(Posted 12/18/07) SUMTER BAPTIST TEMPLE IS A WONDERFUL CHURCH LOCATED IN SUMTER, SC AND PASTORED BY EDDIE RICHARDSON WHO HAS BEEN THE PASTOR FOR SOME THIRTY YEARS. THIS A WONDERFUL CHURCH WITH WONDERFUL PEOPLE. THE LORD SAVED FOUR DEAR SOULS SUNDAY MORNING AND GOOD ALTAR CALLS IN BOTH SERVICES. THE CHURCH HELD IT'S FIRST ANNUAL MEN'S MEETING WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY EIGHTY-EIGHT MEN AND BOYS, TWO WERE SAVED. THANK THE LORD FOR THIS GREAT AND VIBRANT MINISTRY. I WILL BE BACK WITH THEM FOR REVIVAL IN MARCH OF 2008. (Posted 12/10/07) VALLEY IS PASTORED BY JIM BAILEY, ALSO A FORMER MARINE, A WONDERFUL, KIND AND WARM MANNERED MAN. VALLEY IS FULL OF SWEET PEOPLE WITH A HEART TO SERVE. WE HAD JUST SHORT OF THREE HUNDRED THERE ON SUNDAY MORNING AND GOOD CROWDS EACH NIGHT OF THE MEETING. WE MAY HAVE HAD THREE SAVED ON MONDAY EVENING BUT NO FIRM RESULTS REPORTED. EACH NIGHT OF SERVICE WAS FOLLOWED BY A CROWD (AND I DO MEAN A CROWD) MEETING AT THE WOODSTOCK CRACKER BARREL. WHAT A GREAT TIME OF GENUINE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. IF YOU ARE HEADED UP I-81 NORTH BE SURE AND DROP IN AT VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, EDINBURG, VA. (Posted 11/27/07) ANCHOR IS PASTORED BY DANNIE WAINWRIGHT AND IS LOCATED IN A SMALL RURAL COMMUNITY. THESE FOLKS ARE PRESENTLY MEETING IN AN AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING BUT THE FACILITY IS NICE AND IS ALL THEIRS. WE HAD NINE PEOPLE PRESENT ON SUNDAY AM AND LESS IN THE PM SERVICE. MONDAY NIGHT WE HAD FORTY-SEVEN AND HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. TUESDAY NIGHT WE HAD EIGHTY-SEVEN AND IT REALLY GOT OUT OF THE BANKS. GOD SHOWED UP AND WE ALL EXPERIENCED AN OLD FASHIONED MEETING WITH THE LORD. THE ALTAR WAS FULL AS WAS THE CENTER ISLE. GOD'S PEOPLE WERE DEALING WITH HIM AND WHAT A JOY IT WAS. PASTOR NEEDLESS TO SAY WAS BESIDE HIMSELF. HE NOR I CAN WAIT FOR TOMORROW TO SEE JUST WHAT THE LORD IS GOING TO DO. (Posted 11/26/07) SATURDAY EVENING AT LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST WE HAD A GREAT YOUTH RALLY WITH SEVERAL CHURCHES IN ATTENDANCE. LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY BYRAN GREENE, ONE OF THE SEVERAL PASTORS THAT WE HAD CANDIDATE AT GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH OF SOUTH CHARLOTTE (THIS IS THE CHURCH THAT MY SON GARY STATED SEVERAL YEARS AGO) AND WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE HIM BECOME THE PASTOR HOWEVER THAT WAS NOT TO BE AS HE WANTED TO START A NEW WORK IN THE ROLESVILLE AREA. WE ALSO ENJOYED A WONDERFUL SUNDAY WITH THE ENTIRE DAY, SUNDAY SCHOOL, MORNING AND EVENING WORSHIP ALL CENTERED ON THE HOME AND FAMILY. PASTOR GREENE HAD REQUESTED THIS AS HE IS ATTEMPTING TO STRENGTHEN HIS YOUNG CONGREGATION. LIGHTHOUSE IS MEETING IN A BEAUTIFUL RENTED BUILDING, WITH THE INTERIOR TASTEFULLY DECORATED IN BLUE. THE CHURCH WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BLUE VINYL CHAIRS (FREE) FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND DO THEY EVER LOOK SHARP. (Posted 11/12/07) WHAT A GREAT VETERANS DAYS SERVICE WE HAD AT GRACE BAPTIST ON THE LORD'S DAY. BILL BEHRENS AND I PREACHED THREE TIMES ON THIS GOOD SUNDAY; I TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL, BILL PREACHED THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE (THREE SAVED) AND I PREACHED THE EVENING WORSHIP SERVICE (ALTAR FULL). WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY WE HAD AS WE ENJOYED THE PRESENCE OF GOD'S SPIRIT ALL DAY WHICH BROUGHT AN EVEN STRONGER DESIRE TO SERVE HIM AS BEST WE CAN IN THESE CLOSING DAYS OF GRACE. MOST OF THE MARINE'S AND CORPSMAN HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO IRAQ TWICE, WHAT A GREAT GROUP OF MEN. BILL AND I WILL PREACH TWO SERVICES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRAY WITH US FOR GOD'S LEADING! (Posted 11/05/07) CORNERSTONE IS PASTORED BY PASTOR FINLEY CUTSHAW AND UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP AND EXTRAORDINARY BIBLE PREACHING THE CHURCH HAS GROWN TO TWICE IT'S ORIGINAL SIZE. SIZE HOWEVER IS NOT IMPORTANT TO THIS PASTOR OR HIS CONGREGATION - QUALITY OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS UPPERMOST. PASTOR CUTSHAW, A MAN FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF TENNESSEE, POSSESSES A KIND AND GENTLE SPIRIT AND LEADS WITH A SOFT HAND, ALWAYS INTERACTING WITH HIS SHEEP. TRULY, I CANNOT REMEMBER A CHURCH LOVING IT'S PASTOR ANY MORE THAN CORNERSTONE LOVES THIS MAN. WHAT A TRIBUTE TO THE NAME "PASTOR." I PRAY THE LORD GIVES US MORE YOUNG MEN WITH THIS MANS QUALITIES. SUNDAY WAS A GOOD DAY WITH TWO DEAR SOULS GETTING THE ASSURANCE OF THEIR SALVATION AND OTHERS MAKING DECISIONS FOR GODLY LIVING. (Posted 11/01/07) THE MEETINGS HERE AT FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH IN PRINCE GEORGE, VA. CLOSED OUT AND WITH A WONDERFUL SERVICE. WHAT A GREAT BUNCH OF FOLKS HERE IN THIS GOOD CHURCH. PASTOR DEMBECK HAS BEEN HERE FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS AND HAS A SWEET HEARTED GROUP. I HAVE FELT AT HOME ALL WEEK. THE CHURCH HAS A PIZZA FELLOWSHIP FOR THE CLOSE OUT AND DID WE EVER EAT PIZZA. I MAY HAVE HAD A VISION AT THREE THIS MORNING AS MY STOMACH KEPT GROWLING FOR MORE AND MORE AND MORE PIZZA. SMILE. SEVERAL WERE SAVED THIS WEEK AND MANY DECISIONS FOR GODLY LIVING. ONE YOUNG MAN SAID THAT HIS HEART HAD EXPERIENCED A JOY AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE LORD NOT FELT BEFORE. TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR THE GOOD THINGS HE HATH DONE. THANK YOU FAITH FOR A WONDERFUL WEEK. PRAYERFULLY I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN IN 2010. (Posted 10/31/07) TUESDAY EVENING WAS FAMILY NIGHT, A GOOD NUMBER OF VISITORS WERE PRESENT. THE LORD SAVED A THIRTY-TWO YEAR OLD YOUNG WOMAN, MISS CINDY BROWN, WHO HAD BEEN INVITED BY HER GOOD FRIEND AND DAUGHTER OF THE CHURCH CHOIR DIRECTOR. THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS AGAIN FILLED WITH GOD'S PEOPLE. I AM FOREVER MOVED BY THE GOODNESS OF GOD, THE GOODNESS THAT MOST AMERICANS KNOW NOTHING OF. WE HAVE BECOME A GODLESS NATION AND SURELY IN THE CLOSING DAYS OF GRACE. GOD CAN AND WILL FORGIVE OUR SINS AS A NATION BUT ONLY WHEN WE REPENT AND TURN TO HIM ONCE AGAIN. (Posted 10/29/07) FAITH BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY GEORGE DEMBECK, AN OLD CHURCH BUT IN A RELATIVELY NEW AND BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. THE CROWD SUNDAY MORNING WAS LARGE AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WELL ATTENDED. TWO VISITING MEN WERE SAVED IN THE EVENING SERVICE WHICH WAS PUSHED AS FRIENDS DAY. TONIGHT IS FAMILY NIGHT AND HOPEFULLY MANY WILL COME WITH THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY. THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR PROVIDED MANY WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE LORD ABOUT MATTERS OF THE HEART. GOD WAS GOOD TO US SUNDAY EVENING. (Posted 10/21/07) LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY BOB JOHNSON AND IS
LOCATED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF FRANKLIN, WV. WHAT A WONDERFUL WEEK WE HAD
THIS PAST WEEK FOR THE LORD MET WITH US AND MUCH WAS ACCOMPLISHED FOR HIS
GLORY. SUNDAY WE HAD THIRTEEN VISITORS, ONE OF WHICH WAS SAVED THAT
MORNING. EACH NIGHT WE HAD VISITORS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAST NIGHT.
THE FOLKS MADE GOOD USE OF THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR AS MANY GOOD DECISIONS
WERE MADE AND ATTESTED TO DURING THE WEEK. ANOTHER MAN WAS SAVED ON
THURSDAY EVENING WHO HAD REALIZED ON TUESDAY EVENING THAT HE WAS LOST.
PASTOR JOHNSON AND HIS FAMILY ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WITH A HEART FOR THE
LOST AND TROUBLED. (Posted 10/12/07) EVERYONE KNOWS OF THE AFINITY MARINE'S HAVE FOR ONE ANOTHER - WELL LAST WEEK WAS BEYOND WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE LORD DID IN SAVING THE PASTOR'S FATHER-IN-LAW. THEY HAD BEEN TELLING ME ABOUT HIM, JAMES KOSESKI AND HOW HE AND HIS DEAR WIFE WERE MOVING TO CLERMONT FROM TEXAS. I WAS, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, ANXIOUS TO TALK WITH HIM AND COMPARE SEA STORIES. JAMES WALKED UP THE STAIRS TO THE CHURCH ON TUESDAY EVENING OF THE REVIVAL, WE EXCHANGED A FEW PLEASANTRIES, SHOOK HANDS AND THE LORD DID THE REST. JAMES PRAYED WITH ME THAT NIGHT FOR THE LORD TO BE HIS SAVIOUR AND FOR GOD TO FORGIVE HIM FOR HIS SIN. IT TURNED OUT IN LATER CONVERSATION THAT JAMES AND I HAD BEEN ON OKINAWA AT THE SAME TIME BUT IN DIFFERENT AREAS, HE DOWN SOUTH AND I UP NORTH. MRS. KOSESKI NOW HAS A BRAND NEW HUSBAND AND THEIR DAUGHTER A BRAND NEW DAD. OUR GOD IS A BIG GOD AND ABLE TO DO ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK. (Posted 10/03/07) THE LAST NIGHT OF THE MEETING HERE AT CLERMONT BAPTIST WAS TO SAY THE LEAST - SPECIAL. WE NOT ONLY HAD TWO MORE LADIES PRAY FOR THE LORD TO SAVED THEM AND FORGIVE THEM FOR THEIR SINS BUT THE CHURCH WAS ALMOST FULL WITH MEMBERS AND VISITORS. THE LORD VISITED WITH US IN A MOST UNUSUAL WAY AS I CANNOT RECALL IN RECENT YEARS HIS PRESENCE AS STRONGLY AS I FELT IT ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. EVERYTHING WAS DIFFERENT! THE ALTAR WAS FULL AND NOT A DRY EYE IN THE PLACE. THE ENTIRE CHURCH, PLUS VISITORS, CAME FORWARD, HUGGED THE PASTOR AND HIS WIFE, AND PROMISED THEIR SUPPORT, LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS AND STOOD WITH THE BOTH OF THEM IN A DEDICATORY PRAYER. SURELY, AS THE OLD SONG SAYS, THE LORD WAS IN THIS PLACE. WE SENSED A TOUCH OF OLD FASHIONED REVIVAL! THANK YOU CLERMONT BAPTIST CHURCH! (Posted 10/01/07) PASTOR PHIL LIEN IS THE PASTOR OF CLERMONT BAPTIST CHURCH AND IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB PASTORING THESE FOLKS. SUNDAY MORNING WAS EXCEPTIONAL AS THE LORD MET WITH US AND FOUR MADE PROFESSIONS OF FAITH IN CHRIST (THE PERSONAL WORKERS SAID THAT TWO OF THEM SAID THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SAVED). THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS FULL BOTH MORNING AND EVENING. PASTOR PHIL IS A GRADUATE OF PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AS IS HIS MUSIC DIRECTOR. GOOD CROWDS, WITH VISITORS, IN ALL SERVICES. ONE DEAR LADY WAS SAVED IN THE EVENING SERVICE. THIS WAS THE CHURCH SECRETARY'S MOTHER. PRAISE THE LORD. (Posted 09/22/07) THE LORD CERTAINLY MET WITH US THIS LAST NIGHT AS ANOTHER YOUNG MAN WAS SAVED (24 YEARS OLD AND A VISITOR). HOW WONDERFUL AND EXCITING TO SEE THE LORD WORK IN THIS MARVELOUS FASHION. I GRIEVE FOR SOME WHO NEVER SEE A VISITOR, NEVER SEE A DEAR SOUL SAVED BUT ARE HAPPY IN JUST "BUILDING A CHURCH." HOW DOES ONE HAVE A CHURCH WITHOUT A CROWD OF SAVED SOULS? AND, THEN FOR GOD TO SAVE ONE OR TWO EVERY SERVICE AS THE FOLKS ARE WORKING AND INVITING, YEA, LABORING AND NOT FAINTING IN THE BATTLE. COMMUNITY BAPTIST, LEAD BY PASTOR STAN WINGARD, IS A WORKING CHURCH, A SWEET CHURCH AND A HAPPY CHURCH. HE IS SURROUNDED BY GOOD PEOPLE ON HIS STAFF, TWO SON IN LAWS AND TWO GREAT DAUGHTERS. WHEN IN THE GREENVILLE, NC AREA STOP IN FOR SOME OLD FASHION RELIGION, WARM FELLOWSHIP AND STRAIGHT PREACHING. (Posted 09/21/07) WHAT A SERVICE WE HAD ON THURSDAY EVENING, SIX OR SEVEN CHURCHES WERE REPRESENTED, THE MUSIC WAS WONDERFUL (THE SINGING THAT IS), THE LORD MET WITH US, THE ALTAR WAS FULL AND ONE DEAR MAN (19 YEARS OLD) WAS SAVED. HARDLY ANYONE LEFT AND WERE STILL FELLOWSHIPPING AND TALKING ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS OF GOD WHEN I FINALLY LEFT. IT JUST DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS! (Posted 09/20/07) WELL, HERE IT IS THURSDAY ALREADY, MY WHAT A WONDERFUL WEEK WE HAVE HAD TO THIS POINT AND EXPECT THE LORD TO CONTINUE WITH HIS BLESSINGS THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS IS A SMALL CHURCH IN RURAL NORTH CAROLINA AND JUST OUTSIDE OF GREENVILLE. THE MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE VISITORS, ARE THE KINDEST AND MOST CONGENIAL PEOPLE ONE HAS EVER BEEN AROUND. WE HAVE HAD TWO MEN ACCEPT THE LORD AS SAVIOUR AND SCORES OF DECISIONS ON THE ALTAR AND TONS OF VISITORS FROM SURROUNDING CHURCHES. EVEN FREEWILL BAPTIST ARE VISITING WITH ONE FWC PASTOR COMMENTING ON HOW MUCH HE HAD ENJOYED HIMSELF AND WOULD BE BACK. GOD HAS OPENED A WINDOW IN HEAVEN FOR US AND IS POURING OUT A BLESSING THAT WILL NOT BE SOON FORGOTTEN. YOU JUST CAN'T BEAT "OLD TIME RELIGION"..........YOU KNOW THE KIND THAT MANY CHURCHES ARE MOVING AWAY FROM IN THESE CLOSING DAYS OF GRACE. NOTHING IS FANCY HERE BUT IT IS GODLY AND WARM AND SWEET TO THE TASTE! (Posted 09/17/07) GREAT SERVICE SUNDAY EVENING AS WE NOT ONLY HAD THE DEAR LORD'S PRESENCE WITH US BUT A HOST OF VISITORS. WHAT A DELIGHT TO SEE TO SO MANY COME AS A RESULT OF INVITES BY THE MEMBERSHIP. PASTOR WINGARD WAS PLEASED ALMOST BEYOND WORDS. THE ALTAR WAS FULL WITH GOD'S PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS FOR GODLY LIVING. SEVERAL CHURCHES ARE SUPPOSED TO COME TONIGHT - WHAT A JOY TO SEE OLD FRIENDS AND WORSHIP TOGETHER. EASTERN CAROLINA IS A VERY UNUSUAL PLACE IN THAT CHURCHES WILL TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES WHEN INVITED AND UPON ARRIVAL SOME GO IMMEDIATELY TO THE CHOIR LOFT AND JOIN WITH THE HOST CHURCH IN BRINGING OLD FASHIONED MUSIC THAT STIRS THE HEART. HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO PREACH IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY AS FOLKS ARE FRIENDLY AND SO VERY RESPONSIVE. (Posted 09/16/07) COMMUNITY BAPTIST PASTORED BY STAN WINGARD IS JUST OUTSIDE OF GREENVILLE NC. ONE TEENAGE BOY (15) WAS SAVED IN THE MORNING SERVICE. MY FIRST MEETING HERE WAS IN 1992 AND THE CHURCH IS STILL AN OLD FASHIONED FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST CHURCH. THE MUSIC AS WELL AS THE MESSAGE HAS NOT CHANGED WITH THE CHANGING TIDE OF NEW EVANGELICALISM. NUMBERS IS NOT KING HERE, JUST QUALITY CHRISTIANS GROWING IN GRACE. MY HOW REFRESHING THIS IS. PASTOR WINGARD IS A GENTLE MAN WITH A KIND AND FORGIVING SPIRIT, MUCH LIKE HIS KIND BROTHER BILL. (Posted 09/13/07) THE MISSIONS CONFERENCE CONCLUDED AT TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. TABERNACLE IS PASTORED BY BILLY ADAMS JR (SON OF BILL ADAMS, PASTOR OF SMYRNA BAPTIST CHURCH, PENSACOLA, FL.). PASTOR ADAMS IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB OF BRINGING THIS WORK BACK TOGETHER AFTER SOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIMES. THE MISSIONARIES PRESENTED THEIR BURDEN EACH NIGHT AND SHOWED SLIDES OF THE COUNTRIES THEY WERE CALLED TO. AN EVENING MEAL WAS PROVIDED. A WONDERFUL "MISSIONS ROOM" WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR EACH MISSIONARY TO "HELP THEMSELVES" FROM ITEMS LIKE IRONS, RECORDERS, CLOTHING, FOOD STUFFS AND TOYS FOR CHILDREN. TABERNACLE IS A SMALL CHURCH WITH A BIG HEART AND BURDEN FOR SALISBURY. WHEN IN THE AREA OR JUST PASSING THROUGH ON I-85 STOP BY FOR SOME SWEET FELLOWSHIP AND