(Posted 08/22/08) THE MEETINGS CLOSED THIS EVENING AT VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH AND WITH A MOST UNUSUAL CLOSING. FEW HAVE EVER HEARD ME SAY THIS FOR IN MY TWENTY-THREE YEARS ON THE SAWDUST TRAIL I THINK THAT I HAVE ONLY FELT THE LORD'S PRESENCE THREE, MAYBE FOUR TIMES - BUT TONIGHT I FELT LIKE DAVID BRAINERD WHEN HE WOULD SAY "AND HE WAS THERE". WELL TONIGHT HE WAS THERE. THE ALTAR CALL WAS VERY DIFFERENT AS THE SPIRIT OF GOD COVERED US OVER WITH HIS PRESENCE. WE ALL WERE WEEPING WITH EVERYONE SENSING HIS PRESENCE. I ASKED THE CHURCH IF THEY REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, THEY INDICATED THAT THEY DID. WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME WE ALL HAD. I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING IF I COULD BE A PART OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS EVERY WEEK. THANK YOU LORD, IT WAS ALL OF YOU! (Posted 08/20/08) "THE MEETING THIS WEEK AT VICTORY BAPTIST, PASTORED BY TODD BROWN, HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN WELL ATTENDED BUT ALSO WELL RECEIVED AND BLESSED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. AT TIMES THIS WEEK WE HAVE HAD VISITING WITH US FOUR PASTORS WITH SOME OF THEIR MEMBERS HERE WITH THEM. PASTOR AND I BOTH HAVE BEEN EXCITED AT WHAT THE LORD HAS AND IS DOING. LAST NIGHT WE HAD A PATROITIC NIGHT, STARS AND BARS AND RED WHITE AND BLUE EVENING. THE CHURCH HOUSE AS ABUZZ WITH VISITORS, ALL SPORTING SOMETHING WITH AMERICAN COLORS. WE STOOD AS OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS PLAYED, HAND OVER OUR HEARTS AND THEN PLEDGED ALLIEGANCE TO OUR FLAG- ONE NATION UNDER GOD!. AGAIN WE HAD VISITORS AND THEN A FULL ALTAR AS WE ALL GATHERED ABOUT THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR TO COVENANT WITH THE LORD OUR PROMISE OF SUPPORT FOR THE CHURCHES REPRESENTED, THE PASTORS, AND THE WORK OF GOD IN OUR COUNTRY. MY WHAT A SERVICE! CERTAINLY THE LORD WAS PLEASED!" (Posted 08/11/08) WHAT A WONDERFUL LORD'S DAY WE ALL ENJOYED HERE AT PEACE. THE CHURCH WHICH USUALLY HAS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE WAS VERY CLOSE TO THAT ON SUNDAY. EIGHT OR NINE MADE CONFESSIONS OF FAITH BUT ONLY ONE WOULD COME FORWARD AND BE DEALT WITH. A MARINE FROM CAMP LEJEUNE'S NEW SPECIAL OPS DETACHMENT WHO WAS VISITING WITH A FELLOW MARINE ABOUT THE SHIP OUT TO IRAQ WAS SAVED. HE WAS BACK SUNDAY EVENING ALSO. THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR BOTH SERVICES WAS NEAR FULL WITH FOLKS DOING BUSINESS WITH THE LORD. WHAT A GREAT START FOR THIS REVIVAL. (Posted 08/08/08) FOLKS I DO NOT IN ALL MY YEARS OF MINISTRY BELIEVE I HAVE MESSAGES LIKE THE ONE'S PREACHED HERE THIS. RONNIS SIMPSON, JACK TRIPP, BILL BEHRENS AND MYSELF. THE TAPES ARE AVAILABLE AND WHAT A BLESSING THEY WILL BE SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ORDER THEM. GOD HAS MET WITH US MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS IS THE VERY BEST I HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR PERHAPS IN MY LIFETIME! PASTOR SIMPSON'S MESSAGE ENTITLED "SMOKING IN THE HOUSE OF GOD" IS WORTH THE POSTAGE. (Posted 08/03/08) LIFEGATE BAPTIST CHURCH WAS ABUZZ WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS AS A FIFTY-FOUR YEAR OLD MAN CAME AFTER YEARS AND YEARS OF HAVING BEEN PRAYED FOR AND WAS WONDERFULLY SAVED. MRS. SMITH, WIFE OF PASTOR TRAVIS SMITH, THE FORMER PASTOR NOW IN THE GLORY, SAID WEEPINGLY THAT SHE HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR WAYNE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WHAT WAS EXCITING WAS WHEN HE PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT AND ONE OF THE OLDER MEMBERS WHO SAY HIM PULL EXCLAIMED......"WHO IS THAT? IS THAT WAYNE? IT IS AND HE'S COMING IN!" SEVERAL MEMBERS RAN TO THE ALTAR AND BEGAN PRAYING. THE LORD IS STILL IN THE SAVING BUSINESS. (Posted 08/03/08) Aug 3 - THE ANNUAL MEN'S MEETING HELD AT LIFEGATE WAS A SUCCESS LAST EVENING AND WELL ATTENDED. RANDY SMITH AND HIS HELPERS COOKED UP SHRIMP, FISH, OYSTERS, HUSHPUPPIES ON THE OPEN AIR FRYERS AND WAS IT EVER GOOD. PASTOR TOM MARTIN, A DECORATED HELICOPTER PILOT FROM THE VIETNAM ERA IS PASTOR. TOM WAS SHOT DOWN IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, BURNED TERRIBLY, BUT RECOVERED TO BECOME A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL AND IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB AS PASTOR OF LIFEGATE. HE ALSO STILL FLIES REGULARLY FOR THE PITT COUNTRY HOSPITAL LIFEFLIGHTS. I WILL BE HERE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND THEN ON THE ANNUAL CAMP MEETING AT WILSON, NC. I COVET YOUR PRAYERS FOR GOD'S LEADERSHIP AND SOULS TO BE WON AND AS ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. (Posted 08/01/08) GOD CERTAINLY SHOWED HIMSELF GREAT LAST EVENING AS WE HAD FOUR VISITORS SAVED, TWO MEN AND TWO SIXTEEN YEAR OLD YOUNG GIRLS. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL TO SEVEN DEAR SOULS SAVED IN THIS CHURCH SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ALSO THE DECISIONS MADE BY GOD'S PEOPLE THIS WEEK - WELL ONLY ETERNITY WILL TELL JUST HOW MUCH WORK AND GROWTH THE LORD PROVIDED IN THE HEARTS OF SOME. I REJOICE WITH PASTOR AND LEAVE WITH FULL ASSURANCE THAT WE ALLOWED THE SPIRIT OF GOD FREE COURSE IN ALL THINGS THIS WEEK. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE ROPE! (Posted 07/31/08) ANOTHER VISITING LADY WAS SAVED LAST EVENING - WHAT A JOY TO SEE GOD MANIFEST HIMSELF SO WONDERFULLY IN THE LIFE OF A LOST PERSON. HER HUSBAND, A FORMER MARINE, BROUGHT HER AND THE DEAR LORD SAVED HER. THAT'S THREE THIS WEEK. KEEP PRAYING AND HOLDING THE ROPE. THANKS. (Posted 07/27/08) PLATTVILLE BAPTIST LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE OF DENVER, COLORADO, HAS HAD PASTOR DON SMITH AS IT'S PASTOR FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS - PASTOR SMITH, A WONDERFUL FRIENDLY MAN WITH A LARGE HEART AND WARM SPIRIT. THIS IS MY THIRD REVIVAL HERE AND EACH ONE SEEMS TO GET BETTER. TWO DEAR SOULS WERE SAVED IN THIS MORNINGS SERVICE AND TWO GREAT ALTAR CALLS TODAY. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. (Posted 07/15/08) WE HAD A PACKED HOUSE LAST EVENING (WELL ALMOST) AS PASTOR TODD BROWN BROUGHT A BUS LOAD OF HIS FOLKS AND WE HAD SEVERAL OTHER VISITORS. THREE OF THE VISITORS INCLUDED THREE BOYS, TWO OLDER, AND ONE FOURTEEN YEAR OLD. THE TWO OLDER BOYS WERE NOT INTERESTED IN THE LEAST BUT THE FOURTEEN YEAR OLD WAS SERIOUS AND RECEIVED THE LORD AS HIS SAVIOUR. THE PERSONAL WORKER THAT DEALT WITH HIM ASKED HIM..."WELL WHAT DID YOU DO?.......THE BOY SAID WITHOUT HESITATION....."I GOT SAVED!" WHAT A BLESSING TO SEE THE LORD MOVING IN SUCH A GREAT WAY. THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR ONCE AGAIN WAS FULL WITH GOD'S PEOPLE PRAYING. TONIGHT SHOULD BE ANOTHER LARGE CROWD AS PASTOR BROWN IS COMING BACK WITH SOME OF HIS FOLKS AND ANOTHER NEARBY CHURCH IS BRINGING A BUS LOAD. (Posted 07/14/08) WESTERMORELAND BAPTIST CHURCH, COLONIAL
BEACH, VIRGINIA WHERE PASTOR BOB WARNICK IS PASTOR WAS THE RECIPIENT OF AN
OLD FASHIONED VISITATION OF THE DEAR LORD YESTERDAY. FOUR WERE SAVED IN
THE MORNING SERVICE. ONE 77 YEAR OLD LADY, ONE FORTY YEAR OLD LADY, ONE
FOURTEEN YEAR OLD YOUNG LADY AND ONE LADY THE AGE OF WHICH I DO NOT KNOW.
