World Report

January 21, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

Debbie and I are in the Philippines anticipating the Sunday dedication of the new headquarters church in Bagong Sikat. We arrived on Tuesday, January 17, and were joined the next day by Bill Mckibben, Director of Asia Work, and his wife, Lori, as well as Jim and Cheri White of Grants Pass, Oregon.

The four-hour drive north from the airport in Manilla began with heavy traffic, but as we neared Bagong Sikat and our church...

January 15, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

Harlan Lee of Roseburg, Oregon, is in Romania for a two-week stay, during which time he plans to visit several of our churches as well as make home visits. He arrived in Buchurest on Tuesday and was met by Gheorghei Macovei and Ted Bora, the Eastern and Western District Superintendents of Romania, who will accompany him during the trip. Brother Ted will also...

January 8, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

The saints in India send New Year’s greetings. This past week, they concluded their special meetings and began holding Vacation Bible School (VBS) with several locations taking a turn at hosting. 

Clark Wolfe and Charles and Antonia Schleicher are still in India and were able to visit fourteen of our churches during the special meetings as well as two for VBS. They wrote that...

January 3, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

Clark Wolfe of Portland, Oregon, and Charles and Antonia Schleicher of Madison, Wisconsin, are in India and attended the December 31 watchnight service at the headquarters church in Kaikavolu. They said the service was well attended with every chair filled and another fifty or so sitting on the floor.

The service began at 7:00 p.m. and included music and testimonies as well as...

December 24, 2016

From the Superintendent's DESK

For most of us, the Christmas season is a time of anticipation. As youngsters, my six siblings and I could hardly wait for Christmas to arrive. Those last days and hours leading up to it went by much too slowly! Our children felt that way, and now our grandchildren go through the same painstaking exercise in patience each year. When the day finally comes and the long-anticipated gifts are presented, they...

December 14, 2016

Special meetings began at the Apostolic Faith Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the cool, breezy evening of Friday, October 7. It has been a tradition to rotate the fall special meetings between the Upper Midwest churches in Chicago, Illinois; Madison and Richland Center, Wisconsin; Bloomington, Indiana; and Minneapolis. This year Minneapolis was the host, and many came from the other branch churches to support the meetings. Mike Friesen, from Portland, Oregon, was...

December 7, 2016

Special meetings were held at the Apostolic Faith Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10-16. The week began with two-hour prayer meetings on Monday through Wednesday evenings, asking for God to bless the meetings.

On Thursday evening, Funso Ojo, from Hempstead, New York, used the theme verse for his text, “Blessed is he that watcheth” (Revelation 16:15). He exhorted the congregation to be spiritually alert, and to build the Body of Christ by encouraging others...

November 17, 2016

by Daniel and Daniela Mocan

Special meetings were held at the Apostolic Faith Church in Sacramento, California, from September 30 through October 2. After much anticipation and many prayers, the Sacramento congregation was thrilled when visitors arrived from the churches in Richmond, Woodlake, Tehachapi, and Los Angeles, California; and Medford and Portland, Oregon. On Friday evening, the music specials, congregational singing, and testimonies set the tone for God to bless. Erik Calhoun,...

November 17, 2016

From the Superintendent's DESK

The Minna church dedication took place on Wednesday morning. The photo below is from that event. 

In Abuja, a ministers’ and workers’ meeting was held at the headquarters church on Thursday. Bayo Adeniran, James Olaleye, and I arrived an hour early and had time to tour the building. Since my previous visit in 2012 for the dedication, several final improvements had been made, including very nice landscaping.

After the tour, we went back...

November 15, 2016

From the Superintendent's DESK

The focus on Monday was the dedication of our church in Sagamu, which is a two-hour drive north of the Anthony Village campground. Once again, I traveled with Bayo Adeniran and James Olaleye. Upon our arrival, a large crowd greeted us, and then two children stepped forward to present a bouquet of roses and issue a formal welcome.

Before the dedication, there was time to meet with the workers in the basement...