News & Updates
The latest information from FMD
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11/23/2011
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| On the 20th of November, 2011, we had our Central Disitrict Convention in Mexico City with over 4,000 in attendance, 159 received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and two were ...[more] |
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11/4/2011
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| At the beginning of the month, we hosted a four day revival in the town of Cadereyta, where we've been having services on a family's front porch for about a year now. With just a speaker, a mic, and a guitar, we had the revival in a nearby park, with no tent, no lights, and just a couple of chairs; ...[more] |
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11/2/2011
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| We have our Prayer Team here in Gozo for three days! Gozo is the second largest of the five Maltese islands. Already the Lord is opening doors for the Gospel! We have witnesse ...[more] |
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9/16/2011
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| I just wanted to share a praise report from Guyana, South America. At our Youth Camp just recently held we had a good attendance and a wonderful move of God there. We rejoice that there were 55 that rece ...[more] |
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9/16/2011
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Two graduates, B. Ramliana of Manipur and Ajinbou of Uttar Pradesh, had identical reports of 18 people being baptized in Jesus' name and 9 people receiving the Holy Spirit. Ano ...[more] |
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9/7/2011
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| We want to thank all the saints that prayed for our General Conference. God blessed in a wonderful way. There were between 500-600 in attendance. Thirty-one received the Holy Ghost during the conference ...[more] |
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8/16/2011
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| Last Friday we baptized Marianna Ivanova! She comes to Malta from Bulgaria; most of her life there had revolved around Communist ideology. Her father taught his family that Christiani ...[more] |
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8/12/2011
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| We are rejoicing for the tremendous victory we had this past weekend (July 29-31), being able to report 1,506 that received the baptized of the Holy Spirit. Our attendance, in the largest service (Sunday evening) was of &nb ...[more] |
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8/9/2011
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| We are excited to report that 80 were filled with the Holy Ghost at the crusade last week in Sainte Marie, Madagascar. Many more contacts were made throughout the four-day crusade during the street services, as well a ...[more] |
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8/3/2011
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| We've just completed our first District missions crusade in Dublin, Ireland. There was a mighty move of God in every service from start to finish. Every service there were people in the altar seeking the Holy Ghost. God is faithful and always keeps His promises. There were ten people baptized, seven ...[more] |
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7/31/2011
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For the months of May and June the Pentecostals of Maseru church had 19 people filled with the baptism of the Holy Ghost and 5 baptized in Jesus' name! Thank you Jesus! The GATS-L (Global Association of Theological Studies –Lesotho) has enrolled 14 new students for this term. We’r ...[more] |
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7/27/2011
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Report from Kathy Crossley Regional Prayer Coordinator, South America CEIA is a annual meeting held ( the main focus is directed to ministers and leaders with open attendance in the evening) in Porto Alegre, Brazil and sponsored by Bro. James Starks. Although unable to at ...[more] |
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7/22/2011
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| We've been teaching on the Lord's Healing Grace here in Malta for several weeks. We've marked some good reports of the Lord Jesus touching people. After church last Sunday morning, a Maltese man who had recently begun attending, came to me and said, "There is Something Present here in your service. ...[more] |
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7/12/2011
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| AIMers Brother and Sister Kenneth Cooper, from Cooper City, Florida, ended a week of children’s crusades in Brazil on July 10, 2011, with 397 kids, besides some adults who received their Baptism of Holy Ghost in Sã ...[more] |
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6/20/2011
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There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a seed which you have planted within the heart and life of a lost soul begin to grow and flourish into a hungry thriving soul that is passionate and in love with the Lord! Many great men and women have sown into this young man’s life, Davi ...[more] |
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6/14/2011
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| We had a good month in the motherland. We had three people receive the Holy Ghost last weekend. We had the descendants of Shem, Ham and Japeth; an African, an Asian and Caucasian. This was an awesome experience. The Asian, in 15 seconds, was prophesying to the four corners of the earth. It was ...[more] |
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6/2/2011
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Greetings from Blantyre, Malawi
What a wonderful month May has been.