ONE TWENTY YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN WAS SAVED IN THE EVENING SERVICE. MATTHEW
WAS A VISITOR WHO GLOWINGLY SAID......"I WILL BE BACK".....PRAISE THE LORD
FOR HIS GOODNESS. FOLKS THE ALTAR WAS FULL BOTH MORNING AND EVENING,
PEOPLE WERE DOING BUSINESS WITH THE DEAR LORD. THIS WAS NOT A RESULT OF MY
PREACHING BUT A DIRECT RESULT OF THE PRAYERS OF THIS CHURCH AND THEIR
PREPARATION. THE CHURCH HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR MONTHS, AROUND THE CLOCK
PRAYER SESSIONS WERE BEING HELD......JUST MOUNTAINS OF PRAYERS BOMBARDING
HEAVEN FOR AN OLD FASHIONED REVIVAL. TWO COUPLES, WITH ISSUES, CAME TO THE
PASTOR LAST EVENING, ADMITTING SAME BUT SAID "THEY ARE BEHIND US NOW AS
GOD HAS SPOKEN TO OUR HEARTS AND WE ARE ON BOARD." NEEDLESS TO SAY THE
PASTOR WAS BESIDE HIMSELF AT THE REWARDS OF THE LORD. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
PRAY. (Posted 07/08/08) PASTOR WILLARD AND HIS FOLKS ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR PRAYERS AND PREPARATION FOR THIS REVIVAL - GOD CAME AND MET WITH US IN A VERY UNUSUAL AND SPECTACULAR FASHION. NOT ONLY DID THE LORD SAVE NINETEEN DEAR SOULS BUT THE DECISIONS ON THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WERE SO MOVING IN THEMSELVES. THE ALTAR WAS FULL EACH SERVICE AS GOD WAS HAVING HIS WAY IN THE LIVES OF MANY. THE CHURCH USUALLY RUNS SEVENTY-FIVE ON SUNDAY, THE OPENING SUNDAY THERE WAS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN PRESENT. THERE WAS VISITORS VIRTUALLY EVERY SERVICE. THE MUSIC PREPARATION WAS NOTHING SHORT OF SPECTACULAR - LED BY THE PASTOR'S SON GABE AND VISITING PASTOR JOHNSON AND HIS FAMILY WITH OUR HEARTS BEING WARMED AND SET UP FOR THE PREACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD EACH SERVICE. I COMMENTED TO PASTOR WILLARD THAT YOU COULD TRAVEL AMERICA AND VISIT CHURCHES OF SEVERAL HUNDRED MEMBERS AND NEVER TOUCH THE QUALITY OF MUSIC PUT ON BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS GOOD CHURCH. THIS IS A CHURCH THAT PREACHES AND TEACHES FROM THE OLD TRIED AND TRUSTED KING JAMES BIBLE BUT HAS A BALANCE, MAKES NO ENEMIES ABOUT IT BUT IS NOT GENERIC IN THEIR POSITION. THE LADIES LOOK LIKE LADIES AND THE MEN - MEN, IN OTHER WORDS THEY HAVE OLD FASHIONED BIBLE STANDARDS! I FIRST CAME HERE SIXTEEN YEARS AGO AND GOD IS STILL BLESSING THE EFFORTS OF THE CHURCH. GOD VISITED AND WE WERE BLESSED.
