Dr. Bob Gage has ministered as a teen evangelist, youth pastor, Bible conference speaker and pastor since 1956. He worked with inner-city youth in Philadelphia, PA and Chattanooga, TN. He served as...ver másDr. Bob Gage has ministered as a teen evangelist, youth pastor, Bible conference speaker and pastor since 1956. He worked with inner-city youth in Philadelphia, PA and Chattanooga, TN. He served as pastor at some of America’s most historic Baptist churches including The First Baptist Church in the City of New York; First Baptist Church, Hackensack, NJ; and Wealthy Street (Park) Baptist Church, Grand Rapids, MI.
The Christmas Bee originated in December 2005 on a trip to Anchorage, AK, when Dr. Gage and his wife, Mary, were visiting their grandchildren in Alaska. Anna and Abbie Frey asked their grandfather to tell them a story. Rather than reading from a story book, Dr. Gage noted the presence of a large foam bumble bee and used it to tell the girls the Christmas story. On the return trip to New York City, Gage wrote out the manuscript for the story of Benjamin Bee, and how he would have seen the events of the first Christmas.ver menos