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This year’s South Korea camp meeting, which ran Thursday, August 2 through Sunday, August 5, marked fifty years since the start of the Apostolic Faith work in South Korea. Bill McKibben, Director of Asia Work, and his wife, Lori, were there to join the celebration as well as Rich Barrett (whose parents founded the South Korea work) and his wife Karen, of Portland, Oregon. Brother Bill sent this report of the...
Activities for the Southern Oregon and California Youth Camp scheduled for Monday, July 30, through Friday, August 3, began the Sunday evening before with a combined youth rally and pizza party in Medford, Oregon. With the exception of six from Los Angeles, California, everyone who had registered for the camp attended. The excitement among the staff and campers was palpable, and the Spirit of God was present as Pete Sferle, pastor from Sacramento, ...
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The annual Peru camp meeting held in Cajamarca began on Sunday, July 29, with the theme of “Speak, Lord; For Thy Servant Heareth.” A team attending from the United States includes Sam Ajayi, Director of South America Work, and his wife, Shade; Josephine McElveen, pastor of the Washington D.C. church, and her son, Corey; and Elvido Ortiz, a minister from the Bronx, New York, church. Brother Corey sent this report of...
Hoping for greater blessings and graces from the Lord, the Apostolic Faith churches in the Philippines held their 19th youth camp from May 21-25, 2018. The theme this year was “A Challenge to the Youth: Be a Man and a Woman of Integrity for God’s Glory,” and the event was held at the CJ Waterpark Resort in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. There were 127 young people in attendance from different branch churches, which was...
The Apostolic Faith camp meeting held July 22-29 in Century, Florida, commemorated the sixtieth camp meeting of the United States Southern and Eastern District. Attendees from branch churches throughout these districts came for this diamond camp meeting, and the enthusiasm was evident from the very first service.
The opening Sunday morning service began with the choir singing “I Lift My Hands in Total Praise to You.” Lisa Pressley sang “O, I Want to See...
The theme for the United Kingdom’s 2018 camp meeting was “Be Ready,” with the key verse taken from Luke 12:40. The camp meeting was comprised of delegates from ten countries including Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Niger, Nigeria, and Ireland. It was held at our usual location, Cefn Lea Christian Centre, Mid-Wales. Most of the delegates arrived on Saturday, July 21, the day before it started.
We were blessed by a full schedule of services...
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John Musgrave and Bayo Adeniran arrived in Accra, Ghana, mid-morning Saturday accompanied by two from the West and Central Africa (WECA) headquarters: James Olaleye, Director of Welfare Services, and Titus Itanola, Deputy Director of Missons. They were greeted at the airport by John Bekoe, the Ghana District Superintendent, and Jane Akazue who is the widow of Brother Bayo’s predecessor, and now assists with the Ghana work.
They went directly to the...
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Debbie and I traveled to New York on Wednesday in anticipation of the Sunday, June 10, dedication of our church in Oceanside, which is a few miles from Hempstead. Having outgrown that location in recent years, the Lord provided the congregation with the opportunity to acquire this church last year.
The dedication was preceded by a weekend of special meetings, including evangelistic services on Thursday and Friday, and a concert on...