(Posted 06/30/08) BIBLE BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY PHIL WILLIARD AND IS IN HARRISON, IL. A SMALL TOWN TWENTY-EIGHT MILES FROM ROCKFORD, IL. PHIL AND HIS CHURCH INVITED TONS OF PEOPLE FOR THIS RALLY INCLUDING THE DORAN, IL. VFW AS THE HONOR GUARD. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE MOST OF THESE MEN WERE LOST. THE LORD ALLOWED ME TO ORGANIZE THIS COLOR GUARD SO THAT THEY NOT ONLY PRESENTED THE COLORS BUT SAT ON THE FRONT ROW PEWS ALL ACROSS THE CHURCH. WHAT A CAPTIVE CREW I HAD, THEY ALL HAD THEIR WEAPONS AT THEIR SIDE WITH WHICH THEY WOULD LATER PROVIDE A TWENTY-ONE GUN SALUTE AND RENDER TAPS TO CLOSE THE CEREMONY. THE LORD SAVED NINE, MAYBE TEN OF THESE MEN AND ONE NAVY CORPSMAN FEMALE ALONG WITH SIX OTHERS IN THE MORNING SERVICE. THREE OF THE MEN THAT I CORRECTED BEFORE THE SERVICE ABOUT SWEARING GOT SAVED, A VISITING MAN AND HIS WIFE WERE SAVED, AN EIGHTY-ONE YEAR OLD WORLD WAR II VETERAN WAS SAVED AFTER TELLING ME THAT HE WAS A HEATHEN AND COULD NOT BE SAVED - WELL, GOD SAVED HIM. THIS WAS A SERVICE THAT THE LORD TOOK OVER AS ONLY OUR HEAVENLY FATHER COULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT HAPPENED THIS SUNDAY MORNING. THEN, SUNDAY EVENING THE LORD SAVED THREE TEENAGE GIRLS, ALL VISITORS. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE WERE BESIDE OURSELVES, OUR EYES GLEAMED AND OUR STEP QUICKENED WITH THIS HAPPINESS THAT COMES FROM SERVING AND BEING WITH THE DEAR LORD
(Posted 06/08/08) THE MEETINGS AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SEYMOUR, IOWA
CONCLUDED ON A WONDERFUL NOTE WITH THE CHURCH ALL GATHERED AROUND THE
ALTAR FOR DEDICATION TO WORK IN THE FUTURE WITH THE HOPES OF AFFECTING AT
LEAST ONE FAMILY FOR CHRIST BEFORE 2009 ROLES IN.
Click on Pictures to Enlarge (Posted 06/03/08) FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SEYMOUR, IO - THREE ADULTS SAVED THIS MORNING AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SEYMOUR, IO. FIRST BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY MY DEAR OLD FRIEND DEL ROGERS. HE AND HIS DEAR WIFE CAME HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO FROM NORTH GRANVILLE, NEW YORK AND MY WHAT A JOB HE HAS LED THE CHURCH IN SINCE HIS ARRIVAL. HE HAS REMODELED THE AUDITORIUM AS WELL THE FELLOWSHIP HALL. NEW PEWS, NEW CARPET, NEW KITCHEN AND SEVERAL OTHERS ALL THE MANY TO MENTION. THESE FOLKS ARE JUST LOVELY PEOPLE, TYPICAL OF THE FOLKS IN IOWA. TWO OF THE THREE SAVED THIS MORNING WAS A MAN AND HIS WIFE WHO WERE VISITING WHILE THE OTHER WAS AN EIGHTY-TWO YEAR LADY. THE LORD CERTAINLY MET WITH US TODAY. PRAY WITH US FOR THE EVENING SERVICE. THERE WERE TWO PRACTICING ROMAN CATHOLIC'S IN THE AUDIENCE, THE LADY WAS UNDER CONVICTION. (Posted 05/11/08) VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH, PLYMOUTH, MINN. PASTORED BY LARRY MAUPIN LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH WITH ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. THE LORD SAVED SEVEN DEAR SOULS THIS MORNING ON MOTHER'S DAY. WHAT A GREAT DAY WE ENJOYED ON THIS SPECIAL DAY. (Posted 04/27/08) ELEVEN MORE SOULS SAVED ON FRIDAY EVENING. FRIDAY WAS TEEN ENRICHMENT NIGHT AND MANY OF THE TEENS IN THE AREA WERE INVITED. GOD SAVED TEN OF THEM AND A LADY'S DAUGHTER WAS ALSO SAVED. THAT BROUGHT THE TOTAL FOR THE WEEK TO TWENTY-FIVE SAVED. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE CHURCH WAS UPSIDE DOWN AS THESE TEN YOUNG MEN STOOD IN THE FRONT WITH THE PASTOR AND WERE RECOGNIZED. WHAT A JOY TO SEE THE LORD WORKING IN SUCH A PROFOUND WAY! (Posted 04/23/08) ONE MORE DEAR SOUL WAS SAVED LAST EVENING. BOB, A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH WAS SAVED "BEFORE THE SERVICE STARTED." BOB, FORTY-FIVE YEAR OLD HUSBAND AND FATHER KNEW THAT "THINGS WERE NOT RIGHT IN HIS LIFE" AND WANTED TO BE SAVED. PASTOR GIL LEAD HIM TO THE LORD. BOB CAME FORWARD AND WAS PRESENTED TO THE CHURCH AS A NEW MAN. EVERYONE CAME FORWARD AND GAVE HIM THE RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP. HOW GREAT OUR GOD IS! (Posted 04/22/08) TWELVE DEAR SOULS HAVE BEEN SAVED SO FAR AT THE LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH OF WATERBURY, CT. PASTOR GIL TARTAGLINO, HIS STAFF AND THE ENTIRE CHURCH IS ABUZZ WITH THE WORKINGS OF GOD. WE ALL ENJOYED A WONDERFUL GOD AND COUNTRY DAY CELEBRATION SUNDAY WITH A DELICIOUS MEAL AFTERWARDS WITH MOST OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS REMAINING. THE NINE SAVED ON THE LORD'S DAY INCLUDED THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WATERBURY WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF 105,000 AND THREE LAST EVENING, ALL TEENAGERS. PRAY WITH US DEAR FRIENDS AS THE DEVIL IS MAD AND CREATING DIFFICULTIES. OUR GOD IS ABLE! WARM REGARDS TO YOU ALL! (Posted 04/22/08) THREE MORE DEAR SOULS SAVED
ON MONDAY EVENING (ALL TEEN AGERS), GOD IS MOVING AND
BLESSING. PRAY WITH US HERE IN WATERBURY. ONCE AGAIN GOD'S
PEOPLE MADE GREAT USE OF THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR. (Posted 04/21/08) LIGHTHOUSE IS PASTORED BY GIL TARTAGLINO WHO HAS BEEN HERE APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS. THE CHURCH PLANNED AND PUT ON A GOD AND COUNTRY RALLY SUNDAY WITH MANY VISITORS AND MEMBERS AND A WONDERFUL DINNER AFTERWARDS. NINE PEOPLE WERE SAVED ONE OF WHICH WAD THE MAYOR OF WATERBURY (105,000 POPULATION). THE EVENING SERVICE WAS EQUALLY BLESSED AS EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE CHURCH WAS ON THE ALTAR PRAYING FOR REVIVAL AND RENEWED SERVICE FOR THE LORD. (Posted 04/08/08) THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE FAITH WAS AGAIN HELD AT THE MARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH OF ELKTON, MD. WHERE DR. AL DICKERSON IS THE PASTOR AND HAS PASTORED FOR NOW SOME FIFTY-THREE YEARS. THE CONFERENCE THIS WAS WELL ATTENDED WITH PERHAPS THE LARGEST GROUP OF PASTORS, MISSIONARIES AND EVANGELIST THAT HAVE BEEN IN ATTENDANCE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I WAS JOINED BY DR.'S BILL BEHRENS AND BENNETT COLLINS. THE MESSAGES WERE TIMELY AND WELL RECEIVED. THE OPEN FORUM HELD EACH YEAR WAS BENEFICIAL AS WE DISCUSSED SUCH TOPICS AS DAMAGING EFFECTS OF CALVINISM AND IT'S INROADS INTO THE LOCAL NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH; THE SEEMING INCREASE OF "BRIDEISM" AND IT'S EFFECTS; DECLINE IN OLD FASHIONED MILITANT FUNDAMENTALISM'S OF OLD; INCREASE AND ILL EFFECTS OF CCM AND NOTICEABLE SLIPPAGE IN STANDARDS. (Posted 03/12/08) SUMTER BAPTIST TEMPLE IS PASTORED BY EDDIE RICHARDSON WHO HAS BEEN HERE OVER THIRTY