Article: FORMER BIKER TURNED MISSIONARY SPREADS MESSAGE OF HOPE [Corrected 08/ 18/05]

WILLIS -- The sultry mermaid inked on Mike Kersey's bicep now wears a bikini. A patch on the biker's blue jean vest proclaims "Loud pipes save lives. Jesus saves souls."

Kersey, a 53-year-old who once sold cocaine and ran with the Hell's Angels, now goes by the name Brother Tank and travels the country in a tour bus turning other bikers on to Jesus.

On Saturday, Tank preached to a group of about 30 bikers gathered at New Harvest Ministries, a Floyd County church that sponsors Eagle Christian Bikers Association, a local Christian motorcycle club.

Tank's message was simple: If a biker as rough, bad and outlaw as he was can find Jesus, anyone can.

Standing outside the church as a 200-pound pig ...

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