Brother to Brother; You Don't Have to Die of Prostate Cancer

Rocky Mount, NC: Eternal Gold Publishers, 2009. Second printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Very good. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. xv, [1], 195, [5] pages. Illustrated front cover. Foreword by Emerson Harrison, M.D., FACS. Illustrations. Appendices (including Sources Consulted). Cover has minor wear and soiling. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To: Rev. Dr. Keith W. Byrd S.R. Zion Baptist Church Thomas L. Walker 8-16-15. Thomas Lorenzo Walker earned a Batchelor of Theology from Shaw Divinity School and his Doctoral degree in Divinity from the Eastern North Carolina Theological Institute. He earned a Doctor of Humane Letters from United Christian College. Rev. Walker has been pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Rocky Mount for 40 years. He was one of the first African American Commissioners elected in Edgecombe County. His proactive stance in community relations earned Walker the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from Governor James Hunt in 1981, a Community Service Award in 1991, and an Outstanding Service Award in 1996 from the Edgecombe County Involvement Council. His honors include the Black History Heritage Peace Keeper Award in 2002, an Outstanding Service Award in 2004 from the General Baptist State Convention, and the Humanitarian Award for Outstanding Service in 2009. After recovering from prostate cancer, the Rev. Dr. Walker authored Brother to Brother - You Don't Have to Die of Prostate Cancer, and created Project EMPOWER which is Empowering Men through Prostate Organ Wellness, Education, and Recovery, and "Save the Seed" a national campaign which encourages men over 40 to get an annual prostate exam. Thomas L. Walker was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1996 at the age of 47. Overwhelmed by the discovery, he embarked upon intensive research which led him to some shocking findings. As a Baptist pastor, his experience truly helped him come to grips with the scripture found in Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." He became cured of prostate cancer without having had to experience surgery. In spite of his overwhelming schedule as husband, pastor, community leader and gospel singer, he unselfishly had taken the time to reduce is experiences to writing.