YEARS. WHAT A CHURCH!!!!!!!!!! WE HAD A MAN SAVED ON SUNDAY AND THEN THE CHURCH HOSTED THE "LOW COUNTRY FELLOWSHIP" - WITHOUT DOUBT THIS WAS THE BEST PREACHING I HAVE "EVER" HEARD, ALL WITHOUT INFERENCE TO ONE'S SCHOOL AND WITHOUT ANY KIND OF "FUSS ABOUT ANYTHING" BUT JUST BRAGGING ON THE LORD AND SKINNING THE DEVIL. MY SOUL WAS THRILLED AS I THOUGHT THAT NOTHING LIKE EXISTED ANYWHERE ANYMORE. EACH PASTOR "SHELLED THE CORN" OR AS SOME MIGHT SAY "SHUCKED THE CORN" EITHER WAY IT GOT "ON." SUPPER WAS SERVED WITH OLD FASHIONED "LOW COUNTRY" STYLE AND EVERYONE ATE THEMSELVES FULL WITHOUT ANYONE THEN PREACHING ON OVER EATING. SMILE. THIS IS THE HOME OF SHAW AIR FORCE BASE AND A GOOD NUMBER OF THESE GOOD MEN ATTEND CHURCH HERE. THE MUSIC LEAD BY MY DEAR OLD FRIEND ANTHONY HIPP WAS TREMENDOUS, WITH EVERY SONG BRINGING LOUD "AMEN'S AND JOYOUS OUTPOURINGS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE! (Posted 03/03/08) SEVEN SAVED IN THE 11:00 SERVICE AT CAPITOL BAPTIST CHURCH. CAPITOL BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY PASTOR TERRI MOORE. PASTOR MOORE HAS BEEN THERE ABOUT A YEAR AND IS DOING AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE JOB. HE IS A MAN OF VISION AND WILL NO DOUBT TAKE THE CHURCH INTO GREATER DAYS. HE IS GUN BARREL STRAIGHT AND TENDER HEARTED. THE ENTIRE MOORE ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. THIS IS ONE OF THE FRIENDLIEST CHURCH I HAVE PREACHED IN IN SOME TIME. I WOULD GUESS THAT'S MEMBERSHIP IS AROUND FOUR HUNDRED. (Posted 02/27/08) GRACE BAPTIST OPENED THEIR OLD FASHIONED CAMP MEETING ON SUNDAY AND WILL RUN IT THROUGH FRIDAY. THREE DEAR SOULS WERE SAVED ON SUNDAY MORNING, TWO LADIES AND ONE YOUNG NINE YEAR OLD GIRL. THIS YEAR THE PREACHERS ARE MYSELF, DR. BILL BEHRENS, DR. BEN WHARTON AND EVANGELIST BYRON FOXX. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD "A TIME" WITH THE LORD AND PRAYING FOR GREATER RESULTS BEFORE FRIDAY. IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA COME ON BY FOR SOME RED HOT, SIN HATING, BLUE SKY, SHINGLE SHAKING, OLD FASHIONED PREACHING AND SINGING AND DELICIOUS FOOD AT NOON EVERY DAY. (Posted 02/23/08) TWENTY-ONE SAVED AT THE ANNUAL WILD GAME DINNER IN WAVERLY, VA. THE LORD MET WITH US IN A VERY VIVID MANNER AND SAVED TWENTY-ONE DEAR SOULS. PASTOR LAWSON AND AL SKINNER (ONE OF HIS MOST TRUSTED AND LONGEST MEMBERS) ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR TIRELESS WORK IN SETTING UP THE GYM AND FOR GIVING OF THEMSELVES IN THIS MOST USED EVENT EVERY YEAR. THE GYM WAS FULL, HOW MANY? I DO NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN BUT WOULD SAY OVER TWO HUNDRED. THE FOOD WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD FOR WE ALL GAINED AT LEAST FIVE POUNDS. THE ASSORTMENT OF WILD GAME WAS SECOND TO NONE AND DELICIOUS IN TASTE. PASTOR LAWSON YOU ARE COMMENDED! NEXT YEARS DINNER WILL BE JANUARY 30, 2009. THIS IS A FRIDAY EVENING SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND PLAN TO BE HERE. OH YES, I ALMOST FORGOT NOT ONLY WERE THERE KNIVES FOR ALL THE BOYS BUT ROD'S AND REELS, TROPHIES FOR ALL SORTS OF WINNERS, TREE STANDS, PACKS, FISHING LURES AND THE GRAND PRIZE WAS A NEW IN LINE MUZZLE LOADER. (Posted 02/18/08) SOUTHSIDE IS PASTORED BY KEN WALTERS, A GRACIOUS MAN WHO