May started out with the National Prayer & Fasting Conference, we had nearly 400 in attendance, made up mostly Pastors and wives. Duri
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4/5/2011
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The Glory of the Ordinary Bryan Abernathy In 2 Kings 5:1-14 we read about Naaman, the captain of the host of the king of Syria. The first verse simply and bluntly states, "He was a leper." In biblical times leprosy was a dis ...[more] |
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4/4/2011
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| The evening service in our District Conference found the hall filled with the churches from the city of Oaxaca. Three years ago there were about sixty believers in the city. However, in this service, close to 300 people came together to worship! Thank God for the growth in Oaxaca! Nine received the ...[more] |
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4/1/2011
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I would like to report on new developments since I last communicated with you. Sister Kon called today to inform that in the city of Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, things are starting to get normal. Although supermarkets carry limited items, basic things are available. Also gas was just back and ...[more] |
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3/29/2011
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| We recently had the privilege of being in a service in the southern part of Buenos Aires. Brother Carlos Lando is the pastor of the church and is reaching out into the streets. After the service, on Pentecost Sunday, he and the church went on a fifty day fast ...[more] |
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3/23/2011
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3/21/2011
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Report from Richard Lucas, Missionary to Japan: Brother Yokoyama is hoping to connect with the proper authorities today (Sunday) in order to distribute the supplies they took with them as well as to coordinate subsequent trips. Brother Ohara, the brother who liv ...[more] |
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3/17/2011
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CLICK HERE TO DONATE ONLINE Since last Friday when t ...[more] |
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3/16/2011
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| The Pastor's roundtable has been in session for the past two days and what a blessing to be with the pastors and ministers as they share their ideas and visions for Foreign Missions and church involvement. There were many great discussions and questions of the where, when, who and why that we tried ...[more] |
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3/15/2011
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| The Jakarta area Sunday school teachers recently had a special retreat where they rested, relaxed and were challenged and taught on the importance of Sunday school. The highlight of the event was on Saturday morning when the teachers visited Sister White's "Idea Factory." Sister White provided a wor ...[more] |
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3/10/2011
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| Our annual area leadership seminar, in the city of Yalta on the Black Sea Coast of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, provides key leaders from several nations with a wonderful opportunity for spiritual growth, as well as the renewal of friendships shared with those of like precious faith. This fall’s ...[more] |
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3/7/2011
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| We thank the Lord for the tremendous Sunday school training seminar which was held recently in the capital and for the Sunday school ministers that are sweeping the nation with the gospel of Jesus Christ! We will conduct follow up training sessions with Sunday school ministers every six months. In a ...[more] |
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2/28/2011
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| It has been our privilege to become acquainted with a new group of people who are meeting on the Isle of Man which is a small island country in the Irish Sea. We thank God for these precious people who desire to follow truth and evangelize their nation. This work has now become a part of the United ...[more] |
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1/24/2011
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The Lord has been so very good to our family and the work of the Lord in Bangladesh and India and we are blessed! The Lord moved in a mighty way during the Bihar, India Crusade and the ...[more] |
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1/11/2011
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| A one-time donation of $10 will be billed to your mobile phone bill. Messaging and data rates may apply. All charges are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider. Service is available on most carriers. Donations are collected for the benefit of Compas ...[more] |
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12/27/2010
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Would you like to leave a legacy of giving for your family as well as future generations? An Endowment Fund allows you or your family to set up a fund to which you may make either a one time ...[more] |
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12/9/2010
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| The Foreign Missions Division is now accepting donations via text message. To donate $10 at any time towards the Foreign Missions offering, simply text "FMD" to 85944. Your donation will go towards reaching souls around the world through programs such as the Regional Missions Program and ...[more] |
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10/26/2010
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Click here to view photos from the 2010 General Conference.
Click here to view photos from the MK Pizza Bash. more]
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9/27/2010
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| Urgent prayer for the countries of Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and Mexico due to the approach of Hurricane Matthew. These countries have already been saturated by an abnormal amount of rainfall during the past couple of months. There is a high pressure system over Guatemala ri ...[more] |
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9/24/2010
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Anointing with Oil in Hard Times "THOU ANOINTEST MY HEAD WITH OIL" PSALM 23:5 In Bible times, shepherds anointed their sheep with oil for two purposes: (1) To repel insects. If insects are allowed to deposit their eggs in the soft membrane of the sheep's ...[more] |
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9/21/2010
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Greetings! God has been so good to us! Just had a weekend special meeting this past weekend with Brother and Sister Robinette. It was power packed and we had 26 receive the Holy Ghost and we have baptized 9 in Jesus' name! We have opened a new church in a city called Aa ...[more] |
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9/18/2010
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Greetings from Lusaka Zambia! General Conference 2010: Attendance in access of 5500. Those receiving the Holy Ghost: 58 Those baptized in Jesus Name: 45 We praise the Lord for such ...[more] |
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9/15/2010
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This is a brief update on the assessment trip Brother Malik and I made to the Southern Punjab and Northern Sindh provinces where the flood recently passed through. We covered 2,300 kilometers in two days and were in the car for one 22 hour ...[more] |
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6/21/2010
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We just finished the 2-day district ladies conference in Rosarios. Ninety-plus people received the Holy Ghost and there were several reports of healings that took place. It was an awesome time! Ken and Kay Burgess were the special speakers.
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6/17/2010
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There is REVIVAL in the midst of RECOVERY: 42 people were baptized in Jesus' name Sunday morning, June 13, in Haiti. God is awesome!
In His service,
Ron and Terry Brian
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6/11/2010
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Bro. Slaydon and CSI,
First of all I want to express our gratitude to Bro. Slaydon and CSI for making it possible to quickly respond to many of the needs of our ministerial body and church family in Guatemala following the disaster caused by a
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6/3/2010
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| Compassion Services International (www.compassionservices.com) continues to distribute care packages in Haiti to those in need. Dr Phillip, the physician that accompanied the CSI medical teams on their clinics while in Haiti, came to our Headquart ...[more] |
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6/1/2010
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Greetings from Guatemala!! Late Saturday night we sent out an urgent prayer request for the country of Guatemala. We are very grateful for the prayers of so many of our friends and supporters.
