Profiles of Faith - Joan Harrison

This is a tribute to Joan Harrison, a fellow Soul Winning Attack Team member. This mighty merciful soldier in God’s advancing army was not only a co-labor in the SWAT Ministry, but she was my precious Mother.

Mom told me about Jesus Christ early in my life. She showed me how to share the love of God with people on the streets who were prostitutes, drug addicts, gang members, alcoholics, homosexuals, homeless, religious, or from all other walks of life.

Joan Harrison became the second member of the Soul Winning Attack Team in 1998. She was not only my mother but I had to share her with others because she was the Mother of the Ministry. She touched many lives on the street of Atlanta, Georgia. She was Miss Joan to everyone she met for the first time. After that she became a Mom to everyone she met on the mission field. Many unbelievers and saints on the streets called her Mom or Momma. She shared the true love of a Mother to many who never felt that type of real love. She warmly shared the Gospel of the Good News and gave many hope and faith in God.

She loved to double team the devil with Brother Alex when witnessing. They would snatch souls right out of the grips of Satan. They both believed God for their manifested healings in the midst of their pain and suffering, but would not miss any opportunity to go out witnessing with SWAT on the streets of Atlanta. Joan and Alex fought the good fight of faith.

Her boldness mixed with love and kindness was a powerful tool in reaching those harden by life. She touched the ones that many believers had given up on. To Mom they were an opportunity to stretch her faith and find new levels of love in her. Her extraordinary love would heal and comfort those lost souls in need. She birthed many children in the spirit into the Kingdom of God. I had to learn how to share her with others.

The Members of SWAT knew the price she paid to be a witness for Christ. We saw her smile and love on others in pain as her body was wrecked with pain. Her faith in God never wavered. My mom counted it more worthy to be committed to share the love of Jesus Christ than to stay home and worry about her own afflictions and pain.

Her legacy of love and faith in God will forever be my strength in my call to fulfill the vision God gave me. It has been an honor to witness and serve on the frontline with my very own Mother. God gave me the greatest opportunity to change lives with my mom. Joan Harrison, my mother and friend, was a true soldier in God’s advancing army. It was a privilege to be her son and watch her be a Mom to so many.

The SWAT TEAM wants to thank Joan for being our Mom of the Ministry. We thank and salute you for doing a “Job Well Done”. Thank you for all the precious memories of courage and faith until the end of your mission on earth. You received your promotion and went home to Heaven. Until your departure you kept working for the Lord. You left in a blaze for the Lord.

* Forever a solider, crusader, missionary and soul winner, Joan Harrison departed this earthly life on Thursday, August 21, 2001 after battling a terminal illness.