HAS PASTORED THE CHURCH FOR THIRTY YEARS. THE ANNUAL WILD GAME DINNER WAS WELL ATTENDED (MOSTLY BY CHRISTIAN MEN FROM SOUTHSIDE AND OTHER ROCK HILL CHURCHES). ONE DEAR MAN WAS SAVED AND PERHAPS A SMALL BOY. THE WILD GAME WAS DELICIOUS, THE CONTEST FOR WILD GAME CALLS OUTSTANDING, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG MAN AND HIS DUCK CALLS AND THE SKIT "THE TWO BUBBA'S" SOMETHING ELSE. EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. PLAN TO BE IN ATTENDANCE NEXT YEAR. (Posted 02/16/08) THE VALENTINE BANQUET AT BLYTHEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. THE CHURCH WAS PACKED AND I DO MEAN PACKED. THE YOUTH OF THE CHURCH AND OTHERS THAT HAD BEEN INVITED PROVIDED THE PROGRAM, SINGING, VERSE RECITAL, MUSIC WITH A FIVE STRING YOUTH ENSEMBLE, FOOD THAT WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD AND THE TESTIMONY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS SURRENDERED TO PREACH. BLYTHEWOOD IS PASTORED BY HORST TROJAHN. MANY NEW FOLKS THAT I HAD NOT MET BEFORE, WHAT A JOY IT WAS TO PREACH FOR THEM AND TO SEE THE GROWTH IN THE CHURCH. (Posted 02/11/08) FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY PASTOR ALAN SORRELLS. IT
IS A WARM SPIRITED CHURCH FULL OF KIND AND GENTLE PEOPLE. NO DOUBT THEY
TAKE AFTER THEIR PASTOR WHO HAS THE SAME SPIRIT. SUNDAY MORNING ONE DEAR
MAN (A VISITOR AND BROTHER OF A LADY THAT IS A MEMBER) WAS SAVED, PRAY FOR
BRIAN THAT THE LORD WILL GROW HIM AND NURTURE HIM IN THE COMING DAYS. ONE
DEAR THIRTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL (ALSO A VISITOR WITH HER MOTHER) WAS SAVED
THAT EVENING. IT WAS A GREAT SUNDAY WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD VISITING WITH
US. FELLOWSHIP HAS BEEN MEETING IN A TEMPORARY LOCATION BUT HAS PURCHASED
A CHURCH PROPERTY IN CLOVER, SC AND WILL BE RELOCATING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO
TO THREE WEEKS. (Posted 02/04/08) THE WILD GAME SUPPER SPONSORED BY MT. VERNON ON SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 2ND WAS A BIG SUCCESS, NOT ONLY WAS IT WELL PREPARED BUT OVER TWO
HUNDRED MEN ATTENDED WITH TWELVE ACCEPTING THE LORD JESUS AS SAVIOUR. (Posted 01/26/08) TWO GREAT SERVICES AT SMYRNA BAPTIST,
WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY. MY HOW THE LORD MOVED ON HEARTS BOTH DAYS. SUNDAY
EVENING WAS ESPECIALLY WONDERFUL AS THE LORD ALLOWED ME TO LEAD A DEAR MAN
TO THE LORD THAT THE CHURCH HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR FOR SOME TIME. DEWEY'S
WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE SITTING ALL AROUND HIM AS HE CALLED UPON THE LORD
TO SAVE HIM. WE BOTH WEPT FOR JOY AS HE WAS DELIVERED FROM THE OLD SIN
NATURE AND THE REALIZATION CAME UPON HIM THAT HEAVEN WAS HIS HOME. IT JUST
DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS. (Posted 01/26/08) BACK TO SCHOOL REVIVAL AT PCC HAS CONCLUDED. WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME WE HAD AROUND THE DEAR WORD OF GOD. I DO NOT KNOW ANY STATISTICS CONCERNING DECISIONS, I DO KNOW THAT WE HAD MANY COME TO THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR IN THE CAMPUS CHURCH. WHAT A BLESSING IT WAS TO BE HERE WITH PASTOR NEAL JACKSON AND HIS STAFF. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW BESIDES THE OVER FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS ENROLLED HERE THERE IS APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF CAMPUS CHURCH. SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAD A FULL HOUSE EACH NIGHT. GOD BLESSED. IN POLITY, THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH, NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR SOME BUT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!! (Posted 01/16/08) TUESDAYS EVENING MEETING WAS ONCE AGAIN ATTENDED WELL, A FULL ALTAR AND TWO MORE DEAR SOULS SAVED. THE LORD HAS BLESSED US WITH HIS PRESENCE IN EVERY SERVCIE AS THE MOVING OF HIS SWEET SPIRIT CAN BE SENSED. (Posted 01/15/08) WHAT A MEETING WE HAD LAST EVENING, GREAT CROWD, SEVERAL PASTORS FROM THE AREA AND LOADS OF FOLKS. THE SINGING WAS WONDERFUL WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVING AMONG ALL IN ATTENDANCE. TWO DEAR SOULS WERE SAVED. THIS IS BRINGS THE NUMBER SAVED SINCE SATURDAY TO TWENTY-SEVEN. PRAISE THE DEAR LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS. (Posted 01/13/08) TWO SAVED SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY THE SIXTH AND A FULL ALTAR SUNDAY EVENING. CALVARY IS A LARGE CHURCH SERVING THE METROPLEX OF MONTGOMERY AND DOING A WONDERFUL JOB IN REACHING THE LOST. THE LORD ALLOWED ME TO BAPTIZE ONE OF THE MEN SAVED ON SUNDAY MORNING AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, LEXIE A SWEET FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL WAS SAVED A FEW MONTHS BACK. WHAT A JOY THIS WAS AS PAPA HAS NOW BAPTIZED TWELVE OF OUR FIFTEEN CHILDREN. MY SON AND HIS FAMILY ARE MEMBERS HERE AS WELL AS MY BROTHER AND HIS FAMILY. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO MINISTER THE WORD OF GOD TO MY OWN FAMILY AS WELL AS THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS LARGE BODY OF FOLK. (Posted 01/13/08) THE FIFTH ANNUAL WILD GAME SUPPER WAS HELD LAST EVENING
AGAIN AT BOB0'S BLACK ANGUS CATTLE RANCH. THE LORD SAVED TWENTY-FOUR DEAR
SOULS, EACH BEING IDENTIFIED AND PRESENTED WITH A BIBLE. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
TWO AND THREE HUNDRED WERE PRESENT. MY HOW THE LORD CAME AND SWEETLY MOVED
UPON THE HEARTS OF FOLK LOST AND HEADED TO A CHRIST-LESS HELL. THERE WERE
JOY BELLS RINGING IN THE PLACE AND REJOICING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ANGELS
LAST NIGHT. (Posted 01/04/08) I WILL DEPART CHARLOTTE, SATURDAY JANUARY 5 AND PROCEED TO MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, WHERE I WILL PREACH SUNDAY THE 6TH FOR PASTOR PAUL SPARGO AT THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH. THEN, THE FOLLOWING WEEK I WILL HUNT WITH MY BROTHER IN THE BLACK BELT OF ALABAMA FOR A WEEK. THEN, I WILL PROCEED TO ARDMORE, ALABAMA AND THE SWEET SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE I WILL PREACH A WILD GAME SUPPER FOR PASTOR JOEL LOGAN. THEN, I WILL PROCEED TO ATHENS, ALABAMA AND PREACH A WEEK OF MEETINGS AT THE MADISON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE PASTOR MIKE WESTMORELAND IS PASTOR. I WILL BE OUT OF THE LOOP WHILE IN THE WOODS BUT PLAN TO ANSWER ANY EMAIL UPON MY RETURN ON THE 12TH. WARM REGARDS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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