biblical Seminary) in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1974 with an M.Div.
He was ordained in November of 1974 at the Church-Of-God-in-Christ in Philadelphia, PA, where he had been serving part-time while in Seminary. Rev. Becher served as assistant pastor there for several years. He then served in many different areas of Ministry over the next several years, one of which was a foreign student ministry, which is where he met his dear wife, Berenice from Venezuela. They were married in 1980 in St. Petersburg, FL, where they took care of a retirement home, where James was also the Chaplain. In 1989, they went to Venezuela for a 2 year stay, where, along with teaching English to businesspeople, James completed his purposeful time travel novel, Impossible Journey. Upon returning to the US, he also completed the Biblical novel, Of Such Is The Kingdom which he had started before they left, and of which the short story, "Beggarman-Thief" was a part. It was published by PublishAmerica in 2003.
Also shortly after returning to the U.S., James began publishing his self-help ezine, "Inspirational Success Tips," his articles from which now form his self-help book, Principles of the Kingdom.
In 2000, James graduated from Connecticut School of Broadcasting and interned as co-host at WAFG. He then served as part-time announcer at WNN for a short time, after which he worked as "assistant actor" at Wannado City theme park, where he had several roles, including "oldies DJ."
During that time, James also revised the sci-fi novel, Impossible Journey, A Tale of Times and Truth, and it was published in January of 2005.
In 2007 he revised and expanded the Biblical novel, Of Such Is The Kingdom, A Novel of Biblical Times, adding PART III. (see also: My Unique Biblical Fiction Novel).
James also completed a short self-help book based on his articles from his ezine with quotable quotes for each chapter and illustrations from his Biblical novel.. It is titled Principles of the Kingdom (God's success principles) and was published in 2012
In November 2012, he preached his "Christmas Victory" message, which resulted in the writing of his latest novel, The Christmas Victory, A Gem of A Sermon, All Wrapped Up in a Historical Novel. which was published in July of 2014 in all formats.
In 2018, James updated all of his books, re-doing the cover of Impossible Journey to more accurately refllect the content, publishing 4 editions of Of Such Is The Kingdom by splitting it, making it available In both print and all e-formats either as a 1 volume edition, containing all 3 parts, or split into 3 separate volumes, Part, Discontent and Insurrection, Part II, Robbery and Redemption, and Part III, Power and Persecution, and, finally, adding a special full-color Christmas Gift Edition for The Christmas Victory. Then, in 2020, he re-published Of Such Is The Kingdom through WestBow Press, revising it again, with fact-checking for historical accuracy. And in September of 2020, it won finalist in the Reader’s Favorite awards.
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