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5/31/2010
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We ask your prayers for the nation of Guatemala as it has been hit with a devastating tropical storm and volcanic eruptions. As Brad Thompson writes below they are in desperate need of blankets, food, water and medications right now. CSI has already allocated funds to assist them with purchas
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5/20/2010
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| As you know, one of the biggest problems we are faced with during our General Conference service is the length of time spent in raising PIMs for our missionaries being presented. We have diligently worked on a "New Idea" which will affect our service this year and hopefully for many years to c ...[more] |
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5/20/2010
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The Lord has opened a huge door for us in the country of Ukraine! I have been invited by the Dean of Ostroh Academy to teach Christianity to the students of that university. I have also been asked to teach Christianity and Christian Ethics to public school teachers throughout the nation.The
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4/16/2010
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Bible School classes are held every Tuesday night from 7 to 10 pm. We have a total of 161 students enrolled. It has four levels, which takes one full year to cover each level. Click here to see a photo ...[more] |
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4/13/2010
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| GHANA: Three Portable Bible School students were baptized in Jesus' name after a graduation service. A Trinitarian pastor was baptized in Jesus' name. This was an Internet contact from one of our pastors in the United States. Six were baptized in Jesus' name during Portable Bible Schools Internation ...[more] |
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4/13/2010
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| As of today we have been in Athens, Greece for one and a half months. The wonder of this country is that it is so ancient and so modern. Just going to the areas where the Apostle Paul walked is awesome. The Greek government has not restored any of the Biblical sites, such as Mares Hill, there are st ...[more] |
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4/9/2010
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| BARCELONA: After almost three terms in Mexico, we find ourselves starting our third term in the nation of Spain. As we look back over the past eleven years, it can be said that God has blessed us in a wonderful way. The UPC of Spain had three churches and about 70 constituents. Today, there are 37 U ...[more] |
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4/6/2010
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| SCOTLAND: The Northern District of the United Pentecostal Church of Great Britain and Ireland has as its theme for 2010, “Enlarge.” Based on Isaiah 54:2, our desire is to see every saint, every minister and every church enlarge in their walk with God and in their harvest of souls. To that end, our d ...[more] |
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3/18/2010
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Here are some new photos. The CSI crew just left this morning. They were such a blessing. There are multiple medical cases we treated this week. We treated 683 medical cases for the week. There have been 1643 people treated since CSI came to Haiti. We will finish passing out all buckets tom
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3/11/2010
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CSI Update: The team has had a wonderful time the last 3 days ministering to the people of Haiti. We held clinics at Kenscoff, Bizonton, and POP. The days were a mixture of medical clinics and humanitarian activity. We have worked hand i ...[more] |
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3/8/2010
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Update 4 March 09 Today was a great day. We test loaded the truck today. It will hold 80 five gallon buckets! We held an event today for the ladies of around the headquarters area at the request of Bro Laportte. He suggest we remember our neighbors since they know we moving supplies ...[more] |
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3/8/2010
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Today (Sunday, March 7) was the first day we were able to have service since the earthquake. From the opening song "Eres Mi Esperanza" (You Are My Hope, my castle, my God in whom I'll trust), the power of God moved in such a mighty way. These people who ...[more] |
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3/6/2010
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We are excited with the growth that the UPC of Mexico is experiencing. In preparation for our National Leadership Conference next week, we are putting together all the information regarding last year (2009). I just wanted to share some statistics that reflect the growth: I ...[more] |
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3/5/2010
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| Aftershocks and threats of tsunamis continue in Chile. Thursday evening an earthquake took place in Northern Chile which the scientists say is not related to the major earthquake experience last Saturday in South Central Chile. As people get desperate the curfew hours have lengthened mak ...[more] |
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3/4/2010
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| Missionary Dan Barkley made it from Santiago to Concepcion with a van full of food for the Shane Hayes family. Brother Barkley will make two more trips this week taking food and water to the Hayes family and church people in Concepcion. CSI has already sent $15,000.00 for purchasing food, water, bla ...[more] |
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3/1/2010
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| Per conversation with Bro. Barkley last night. By the time he was able to get gas and supplies it was too late to begin his trip south because of the imposed curfew. Entrance into Concepcion is closed between 9:00 PM and 8:00 AM. He was leaving early this morning after getting supp ...[more] |
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2/28/2010
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This morning I was able to have a conference call with South America Regional Director Darry Crossley and our missionaries in Chile, Daniel Barkley and Shane Hayes. The urgent need right now is for us to somehow get food and water to the Shane Hayes family and the saints in the Concepción are ...[more] |
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2/28/2010
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The CSI team left yesterday. The mission was successful from a medical stand point. As far as numbers go, we ministered at four locations, treated 610 people and passed out over 200 care packs sent by the Pentecostals of Utah. The crew went on two humanitarian side trips. The first&nbs
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2/27/2010
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This morning around 3:40 a.m. there was a massive 8.5 earthquake in Concepción, Chile. We are still struggling to contact our missionaries there and will update as soon as we make contact with them. Please pray for the Shane Hayes family and the Daniel Barkley family. According ...[more] |
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2/15/2010
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To say that the response from our UPCI churches to the Haiti disaster has been incredible would be an understatement. Already, just over $250,000.00 in cash contributions has been received along with enough medical and humanitarian supplies to fill three forty food shipping containers. Beyond ...[more] |
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2/9/2010
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As the disaster relief effort continues in Haiti, CSI is pleased to announce that we will be taking 5 person medical/humanitarian volunteer teams into Haiti on the dates listed below. These trips will be 8 days including travel to and from location. At the present we are flying into the Domin ...[more] |
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1/29/2010