GREAT PREACHING. (Posted 09/12/07) ONE DEAR TEENAGER SAVED LAST EVENING (MONDAY) THIS IS THREE DEAR SOULS SAVED SO FAR THIS WEEK. ADDITIONALLY, THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS FULL LAST EVENING WITH FOLKS MAKING DECISIONS WITH THE LORD. WHAT A WONDERFUL EVENING WE HAD. (Posted 09/09/07) TWO SAVED THIS MORNING IN THE MORNING SERVICE AT TABERNACLE. THIS IS A REVIVAL OF SOUL WINNING AND MISSIONS MEETING WITH A DIFFERENT MISSIONARY EACH EVENING. WHAT A BLESSING TODAY TO HEAR AND FEEL THE BURDEN THE COLLINS FAMILY HAS FOR SINGAPORE. TABERNACLE IS PASTORED BY BILLY ADAMS JR. PASTOR ADAMS IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE CHURCH IN BRINGING IT BACK TO WHAT A LOCAL CHURCH IS SUPPOSED TO BE. THE CHURCH HAS BEEN THROUGH A TOUGH TIME BUT UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP IS RETURNING TO ITS PLACE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY OF SALISBURY. PRAISE THE LORD! THE MEETINGS WILL GO THROUGH WEDNESDAY. (Posted 09/08/07) THE MEETINGS CONCLUDED FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE LORD HAVING SAVED THIRTEEN DEAR SOULS DURING THE WEEK. ADDITIONALLY THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR SAW MANY GOOD DECISIONS FOR GODLY LIVING. PASTOR ALAN GARDNER AND HIS FOLKS ARE SOME OF GOD'S FINEST PEOPLE ONE WOULD EVER HOPE TO MEET. WE ENJOYED VISITORS ALMOST EVERY SERVICE. THE NEXT TIME YOU VACATION IN LANCASTER, WILLOW VALLEY OR EAT AT SHADY MAPLE BE SURE TO ATTEND SUNDAY OR WEDNESDAY SERVICES AT BBC, LEOLA, PA. (Posted 08/25/07)
THE MEETINGS HERE AT COMMUNITY
BAPTIST CHURCH CONCLUDED LAST EVENING (FRIDAY) AND THE LORD CERTAINLY HAS
SHOWN HIMSELF MIGHTY THIS WEEK. MANY GOOD DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE
OLD FASHIONED ALTAR, THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEETENED UP, THE LORD MAGNIFIED
AND THE PASTOR STRONGER AND HAPPIER. I LEAVE TODAY WITH A SINCERELY GOOD
FEELING THAT THE CHURCH HAS BEEN HELPED. AS MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT
IS MY MAIN GOAL IN LIFE, THAT OF HELPING TO STRENGTHEN THE PASTOR AND HIS
PEOPLE IN THESE CLOSING DAYS OF GRACE. MANY ARE DISCOURAGED BY THEIR LOT
IN LIFE BUT MANY REALIZE THAT MUCH HAS BEEN BROUGHT ON BY LAX LIVING. OH
THAT GOD WOULD BRING REVIVAL TO THIS GREAT LAND BEFORE IT IS TO LATE. (Posted 08/22/07) COMMUNITY BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY ROBERT OHLMAN WHO HAS
BEEN THERE NOW LONGER THAN ANY OTHER PASTOR, ELEVEN YEARS. BOB IS AN OLD
TIME FUNDAMENTAL MAN WITH A BIBLICAL APPROACH TO PASTORING. OUR MEETINGS
THIS WEEK HAVE BEEN GOOD AS WE HAVE SEEN ONE YOUNG WOMAN SAVED AND SOME
GOOD DECISIONS ON THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR. (Posted 08/11/07) THE THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL JUBILEE CAMP MEETING HELD EACH YEAR AT THE TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH, IN WILSON, NC AND PASTORED BY ROBERT WINSTEAD CONCLUDED FRIDAY EVENING. THE CAMP MEETING IS HELD EACH YEAR BEGINNING THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF AUGUST. THE SAME LINE UP OF SPEAKERS ATTENDED THIS YEARS MEETING; DR. RONNIE SIMPSON, DR. JACK TRIPP, DR. BILL BEHRENS AND MYSELF. MY WHAT PREACHING EVERYONE HEARD THIS YEAR, GOD SURELY WAS PLEASED. MUSIC WAS PROVIDED BY THE WEST FAMILY FROM TENNESSEE AND ROBBY MULLENIX, MISSIONARY TO CHINA. ATTENDANCE WAS GOOD ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY EVENING AS CHAIRS HAD TO BE PLACED IN THE ISLES AND IN THE BACK FOR THE OVERFLOW. (Posted 08/07/07) LIFEGATE BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY TOM MARTIN, A VIETNAM VETERAN HELICOPTER PILOT WHO WAS SHOT DOWN AND BURNED (THIRD AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS) ON ABOUT THIRTY PERCENT OF HIS BODY. TOM IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB AT LIFEGATE. PRAY FOR HIS DEAR WIFE WHO HAS TERMINAL CANCER. OUR MEN'S MEETING SATURDAY EVENING WITH A FISH AND SHRIMP FRY WAS WELL ATTENDED AND WITH SOME VERY GOOD RESULTS. AS USUAL I BORE IN ON THE HOME AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR WIFE. I AM NOT AT LIBERTY TO SHARE THE RESULTS BUT GOD DID SOME WONDERFUL THINGS, EVIDENCED BY A WIFE ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. SUNDAY WAS A GREAT DAY ALSO WITH TWO VERY GOOD ALTAR CALLS AND DECISIONS THAT ONLY ETERNITY WILL REVEAL. (Posted 07/28/07) THE SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE WAS EQUALLY A BLESSING AS THE
LORD SAVED A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD VISITOR THAT HAD BEEN INVITED. STEVE REMAINS
BEHIND AFTER THE SERVICE WAS CONCLUDED AND PASTOR AULGUR LEAD HIM TO
CHRIST. (Posted 07/23/07) FIRST BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY RONNIE AULGUR WHO HAS BEEN
HERE FOR ALMOST THIRTY YEARS. PASTOR AULGUR IS AN OLD TIME GUY WITH OLD
TIME STANDARDS BUT A SWEET SWEET SPIRIT. MY FIRST MEETING HERE WAS OCTOBER
11, 1987. WHAT A JOY TO SEE THE LONGEVITY OF THIS GOOD MAN AND HIS FAMILY.
