Terry Lee Hamilton

LEGAL BACKGROUND

Christian Attorney Terry Lee Hamilton, who has been practicing law for over thirty-five years, was a trial attorney with the U.S. government in Washington, DC, specializing in civil rights litigation from 1977 to 1984. Since 1984, he has specialized in religious liberty litigation. In 1995, Attorney Hamilton founded Lighthouse Legal Ministries, dedicated to preserving religious liberties of Bible-believing Christians throughout America.

CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND

Terry was saved in Washington, DC, on July 20, 1975 at the age of twenty-six during his last year of law school. His wife Jan was saved one week later. They are active members of Lighthouse Baptist Church, Ashtabula, OH, where Terry is the director of Junior Church, an adult Sunday School teacher, and church trustee.

FAMILY BACKGROUND

Terry and Jan were married in Albany, Georgia, in 1973, and now reside in Ashtabula, Ohio. Since their salvation in 1975, they have served the Lord together and raised three wonderful children.

(1) Joy and her husband, Casey, live in Wisconsin where they operate a home-based business. They have three beautiful young children -- Shonda, Dayanna, and Brennon.

(2) Daniel Hamilton and his wife Jessica live in Eastlake, OH, where Daniel is pastor of a growing Baptist church. They have four beautiful young children -- Grace, Lucas, Justice, and Glory.

(3) Glory, killed in a tragic car accident at age 13, lives now and forever in Heaven.

MUSIC MINISTRY

Although Terry has no musical training, the Lord started giving Terry lyrics and melodies to songs after his salvation. Terry has written over 350 songs (hymns, scripture songs, and children’s songs), produced four Boot the Mule music adventure tapes for children, and several musicals for the local church.

WRITING MINISTRY

Terry has started several series of Christian novels aimed at teenagers and adults, including the seven-book series of historical novels entitled The Methuselah Chronicles. Set in the time before the Flood, these novels trace the lives of Enoch, Methuselah, and Noah as they overcome, through faith in God, the same problems facing families today.