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| We are so thankful for the overwhelming response we have received from all across North American and the world. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! So many have donated supplies and finance while many others are willing to go and lend a helping hand. The response has honestly overwhelmed us, but that i ...[more] |
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1/22/2010
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The families of New Life Christian School, New Life Preschool and New Life Center combined to put together 170 Care packages (the 1 gallon zip-lock type), and also pack
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1/21/2010
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COMPASSION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL S.M.A.R.T. TEAM TRIP ASSESSMENT |
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1/20/2010
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1/19/2010
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The following is an update provided by our CSI Team in Haiti:
Several of the Smart Team members have arrived back into Santo Domingo today in order to travel back to the US to aid in staging releif efforts for Haiti. Three members stayed in Port au Princ
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1/18/2010
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The following testimony of giving was reported by Brother Allan Shalm, Regional Director of the Asia region: Yesterday I received a call from our pastor in the headquarters church in Lahore, Pakistan, Brother Anil John, saying they had raised twenty thousand rupees ($235.0 ...[more] |
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1/15/2010
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The following update is from Scotty Slaydon, Director of Compassion Services International:
Last night I was able to speak with our SMART team as they were assembled at our compound in Sant
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1/14/2010
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| The United Pentecostal Church International of Haiti is comprised of 56,000 constituents, 764 ministers and 586 churches and preaching points. We have thousands of saints that live in and around the Port-au-Prince area where the earthquake did the most severe damage. Our Haitian brothers ...[more] |
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1/13/2010
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Yesterday, a massive 7.0 earthquake rocked Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Immediately, Compassion Services International (CSI) began trying to contact our leaders there. We have not yet been able to make contact with any of the leaders, ministers or saints in Haiti. However, we have organized a three ...[more] |
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1/10/2010
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| Central District Growth. 2009 has been a great year of growth for the Central District - which simply covers Mexico City. During 2009 we had 2472 baptized in the Name of Jesus, and 2377 that received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. To God be ...[more] |
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1/8/2010
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We completed our annual crusade with Brother Brian Norman of Missouri. We had over 1,200 receive the Holy Ghost. To God be the Glory!!! Thank God for the peace we are experiencing. However, we are worried and praying for our neighbor, Guinea. If anything happen ...[more] |
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1/7/2010
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| Sunday, the 3rd of January - the first Sunday of the year 2010 - we had the first services in the new location that we have moved to for the local Church that the Lord is allowing me to Pastor, here in Mexico City. I am so pleased and thankful to the Lord. The attendance was very good and we b ...[more] |
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12/28/2009
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On December 11-12, 2009, there was an incredible outreach by a small local UPC of Thailand church. This small local church with help from many ministers and lay members from churches throughout Thailand distributed tracts and invitations to Buddhist families in vill
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12/7/2009
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The church in La Reunion has wanted to start a second church for some time. The biggest problem with that was the economy due to high rents and property purchase prices. I told the brethren, we are just going to have to pray and ask God to open the door. There is no ot ...[more] |
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12/5/2009
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In 2003 we came to San Andres to establish a self-supporting church and train leaders. In the past 6 years, we have done that. God has blessed us greatly with a harvest of many souls here. It is now come time for us to turn it over to a national and follow the will of God for our lives. The F ...[more] |
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12/3/2009
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| People came from every corner of the country expecting a wonderful move of God in the city of Puebla, Puebla and they were not disappointed! The youth celebrated their very first youth convention and the children had activities throughout the day in the children's museum next door. All others were b ...[more] |
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12/1/2009
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| The Hungarian Pastor’s retreat was a time of refreshing and renewal for the sixty pastors and leaders who attended. The pastors and their families returned home to evangelize their cities with fresh vision and faith to see a move of God. The Lord blessed them with peace and a sense of unity that str ...[more] |
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12/1/2009
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I want to give honor where honor is due. I recently heard missionary Ken Burgess preach at a conference at Brother Timothy Pickard's church in Toronto. His text was I Corinthians 16:9, "For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries." His thou ...[more] |
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11/29/2009
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| We thank God for helping us to expand the “Jerusalem” Conference center, on the Amazon river near Manaus, to double covered area with side additions. Brazil is exploding in missions, sending missionaries and ABI teachers to other states and other countries under their own flag. A Bible s ...[more] |
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11/27/2009
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| We have seen God do some great things in the past few months. There have been thirty baptized in the wonderful name of Jesus and twenty-four filled with the Holy Ghost. Two new cell groups have started and the outreach of the church for lost souls in their neighborhoods has been so heart warming to ...[more] |
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11/25/2009
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| General Conference 2009 held in Kakamega was our largest yet, with over 800 in attendance. Even though it rained heavily each afternoon on the tin roof for over an hour, it did not dampen the spirit and enthusiasm of the crowd. God met with us in each service. Twenty-seven received the Holy Ghost du ...[more] |
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11/23/2009
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Praise Reports from Namibia: Ongwediva (Northern Region): Despite stringent government regulations about property for churches, Pastor Shipiki has been allowed to purchase property for home and church. more] |
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10/26/2009
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Pastors’ wives of the Lusaka Region had a ‘welcome back’ meeting/lunch for Sis Abernathy – what a pleasant surprise! They even had a decorated cake that was made by the regional ladies director, Sis Peggy Ndhlovu. Thank you to Sis Ndhlovu, Sis Kapoma, regional ladies secretary, an ...[more] |
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10/26/2009
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This past August wasn’t just another yearly Conference for the UK & Ireland, but this year it was special. We celebrated our 40th year of the UPC being in Great Britain & Ireland…..and what a celebration it was!