PASTOR HAS LEAD WITH A SOFT HAND, NEVER LORDING IT OVER THE FLOCK, AND HAS
TRULY BEEN A SUCCESS IN THIS CITY. (Posted 07/10/07) TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2007, I JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM DUSTIN CLAYCOMB, THE TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD HEROIN USER THAT WAS SAVED IN THE CLAYSBURG, PA. MEETING. DUSTIN INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD NOW BEEN DRUG FREE FOR THREE WEEKS, WAS LIVING FOR GOD AND PLANNED ON SERVING HIM THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE HAD BEEN OUT ON VISITATION WITH THE PASTOR EARLIER TODAY. WHAT AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE OF GOD. DUSTIN SAID..."I HAVE HAD NO SICKNESS AND AM HAPPY NOW THAT AT THE END OF THE WEEK I HAVE SOME MONEY." REMEMBER THAT DUSTIN HAD SHOT UP TWENTY BAGS THE DAY BEFORE HE WAS SAVED. THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN WHEN GOD TAKES OVER. LET'S ALL PRAY FOR DUSTIN AND HIS CONTINUED PROGRESS. (Posted 07/01/07) SLIPPERY ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH IS PASTORED BY DAVID
BARNHOUSE WITH ASSISTANT JOHN MILTON. THE FOURTH OF JULY MEETINGS STARTED
OFF WITH A TREMENDOUS SHOWERING OF GOD'S BLESSINGS AS WE HAD TWELVE SAVED
IN THE MORNING SERVICE. THE LORD WAS SAVING SO MANY AND SO FAST THAT THE
CHURCH WAS ALMOST OVERCOME. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEACONS SAID THAT HE HAD
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE SOMEWHAT SLOW
RESPONSE BY PERSONAL WORKERS. THE LORD SAVED AMONG THIS TWELVE, A MORMON,
WHICH WE ALL KNOW ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET SAVED. THE LORD WAS ABLE
HOWEVER AS HE AND HIS WIFE BOTH SURRENDERED, CAME FORWARD AND RECEIVED THE
LORD. (Posted 06/25/07) EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, CLAYSBURG, PA. IS PASTORED BY ERIK LINGENFELTER. PASTOR LINGENFELTER HAS BEEN HERE EIGHT YEARS AND IS DOING A MARVELOUS JOB OF SHEPHERDING THIS FLOCK AND MAKING FRIENDS WITH THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF MOUNTAIN FOLKS. WITHOUT QUESTION WE HAVE SEEN A TOUCH OF REVIVAL HERE THIS WEEK AS THEIR HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SAVED AND SCORES OF GOOD DECISIONS ON THE OLD FASHION ALTAR. WE ALL HAVE SEEN SOME SALVATION EXPERIENCES THAT SEEMINGLY CAPPED THEM ALL, WELL WE SAW ONE SUCH EXPERIENCE THIS WEEK. PASTOR AND I WERE VISITING ON MONDAY AND ATTEMPTED TO CALL ON A MAN WHO HAD NOT BEEN IN CHURCH FOR SOME TIME, WALKING UP ON THE PORCH WE MET HIS WIFE AND A TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD SON SITTING ON THE PORCH. THE SON INDICATED TO ME THAT HE WAS SICK, I INQUIRED IF HE HAD THE FLU OR A COLD, HE RESPONDED THAT HIS SICKNESS WAS A LACK OF HEROIN AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO QUIT HIS ADDICTION. HE SAID THAT HE HAD "SHOT UP" TWENTY BAGS ON SUNDAY. WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS SALVATION HE INDICATED THAT HE HAD "DONE THAT MANY TIMES." I TOOK HIM TO "Luke 8:13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away." AND SAID THAT I BELIEVED THAT HE MIGHT JUST HAVE FALLEN INTO THIS CATEGORY OF PERSON AND NEVER BEEN TRULY SAVED. HE AGREED AND PROMISED TO BE IN THE SERVICE THAT EVENING. HE CAME AND THE LORD SAVED HIM. WE CALLED ON HIM TUESDAY AND AGAIN HE WAS IN CHURCH TUESDAY EVENING AND STATED "THIS HAS TO BE A MIRACLE AS I HAVE HAD NO PAIN AND NO DESIRE FOR THE DRUG".......HE HAS CONTINUED THROUGH THE WEEK WITHOUT MISSING A NIGHT AND WITHOUT A DOUBT A TROPHY OF GOD'S GRACE AS HE IS A NEW CREATURE. HIS MOTHER IS BESIDE HERSELF. IS THIS ANY GREAT WONDER WITH GOD? NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO, FOR ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. PLEASE PRAY FOR DUSTIN AND HIS CONTINUED PROGRESS. AND, ADD, ALTHOUGH UNNAMED, THE OTHERS THAT WERE SAVED DURING THE WEEK. (Posted 06/24/07) GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBIA, SC, FORMERLY PASTORED BY DR. BOB KELLEY (NOW IN THE GLORY) HAD IT'S YEARLY SALUTE TO THE MILITARY AND GOD BLESS AMERICA DAY. THE DAY STARTED OFF WITH A "VETERAN'S BREAKFAST" WHICH WAS WELL ATTENDED IN THE GYM. THE MORNING SERVICE WAS TREMENDOUS, ORGANIZED BY PASTOR DAVID GOFORTH, NOTHING WAS LEFT UNDONE. WE SALUTED THE VETERANS, THE ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN, TAPS WAS OBSERVED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE, AMERICA WAS UPLIFTED, WE PRESENTED THE COLORS WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY A MARINE CORPS HONOR GUARD. THE CHURCH WAS DRESSED IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE AND ALL THE OLD PATRIOTIC SONGS SUNG. A BUS PICKED UP SOME THIRTY-FIVE OR FORTY MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM FROM FORT JACKSON. WELL, GLORY TO GOD HE SAVED AT LEAST TWELVE OF THEM AND SOME OTHERS GOT THE ASSURANCE OF THEIR SALVATION AND ONE EIGHTY-FIVE YEAR OLD SEA BEE FROM THE WWII ERA WAS ALSO SAVED. WHAT A TIME WE HAD BOTH MORNING AND EVENING. I WISH THAT EVERYONE READING THIS COULD HAVE BEEN THERE AS IT WAS NOT ONLY MOVING BUT HEART STOPPING TO SEE SO MANY FROM ON CROWD ACCEPT THE LORD. EACH ONE WAS DEALT WITH EXCEPT THE FEW THAT INDICATED THAT THEY HAD PRAYED TO BE SAVED BUT WOULD NOT COME FORWARD. PASTOR GOFORTH, IS THE SON IN LAW OF PASTOR KELLEY AND A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE PRODUCT THAT PCC PRODUCES. HE IS THE ASSISTANT PASTOR OF THE CHURCH. (Posted 06/15/07) THE RETIREMENT CEREMONY OF LCDR CHRIS CORRIGAN WAS TRULY OUTSTANDING, SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE NEED TO SEE OR BE INVOLVED WITH SOMETIME IN THEIR LIVES. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST CERTAINLY GOT THE GLORY AS HE WAS PLACED FAR ABOVE ALL OTHER ACTIVITY. I AM GOING TO SEND THE WEBMASTER THE CD IN HOPES THAT THE WHOLE AFFAIR CAN BE PLACED ON THE WEB SITE. SUNDAY AT PAX BAPTIST CHURCH, PASTORED BY RICK CONNER, WAS EQUALLY WONDERFUL. IF ANY OF YOU ARE IN THE AREA OF THE TEST PILOT SCHOOL AT PAX RIVER AND LOOKING FOR A CHURCH, LOOK NO FURTHER. HERE IS A CHURCH WITH A KIND, CARING AND LOVING PASTOR AND A PEOPLE WITH GODLY FUNDAMENTAL STANDARDS AND DIRECTION. THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT PASTOR CONNER IS THAT HE DOES NOT FEEL THE NEED TO BROW BEAT HIS PEOPLE BY REMINDING THEM OF "WHO" THE PASTOR IS. THEY ALL KNOW AND LOVE HIM WITHOUT BEING TOLD. EVERYTHING IN THE CHURCH IS "OF THE CHURCH" BUT WITH PASTOR, THE SHEPHERD OF THE FLOCK. WHAT A PLACE! (Posted 06/07/07) WHAT A WONDERFUL CLOSEOUT FOR OUR MEETING HERE IN OTUMMWA AND CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH. TONIGHT WE HAD THREE DEAR SOULS SAVED, ALL OF THEM ADULTS AND ALL VISITORS. A MAN AND HIS WIFE WERE SAVED TOGETHER AND THE SISTER OF A MAN WHO WAS SAVED A YEAR AGO AND WHO HAD BEEN TELLING HER AND SHOWING HER WHAT THE LORD HAD DONE FOR HIM WAS ALSO SAVED. GREAT ALTAR CALL. PASTOR WAS PLEASED AND GOD HONORED. (Posted 06/04/07) SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, ROCK HILL, NC. IS PASTORED BY DR. KEN WALTERS. PASTORED ASKED THAT I PUT THE "CAP" ON A SIX OR SEVEN WEEK SERIES THAT HE HAD BROUGHT ON THE FAMILY. THE LORD CERTAINLY MET WITH US AS MY MESSAGE ON "THE WIFE" WAS WELL RECEIVED WITH ALMOST EVERY MARRIED COUPLE IN THE CHURCH COMING FORTH TO THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR FOR A DEDICATORY PRAYER FOR THEIR MARRIAGES. WE NEED TO SEE MORE OF THIS IN OUR CHURCHES. (Posted 06/04/07) CALVARY BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY PASTOR MEL KENDALL WHO HAS BEEN THEIR PASTOR NOW FOR FOURTEEN YEARS. THIS IS A GROWING CHURCH WITH A VIBRANT CONGREGATION. THE SERVICES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING HAVE BEEN WELL ATTENDED WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF VISITORS FROM OTHER CHURCHES. (Posted 05/26/07) WHAT A WONDERFUL CLOSE OUT AS ALMOST EVERYONE IN THE CHURCH CAME FORTH TO THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR FOR A PRAYER OF DEDICATION ON MARRIAGES AND LIVES. AS FOLKS WERE LEAVING A VISITOR, FRANK, WALKED BY ME AND I INQUIRED ABOUT HIS SOUL, HE TOLD THAT HE WAS NOT SAVED (WE KNEW IT), I ASK IF WE COULD JUST SPEND A FEW MOMENTS WITH HIM WITH THE BIBLE AND HE SAID THAT WE COULD. I RAN AND GOT THE PASTOR, HIS DEAR WIFE WAS STANDING THERE WEEPING, FRANK WAS LATER SAVED THAT EVENING AND FEW HAVE EVER HEARD MORE REJOICING THAN WAS DISPLAYED IN THIS CHURCH OVER ONE DEAR SOUL COMING HOME TO THE LORD. WHAT A WONDERFUL CLOSE OUT! NEEDLESS TO SAY PASTOR MARTIN WAS ABSOLUTELY BESIDE HIMSELF AS HE HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR FRANK FOR A LONG TIME. OUR GOD IS SO GOOD! (Posted 05/24/07) LIFE GATE IS PASTORED BY DR. TOM MARTIN, VIETNAM VETERAN AND ARMY HELICOPTER PILOT. TOM WAS SHOT DOWN IN VIETNAM, BURNED OVER TWENTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF HIS BODY BY THIRD DEGREE BURNS BUT WAS RECOVERED BY A RESCAP UNIT BEFORE THE NORTH VIETNAMESE COULD CAPTURE HIM. HE HAS A WONDERFUL TESTIMONY FOR CHRIST AND IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF PASTORING LIFE GATE. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL GOOD MEETINGS THIS WEEK, NO ONE SAVED SO FAR BUT SOME GOOD DECISIONS WHILE UTILIZING THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR. CHICOD IS ABOUT FIFTEEN MILES OUTSIDE OF GREENVILLE, NC. AND A WONDERFUL PLACE TO GET SOME SPIRITUAL FOOD SHOULD YOU BE IN THE AREA" (Posted 05/11/07) ANOTHER VISITING MAN WAS SAVED TONIGHT AS THE MEETING HERE AT FELLOWSHIP CAME TO A CLOSE. PRAYERFULLY AND HOPEFULLY THE REVIVAL WILL CONTINUE ON AND FOLKS WHOM GOD TOUCHED WILL BEGIN TO REPRODUCE THEMSELVES, LIVE GODLY HOLY LIVES AND HELP THIS DEAR MAN OF GOD BUILT THE CHURCH. THIS IS A WONDERFUL CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE, LOVING AND WARM IN EVERY ASPECT. THEY HAVE THE PASTOR'S SPIRIT. IF IN THE AREA OF BALTIMORE BE SURE AND STOP IN FOR SOME GREAT PREACHING, GOOD GODLY MUSIC AND SPIRIT FILLED PEOPLE. FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST OF FERNDALE, MD. IS A GREAT PLACE TO GET YOUR SOUL WATERED. (Posted 05/11/07) I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY THAT BESIDES THE MAN NAMED "JOE" WE HAD A LADY ALSO GET SAVED LAST EVENING. AS SHE WAS GOING OUT THE PASTOR STOPPED HER AND INQUIRED ABOUT HER SPIRITUAL CONDITION WHEREUPON SHE SAID SHE DID NOT KNOW THE LORD. HE ASK HER NOT TO LEAVE WITHOUT THE LORD AND SHE DID NOT. AGAIN HOW WONDERFUL OUR DEAR LORD IS AND