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10/23/2009
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| The story of missionary work involves both ministry overseas and ministry within the United States and Canada. During the past few months we have been traveling and ministering within the churches of the United Pentecostal Church. The time we spend sharing the victory stories that build faith in the ...[more] |
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10/23/2009
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Equatorial Guinea - Area Coordinator, Jim Poitras & Regional Missionary, Peter Mua A baptismal pool was constructed and six were baptized in Jesus' name. 10/22/2009
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| A total life-changing experience has happened for the group of Next Steppers from North America. During the past two months they have been involved in intensive missionary training classes, Okinawa Bible school graduation, world missions conference, ordination service, city-wide Holy Ghost crusade p ...[more] |
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10/21/2009
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| On December 25, 2008, nine year old Edimar Duarte was with his family celebrating the holidays. Suddenly, he passed out. His panicked father began the journey out of the mountains to get medical attention for the boy. When they arrived in Panama City, Edimar was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Juan ...[more] |
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10/20/2009
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| Samuel Bashiru has been a member of Mount Zion Assembly for two years. Recently, he asked his pastor to come to the house and talk to his wife as she had a serious problem with drinking. One Sunday as I was making my way to their church, the husband called to inform his pastor that he would not be a ...[more] |
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10/20/2009
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St. Louis, Missouri We often use the phrase, "It was a God thing!" Truly this General Conference Foreign Missions service was a God thing! We stood in wonder, after trying to complete 10 missionaries' budgets in order to send them back t ...[more] |
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10/19/2009
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| Recently, we received great news that our one and only pastor in the country of Niger held special services in April. Eight precious souls were baptized in the name of Jesus and received the infilling of the Holy Ghost. This is a true miracle when you understand that this country is 99 percent Islam ...[more] |
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10/17/2009
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| Wheels are rolling on our building project in Samoa. The building site was staked out and footings have been dug. The floor will be poured soon. "Thank you" to each one that helped so sacrificially in the acquiring of this land. Very soon a place of worship will be sitting on this beautiful property ...[more] |
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10/16/2009
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Nine missionary families and 220 attended from 14 countries. Fourteen receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. What a wonderful move of the Holy Ghost took place as Brother and Sister Cliff Readout ministered in the Eastern European Conference ...[more] |
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10/15/2009
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Europe and the Middle East revival reports from the first six months of 2009: IRAQ: 18 baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost! PORTUGAL: 29 baptized and 21 received Holy Ghost already this year! HOLY LAND: 6 received Holy Ghost since January! more] |
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9/8/2009
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Greetings from Barcelona, This past month has been a month of harvest in Barcelona. During this past month we had nine that received the baptism of the Holy Ghost and fourteen that were baptized in the name of Jesus. Among these was Baptist preacher who has ...[more] |
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8/28/2009
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After 14 months of intense and gruelling work, we are thrilled to report that Harvest Bible College has received full accreditation with the British Accreditation Council and is recognised as an educational institution by the government of Great Britain.
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8/28/2009
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Northern District Conference – Espiritu Santo Island
The choir from a neighboring Presbyterian church offered to come sing one night. While they were singing the Spirit fell and seven (7) were filled with the Holy Ghost. Of the 19 persons baptized 18 were Pre
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7/30/2009
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| We are VERY excited and thankful to the Lord for the National Convention which we just had, this past weekend, in Puebla. From a poll taken of all the National Council members, we are giving as our official attendance, nearly 12,000 people. It was a great outpouring of the presence of Go ...[more] |
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7/10/2009
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Louisiana greetings! I just wanted to give you an update on the Louisiana Camp Meeting, World Mission's Service. There was a great spirit on the old campground as we gave Foreign Missions the spot light. We were honored to have two missionaries present with us, Brother Patrick Miller ...[more] |
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7/9/2009
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| Thursday night at Louisiana camp meeting God moved mightily in the missions service and I left with 35 new PIM's in my hand. I passed out 61 total so hopefully I will get a few more as they send them in. According to my estimate, this should take about 4 months off deputation and help make up ...[more] |
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7/9/2009
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| During the month of June, we held 3 Oneness Seminars. The first was held in Abia State. One of the pastors has 5 men that are ready to take license with us, so he asked us to come down and do a Oneness Seminar. Fifty-three ministers attended, about one third of which have already been baptized ...[more] |
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7/8/2009
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| Below is a report from Brother Clarence Edwards, who serves as a regional missionary in Suriname. Originally from Guyana, Brother Edwards moved to Suriname in 1996 and is the founding pastor of the oldest congregation of the United Pentecostal Church of Surina ...[more] |
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7/7/2009
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We just returned from Wisconsin family camp. What an outpouring of support and love we received! They raised a total of $415 in PIMs for us and $18,350 for our building project! We thank God for four more baptized in Jesus' name by our national minister Vadim on Monday, June 29.more] |
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6/25/2009
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| On April 14, five young men graduated from New Life along with several people who received their Associates Degrees through Correspondence, including a young man working in Kuwait, another in the United Arab Emirates and a Pakistani man who recently emigrated to Canada. We are excited to be part of ...[more] |
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6/23/2009
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| A few weeks ago in a village town in Kanye, Botswana, after Brother Grosbach delivered the Word, we watched an elderly man of 85 years, whose body was bent with age and his skin withered by years, come to an altar and speak in tongues for his very first time. Though he could not stand erect, he stoo ...[more] |
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6/22/2009
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| Easter was a time to minister to children at Turning Point Community Church. In an effort to reach out to our community we planned an Easter Weekend Celebration. One important aspect of that weekend was our “Family Fun Day.” Ten thousand flyers were distributed to the community and we turned the par ...[more] |
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6/18/2009
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Greetings from Belgium! We report two more people were baptized in Jesus' name in our church in Turnhout (Beerse). They are growing and new souls are being added to the church. Our churches are reaching out to new people and the Lord is blessing. I preached the 24th ann ...[more] |
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6/17/2009
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We are heading out of the Indiana District and I wanted to drop a line with a few highlights. First, the churches that we were in were excited to have a missionary and treated us with the love of a family. Almost every church picked us up with a PIM. In fact ...[more] |
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6/16/2009
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| In Livingston, Texas with Pastor Jeff Sherry we rejoiced as three were filled with the Holy Ghost and two received healings! One who received the Holy Ghost went the next morning to tell her father what had happened to her. She began to pray with h ...[more] |
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6/14/2009
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Cyprus News The Starin family has ministered in Cyprus three different times. When we were able to return to Lebanon, we had to leave this beautiful island each time with no one to follow up with those that we had been ministering to. We prayed earnest ...[more] |
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6/13/2009
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The following is a report on our activities for the month of May 2009. On Sunday, May 3, we were invited to minister at the Free Area UPC in Nakuru, we had a great service with Pastor Bernard and his congregation. Four people were filled with Holy ...[more] |
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6/12/2009
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| I met an evangelist at the camp grounds in Illinois. As I was talking to him, I felt he had a financial need. The next day I felt the Lord urging me to give him $500... and I felt good about it. The next day was Sunday, and in the morning service the pastor gave me an offering of $ ...[more] |
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6/11/2009
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Seventeen received Holy Ghost this weekend in Trinidad. During the "Freedom Crusade" 32 received Holy Ghost. In a period of about 6 weeks in special services and regular services well over 50 have received the Holy Ghost in Trinidad! To God be all the glory. ...[more] |
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6/8/2009
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| Thank you so very much for all of your prayers on behalf of Next Steps '09. All nine of the participants arrived safely and the missionary team here in Okinawa have worked hard to arrange their transportation, accomodations and assistance in settling them in. They are great hosts and hav ...[more] |
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6/6/2009
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Greetings to everyone who are called by His name. Briefly reporting for the months of January -March 2009. - We were blessed to have our missionary Bro. Rhoads visiting with us on the first day of the new year. On that day we baptized four persons in Jesus ...[more] |
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6/5/2009
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Greetings from Barcelona, We're excited with what God is doing here in Spain. This past month Tanya has concentrated a lot of time and energy to the Sunday School Department of Spain. She was involved in teaching two seminars to the Sunday School teachers of Spain. There were tw ...[more] |
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6/4/2009
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SERBIA Our missionary burden and appointment to an International Teaching Ministry has taken us to three different countries in recent months. Brother Lassetter joined Missionary George Craft in Europe for a time of teaching sessions in leadership trai ...[more] |
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6/3/2009
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| Greeting to you from Portugal. We just finished our General Conference for 2009 and it was wonderful to work the altar with folks seeking the Lord. There were five that received the Holy Ghost during the conference as well as young Brother Mathew, the host Pastor's son. He had himself a time and he ...[more] |
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6/2/2009
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| The steps of a good man are ordered of the Lord. Brother Gøran Andreassen is one such man who labors with us in Oslo, Norway. When Brother Gøran was a teenager, the group his family belonged to began to receive the revelation of Oneness and Jesus name baptism. Even though the group ...[more] |
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6/1/2009
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Four Filled with the Holy Ghost! At the end of September we were blessed to have Bro. & Sis. Mark Shutes, missionaries to the Baltic Republics and Belarus, with us for our Holy Ghost seminar. Bro. Shutes was our guest preacher and was anointed of Go ...[more] |
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5/31/2009
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| SAMOA - February 1, 2009 was a very special day in Apia, Samoa. We had our "first" Bible school graduation. We currently have eight students that have completed a two-year course in Theological Studies. We congratulate each one of ...[more] |
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5/29/2009
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Teaching and Training We have begun an exciting new year in the Bible school. 75 students are enrolled! With this year's theme of "Excellence" in mind, 3 of our extension Bible schools came together for a teachers' training seminar. God bles ...[more] |
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5/28/2009
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| Please continue to pray for the country of Belize. During the month of April 2009, we were privileged to have Brother Fred Childs from Granite City, Illinois to preach our very first District Convention in the Belize District. The convention was very well attended. Two people were ...[more] |
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5/27/2009
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A MIRACLE As reported by the mother of the child in Reunion. Isaiah 53:5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we ...[more] |
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5/26/2009
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| Since we last wrote to you and reported on our General Conference, we have had the most glorious crusade with Brother Doug Klinedienst, and the fantastic team he put together, Brother Terry Smith, Pastor of First Pentecostal Church, Kinder, Louisiana, Brother Dryon Adams, Huntington, TX, Stacey MaGh ...[more] |
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5/24/2009
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| Our annual National Convention for Spain was held this past December. We were privileged to Foreign Missions Director Brother Bruce Howell as one of our speakers. Each speaker was a blessing. The convention was a great success with an attendance of 1,730. During these two day ...[more] |