MIGHTY ARE HIS WORKS. (Posted 05/11/07) THE LORD SAVED ANOTHER VISITOR LAST EVENING. "JOE" WAS INVITED AND CAME, A GREAT SEEMING GUY WITH AN OUTGOING PERSONALITY AND HAD NEVER BEEN IN A BAPTIST CHURCH. PASTOR RECOGNIZED HIM, I ASK HIM TO LOAN ME ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE OFFERING (HE ALMOST FAINTED AND BEGAN LAUGHING WITH ME). WHEN THE INVITATION BEGAN AND I ASKED THOSE WHO WERE NOT SURE OF GOING TO HEAVEN TO PLEASE LET ME SEE THEIR EYE'S, JOE'S HEAD POPPED UP. HE WAS SAVED LATER WHEN PASTOR'S SON DEALT WITH HIM. WHEN I SAW JOE AFTER THE SERVICE HE SAID TO ME WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE......"THAT WAS EASY, AND I WILL BE BACK TOMORROW EVENING." HOW GREAT AND GOOD AND LOVING OUR GOD IS! (Posted 05/10/07) TUESDAY EVENING THE LORD SAVED A YOUNG TEENAGE GIRL WHO WAS SITTING BESIDE HER MOTHER. THIS DEAR GIRL HAD BEEN COMING FOR A SHORT TIME AND HAD BEEN BEING DEALT WITH BY PASTOR SON WHO IS THE YOUTH PASTOR. GOD WAS SO GOOD IN SAVING HER FOR WHEN THE PASTOR LAST EVENING RECOGNIZED HER AND HAD HER STAND HER FACE WAS FULL OF SMILES AS IT WAS EVIDENT BOTH IN HER AND HER MOM THAT THE LORD HAD DONE A GREAT WORK. IN TRUTH THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.....SEEING LIVES CHANGED! WEDNESDAY EVENING WAS ALSO A GREAT NIGHT. I AM NOT CERTAIN AS THE SALVATION OF ANY BUT AM CERTAIN THAT A DEAR MAN, FORMER MARINE WHOSE WIFE ATTENDS FAITHFULLY, REDEDICATE HIS LIFE TO THE LORD AFTER SOME YEARS OF BEING UNFAITHFUL. WHAT A BLESSING IT WAS TO SEE THIS HULK OF A MAN (MAYBE SIX FEET SEVEN) YIELD TO THE LORD'S LEADING. AMEN AND AMEN! THE ALTAR ONCE AGAIN WAS FILLED WITH GOD'S PEOPLE TENDING TO THEIR LIVES AND BEGGING GOD FOR THE SALVATION OF SOME PRESENT WITHOUT THE LORD. (Posted 05/09/07) TUESDAY WAS A MOST UNUSUAL DAY IN THE LIFE OF THIS PREACHER AS PASTOR HUBERS AND I WERE TO EAT AND THEN ATTEND A VIEWING FOR THE BROTHER OF ONE OF HIS MEMBERS WHO HAD PASSED ON SATURDAY. I ARRIVED EARLY AT HIS HOME AND WAS ASKED TO COME UPSTAIRS AND VISIT WITH THE FAMILY AND MRS. HUBER'S MOTHER WHO HAD BEEN ILL FOR SOME TIME. PRESENT AROUND THE BEDSIDE WERE TWO DAUGHTERS, ONE SON, SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN AS WELL AS GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND PASTOR AND MYSELF. PASTOR HUBER'S ASKED THAT I PRAY AS EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT THE HOME GOING OF THIS DEAR AND LOVED MOTHER MIGHT BE IMMANENT. THE LORD WAS SO GRACIOUS, HE FILLED THE SICK ROOM WITH HIS PRESENCE, AS HIS GRACE AND MERCY WERE REQUESTED. MOM'S BREATH BEGAN TO BE MORE LABORED AND IN JUST A FEW MINUTE'S GOD USHERED THIS DEAR SAINT INTO HIS PRESENCE. THE FAMILY WERE KISSING AND HUGGING MOM AS SHE PASSED INTO GLORY. TEARS OF JOY AND HAPPINESS AND A QUIETNESS OF SOUL POSSESSED US ALL AS WE KNEW THAT MOM WAS WITH THE LORD AND NOW AT PEACE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME. HOW GRATEFUL I WILL ALWAYS BE FOR BEING ALLOWED TO BE A PART OF THIS HOME GOING. THANK YOU LORD FOR THE ASSURANCE THAT HEAVEN IS OUR HOME AS OUR HEARTS WERE REMINDED OF YOUR PROMISE........"ABSENT FROM THE BODY PRESENT WITH THE LORD." (Posted 05/07/07) FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, FERNDALE, MD. PRAISE THE LORD AS THE EVENING SERVICE HERE AT FELLOWSHIP WAS ALMOST AS MOMENTOUS AS THE MORNING SERVICE. TWO MORE DEAR SOULS WERE SAVED, A VISITING YOUNG LADY INVITED BY A MEMBER AND A YOUNG GIRL WHO "TOLD HER MOM, WE NEED TO GO DOWN FRONT AND TALK WITH SOMEONE." THE ALTAR AGAIN WAS FULL WITH FOLKS WORSHIPPING OUR WONDERFUL HEAVENLY FATHER. I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THE SERVICE TONIGHT TO SEE WHAT THE LORD WILL ONCE AGAIN DO FOR US. OF NOTE, AND NO DOUBT THE REASON THAT THE LORD IS SO VISIBLY PRESENT IS THAT FELLOWSHIP BATHED THIS MEETING IN A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PRAYER BAND THE SATURDAY BEFORE THE MEETING. (Posted 05/06/07) FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, FERNDALE, MD. PASTORED BY MICHEAL HUBERS REALLY HAS IT GOING. THEY HAVE INITIATED A RACE BETWEEN SIX TEAMS FOR THIS WEEKS REVIVAL. THE CHURCH WAS ALIVE WITH ACTIVITY THIS MORNING WITH FOUR DEAR SOULS BEING SAVED. PASTOR HUBERS FOUNDED THE CHURCH TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. HIS SON MICHAEL JR. IS HIS YOUTH PASTOR AND BELIEVE ME THERE IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT AROUND HERE. WE BEGAN THE REVIVAL SATURDAY EVENING WITH A STEAK OUT FOR ABOUT FORTY MEN. GOD MET WITH US AS I BROUGHT A MESSAGE OF "WHO IS A CHOSEN MAN"? WHAT A DELIGHT IT IS TO BE PART OF THIS MUCH EXCITEMENT, STILL BE FUNDAMENTAL AND TELL THE NEW EVANGELICAL TO TAKE A HIKE. IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT THIS IS SEEN. (Posted 04/30/07) WHAT A SUNDAY WAS HAD AT AMBASSADOR BAPTIST CHURCH OF HUDSON, NC. THREE DEAR SOULS WERE SAVED ON THE MORNING OF THE 29TH, TWO YOUNG TEENAGE MEN AND ONE OLDER LADY; THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS FILLED BOTH MORNING AND EVENING. AMBASSADOR BAPTIST IS PASTORED BY ROBERT SETZER, A WARM, SINCERE PRAYING MAN WITH A BURDEN FOR PEOPLE. IF IN THE HICKORY, NC AREA AND ARE LOOKING FOR A GREAT CHURCH BE SURE AND VISIT THIS CHURCH YOU WILL BE WELCOMED BY SOME