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5/24/2009
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East Africa Travels: February 25 to March 1: Bro. Crumpacker was in the small East Africa nation of Burundi with Pastor Kevin Borders of Norman, OK. The main purpose for the trip was a seminar, but they also ministered in 6 other services in various churches. The seminar ...[more] |
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5/23/2009
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During a weekend of services we had 30 visitors. Many new seekers came forward to pray. A young boy who lost his mother to a stray gang bullet and whose father is a drug addict was comforted with the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Chris and Michelle Weber Missionaries to Brazil more] |
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5/22/2009
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Greetings in Jesus Name! What a wonderful month we had. It is so exciting to see what the Lord is doing here. Recently we baptized a young Air Force man we met after a Friday night prayer meeting. After his baptism he wept and related he used to feel so alon ...[more] |
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5/21/2009
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| AIMer John Wolfram recently returned from Vietnam with exciting reports of revival. Fourteen were baptized. Brother Votaw also shared a powerful report of a communist military officer receiving the Holy Ghost, and six home church pastors being re-baptized in Jesus ...[more] |
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5/20/2009
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Dear friends and partners in the harvest: This past month has been a great month for the church. Usually during the Carnival period the attendance in church seems to decrease but this year there has been a spiritual hunger and we have seen many new ones in the altar. The church ha ...[more] |
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5/20/2009
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Missionaries to Belarus and the Baltic Republics Country of Belarus:
Field Coordinator: Pasha Rogatch reports:
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5/8/2009
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A recent report from Phil Tolstad, Missionary to Uganda, Africa:
We are planning a trip to Kasese to meet with over thirty pastors. We have been having great growth in our church in Kasese. Then we are going to Kisoro, it is down in the mountains by the DR
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4/8/2009
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Praise the Lord for the body of Christ! It is so great to be part of this great body of believers. This past week I was privileged to be a guest at the Wisconsin district conference to present a missionary for PIMs. In a short time the people of this great di ...[more] |
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4/2/2009
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After a service in North Carolina, the pastor took up an offering for our project funds. $5000.00 came in. He is faithful. I can not convey the emotions that overcame me when the 10 year old pastor's daughter said, "Dad, I am giving all that I have saved. I think I h ...[more] |
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3/30/2009
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Doug Davis and Tim Pedigo, Bruce Howell and Harry Scism, Levi Wright and most recently Eli Hernandez visited Varanasi and ministered. Eli Hernandez came for an introduction to India in preparation for the Kanpur crusade, which wi ...[more] |
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3/30/2009
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Greeting in Jesus Name! Praise be to the name of the Lord most high. On the first day of the crusade in Kanpur, India, attendance was 700 to 800, the second day attendance was at least 1,800, the final day approximately 2,00 ...[more] |
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3/29/2009
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India, Andhra Pradesh state, Visakhnapatnam city: The report below is from Sathish, our man in that city, where the Apostolic Youth Corps will be visiting in 2010: "By the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ I could baptize four people ...[more] |
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3/9/2009
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Christian greetings from France. |
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3/3/2009
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Missionaries to Belarus and the Baltic Republics Country of Belarus:
Field Coordinator: Pasha Rogatch reports:
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2/3/2009
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We have entered into another year with urgency and swiftness. The years seem to roll by with rapid succession, drawing near to the end of time. We have seen great success this past year with the sending of 12 missionaries from General Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, ...[more] |
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1/22/2009
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Greetings from Barcelona,
We are still excited about what God did in our national convention last month in Madrid. In this month our church has committed to 30 days of prayer and fasting and we are already seeing the results of these efforts. We´ve had two
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1/14/2009
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I wanted to share something that happened yesterday on my flight from San Andres to Chile. The first leg of the flight was to Panama and I was seated next to an elderly lady in her 70's. I noticed she was shaking, scared of the turbulence. As I remove ...[more] |
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1/1/2009
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I ended the year 2008 in India and arrived back in the US Jan 2, 2009. One of the students in India shared his testimony with me and I was very impressed and would like to convey it to you. He is a third year student Satyanandam Perumalla from the small village of Andhra Pra
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12/15/2008
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12/4/2008
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What wonderful things God had in store for the Crusade in the city of Cotonou in Benin, held November 21st-23rd, 2008! The special speaker was Missionary Randy Adams and services were held for 3 nights in the parking lot of Cotonou’s main football stadium. The churches of Beni ...[more] |
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11/25/2008
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August was a month of harvesting in Guyana, South America! In this beautiful, Caribbean cultured country in the north-east corner of South America, we had a Holy Ghost explosion unlike any seen here in many years! In the months preceding our National Crusade the churches of
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11/25/2008
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We concluded our annual crusade on Friday night. We ran it from Tuesday through Friday. It was well attended. Brother Brandon Wilmoth of Redlands, CA ministered in this crusade. He is the son of Brother B.J. Wilmoth who headed a team of 17 from his chur ...[more] |
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11/25/2008
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11/25/2008
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We had a meeting in western Kenya where we organized the upcoming crusade. This meeting went well and on Sunday 13 were filled with the Holy Ghost. |
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11/25/2008
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The highlights for October 2008 were:
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11/25/2008
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Exciting things are happening in Lithuania.
On Saturday the 12th , I was invited to a city wide crusade, hosted by the Trinitarian Pentecostal Union president Rimas. My family and Donatas attended. It
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11/25/2008
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What can God do through a few good Bible school students? The answer is simple. A lot!
Here’s a sampling of a few events in recent weeks:
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11/24/2008
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We had a new POM record attendance this Sunday with 180, we even broke the conference attendance on Sunday! We also baptized 22 people in Jesus! We used our new baptism robes & jumpers for the guys. We Love & Appreciate you all! David & Alice Klin ...[more] |
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11/22/2008
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Greetings! We have rejoiced with all the great reports from General Conference! Praise the Lord for His mighty works! Here in the Madagascar we continue to make progress on several projects. The dirt removal project on our camp ...[more] |
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11/22/2008
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Greetings in Jesus name! |
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11/22/2008
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Greetings to you from Asia.
This month we concluded our medical check and visa renewal business and returned to Asia and went into Myanmar according to our planned schedule.
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11/5/2008
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October was a busy month with a lot of travel out of town and in Kenya.
We had a meeting in western Kenya where we organized the upcoming crusade. This meeting went well and on Sunday, 13 were fi
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10/31/2008
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Dear Brother Howell, Sincere greetings from the land of smiles! The work is going absolutely great with the blessings of God. We are very busy with the construction work of our Family Camp/Training Center located in a beautif ...[more] |
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10/28/2008
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Another General Conference has come and gone, and the Lord smiled kindly upon us. We at Foreign Missions Division wishes to say a special thank you to all of those who gave before, during and after the Greensboro, NC General Conference 2008. We are pleased to report that the
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9/10/2008
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The UPCI lost a giant in the passing of Missionary James Burton this last week. He was a man who went to Venezuela in the early 60s where there were three small churches who met him when he got off the boat; a man who with his wife traveled with their five children and had ano ...[more] |
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9/8/2008
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Simoneaux Thank YouWe would like to say thank you for the prayers, care, and concern. We have walked through one of most terrifying valleys of our lives but because you all were holding us up in prayers we are happy to say that we are
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9/4/2008
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The Lord is still doing the miraculous!
Mateare - in one of their cell group meetings, they layed hands on a deaf-mute in Jesus´ name and she began to speak even as t
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9/4/2008
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MK Ministries had the privilege of hosting our MK Retreat at Lake Williamson in Carlinville, Illinois. This event is held every other year and is utilized to minister to missionary kids around the world and in the United States. The goal is to strengthen, bless a
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7/1/2008
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REPORT TO THE GENERAL DIRECTOR; June 27, 2008
Dear Brother Howell,
Greetings in the precious name of our Lord Jesus from Holly Springs, MS.!
I arrived in Mississippi from the
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7/1/2008
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Greetings to everyone. Thanks for praying and giving us your support.
Thanks for Motorcycle On behalf of our church, All Nations Tabernacle UPC of Suriname here in Nieuw Nickerie, we say "Thanks!" to all the youth of the Tex ...[more] |
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6/17/2008
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After many years of working with the French speaking people of Belgium, the Lord gave us a wonderful Flemish family of five people. The parents and 3 young men. The older brother by the name of Bart Van Gorp came to the USA, received the Holy Ghost, and was baptized in Jesus Name. He came b
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6/11/2008
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We are rejoicing with what God has done in Novi Sad, Serbia the past three days of Evangelism Conference!! The anointed ministry of Brother Rich Glass appropriately focused on the baptism of the Holy Ghost. The passion and fine example of the young people that accomp
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5/28/2008
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Two years ago we asked the District Superintendents for access to come to their District Conferences and try to raise funds for missionaries who are needing help in ending their deputation and return to their fields of labor. They graciously opened their doors and this year the results were i ...[more] |
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5/6/2008
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Brethren, greetings from Barcelona, Spain. We have just finished a three day weekend (altar working seminar) with Missionary Charles Robinette from Austria. What a great time we had... the Lord filled 44 with the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and I baptized five Sunday with several more ...[more] |
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5/6/2008
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The Pentecostals of Maseru Church is doing well. This month we had special visitors Evangelist, Bro. Tim Green & his brother-in law, Pastor Fannin, from the USA.
We had our monthly seminar for April, with a Spirit of revival. It was wonderful to have
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5/6/2008
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We first want to express our deepest gratitude to the Foreign Missions Dept, to Pastor Anthony Mangun and The Pentecostals of Alexandria, and also to Pastor Gerald Nilsen's church in North Dakota for making possible and being part of Project STHLM 08.
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