THE FINEST PEOPLE YOU HAVE EVER MET AND WILL BE PREACHED TO BY ONE OF NORTH CAROLINA'S FINEST BIBLE PREACHERS. (Posted 04/27/07) THE MEETING CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY WITH GOD HAVING HAD HIS WAY IN THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE. THE ALTAR WAS FILLED EACH NIGHT WITH PASTOR LOGAN ASKING THE FOLKS TO PLEASE OPEN THE FLY LEAF OF THEIR BIBLE'S AND WRITING DOWN THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MADE DURING THE WEEK. I CANNOT REMEMBER IN ALL MY YEARS ON THE SAWDUST TRAIL OF HAVING BEEN AROUND SWEETER AND KINDER PEOPLE THAN THE FOLKS OF SWEET SPRINGS. NO DOUBT THEY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE HEART OF THEIR PASTOR. I WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR AND THROUGH 2010 FOR MEETINGS. IF IN THE AREA OF NORTHERN ALABAMA YOU MUST DROP IN FOR SOME GREAT PREACHING AND SWEET FELLOWSHIP. (Posted 04/23/07) GREAT START AT SWEET SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH, ARDMORE, AL. PASTORED BY JOEL LOGAN. SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING THE ALTAR WAS FULL AND THE FOLKS LEFT CHURCH REJOICING IN THE LORD. THIS IS A SWEET SPIRITED CHURCH WITH A PASTOR THAT IS REALLY A LIVE WIRE. I MEAN THAT IN A GOOD WAY AS YOU WILL NEVER GO TO SLEEP DURING HIS MESSAGE. HE IS LOVING AND KIND AND A TREMENDOUS BIBLE PREACHER. I WAS SADDENED THAT I DID NOT ARRIVE IN TIME FOR THE SCHEDULED WILD GAME SUPPER SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY EVENING AS US AIRWAYS (AS USUAL) JUST DECIDED TO CANCEL MY FLIGHT WHILE WAS SITTING THERE READY TO LEAVE CHARLOTTE. WHY? THEY SAID CREW REST! HORSEFEATHERS...........WHEN YOU SELL A TICKET YOU MUST HONOR YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, THAT'S THE OLD FASHIONED AMERICAN WAY...........HOWEVER AS WE ALL KNOW EVERYTHING, AND I DO MEAN EVERYTHING, IS CHANGING AT A RAPID PACE. LIKE OR LUMP IT, THEY HAVE YOUR MONEY AND REALLY DO NOT CARE IF YOU EVER COME BACK AGAIN. FIVE MEN WERE SAVED ANYWAY WITH PASTOR LOGAN PREACHING THE MEETING. PRAISE THE LORD. THE MEETING WILL BE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. (Posted 04/09/07) GREAT RESURRECTION SUNDAY AT FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH IN LAKE WILEY, SC. GREAT CROWD WITH ONE DEAR VISITING LADY SAVED IN THE MORNING SERVICE. FELLOWSHIP IS PASTORED BY ALLEN SORRELLS, A WONDERFUL, WARM AND COMPASSIONATE MAN. HIS FOLKS ARE FRIENDLY AND WARM AS WELL. THIS IS A CHURCH THAT YOU WILL WANT TO VISIT IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA OF LAKE WILEY. (Posted 03/31/07) THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE FUNDAMENTALS HOSTED EACH YEAR AT THE MARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH OF ELKTON, MARYLAND AND PASTORED BY DR. AL DICKERSON WAS HELD MARCH 18-23. AGAIN THE SAME THREE PREACHERS SPOKE ON VARIOUS TOPICS. DR. J. BENNETT COLLINS, DR. BILL BEHRENS AND YOURS TRULY LABORED IN THE WORD BOTH MORNING AND EVENING. THERE WERE SOME CLASSIC'S PREACHED BY BOTH COLLINS AND BEHRENS. THE MEETINGS WERE WELL ATTENDED AND THE ALTAR FULL SEVERAL TIMES. DR. DICKERSON ACKNOWLEDGED HIS APPRECIATION AND SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE CONFERENCE WOULD BE AGAIN HELD NEXT YEAR AND AT THE SAME TIME. (Posted 03/08/07) ALL TOTAL WE HAD FOURTEEN DEAR SOULS SAVED WHILE HERE; ONE ON THE PLANE COMING IN, TWELVE ON SUNDAY AND ONE FOURTEEN YEAR OLD BOY LAST NIGHT. SCORES OF DECISIONS WERE MADE AS THE ALTAR WAS USED IN EACH OF THE SERVICES. TESTIMONIES WERE EXCELLENT LAST NIGHT AS TO WHAT THE LORD HAD ACCOMPLISHED IN SEVERAL LIVES. PASTOR MURDOCK AND HIS FOLKS ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, VERY LOVING AND WARM AND GREAT TO BE AROUND. PASTOR HAS BEEN HERE TEN YEARS AND ONE CAN TELL THAT HIS CONGREGATION CERTAINLY LOVES HIM AND HIS FAMILY. (Posted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osted 03/03/07) MEETING BEGIN SUNDAY WITH PASTOR BILL MURDOCK AND THE LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH OF LAFAYETTE. SUNDAY WILL BE A FIRST RESPONDERS SUNDAY WITH POLICE, FIRE FIGHTERS, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - AS WELL AS ALL PUBLIC FIGURES INVITED. PRAY WITH US FOR SOULS! AND WARM CLOTHING! SMILE. (Posted 03/02/07) FIRST WEEK BACK ON THE SAWDUST TRAIL WAS SPENT AT PCC. WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME WE HAD. CHAPEL ON TUESDAY WAS VERY SPECIAL AS THE LORD ACCOMPLISHED MANY THINGS IN THE LIVES OF "MANY" YOUNG PEOPLE. THIS WAS THEIR TESTIMONY AND I PRAISE THE LORD FOR IT. THE TWO HOUR SEMINAR ON TUESDAY WAS WELL RECEIVED AS I SPOKE ON "SIR, WE WOULD SEE JESUS"; SECOND SESSION "THE INGREDIENTS OF A GREAT REVIVAL." THURSDAY TWO HOUR SESSION, I SPOKE ON "THE PREACHER AND HIS VISION FROM GOD"; SECOND SESSION "THE EVANGELIST MUST KNOW HOW TO FISH." I MET THE NEW PASTOR OF THE CAMPUS CHURCH, DR. NEIL JACKSON AND WHAT A DELIGHT HE IS. MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT HE IS THE GRANDSON OF EVANGELIST MAZE JACKSON. THE CHURCH IS ONCE AGAIN IN GOOD HANDS AS PASTOR JACKSON SAID AND I QUOTE "WE ARE GOING TO TURN OUT SOME OF THE BEST PREACHERS IN THE COUNTRY" - AND I THINK THEY WILL.
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