World Report

April 24, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

Bill McKibben, Director of Asia Work, and Bob Bishop, pastor of our church in Richmond, California, are in South Korea visiting our churches there. They arrived Tuesday evening and were greeted by Kim Jeong Min, the Seoul pastor, and enjoyed dinner with his family.

The next day, they joined some of the Seoul saints for lunch before leaving for a church service in Daejeon (pictured above) where Young Doo Ra is the ...

April 24, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

The final week of the Zambia camp meeting began with a ministers’ meeting on Monday morning. It was well attended by ministers from several African countries. Dwight Baltzell said a wonderful united spirit was felt among the ministers with a purpose to move forward for the Lord. It concluded with a group photo (see above).

In the evening, the annual concert was held. The first portion represented the events of Easter...

April 20, 2017

The tenth annual camp meeting in Kaikavolu, India, was held February 20-22. Some of the church members fasted on Tuesdays and Fridays during the months of January and February, and prayed that many would be saved, sanctified, and filled with the Holy Ghost during the camp meeting.

On the day before the camp meeting began, a public address system was attached to an auto rickshaw to announce the services and invite the villagers to attend....

April 19, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

Clark and Sumin Wolfe are in India, where they have been invited by correspondents to attend several church services in an area where there are no Apostolic Faith churches.

They arrived in Aurangabad on Saturday morning and were greeted at the airport by Surya Gasbyhiv of Maharashtra who would travel with them and interpret. After checking into a hotel, they traveled about two hours to where a church service had already begun....

April 17, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

Easter Sunday was a great day of services in Roddickton. The morning meeting had choir and vocal selections, as well as congregational singing with accordion accompaniment. The testimonies included reports of healing and also requests for family members to be saved.

We commemorated Resurrection Sunday by observing the ordinances of the Lord’s Supper and the Washing of the Disciples’ Feet, but first there was a short Resurrection message. Following that and...

April 17, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

The Zambia camp meeting began on Sunday, April 9, with over twelve hundred in attendance including representatives from our churches in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

Dwight Baltzell, Director of Africa Work, joined the camp meeting in progress when he arrived in Lusaka this past Saturday. He said he was welcomed at the airport by familiar smiling faces including Timothy Kaibula, the Eastern Africa District Superintendent, who had great...

April 17, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

The Scandinavia Camp Meeting, which coincides annually with the Easter season, began on Wednesday, April 12, with the theme of “Am I a Good Neighbor?” As in previous years, the event was held at the Ognatun campground in Norway. Saints traveled from near and far to attend, coming from Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Among the visitors were Tom Pricskett of Portland, Oregon, who was the...

April 15, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

Debbie and I have joined the saints in Newfoundland, Canada, for their Easter week special services, which began on Thursday with a concert in Roddickton and will continue through Sunday.

When we arrived at Deer Lake there was several feet of snow on the ground, and it has continued to snow since. We were met by Christ Hewlett, the District Superintendent of...

April 12, 2017

From the Superintendent's DESK

Special meetings were held March 26-29 in the British Virgin Islands to celebrate the twenty-third anniversary of our church in Road Town, Tortola, where Shanon Lawrence is the pastor.

Brethren from neighboring churches attended in support including ministers Sylvina Thomas of our church in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, and Pearl Smith, pastor of our church in East End, Tortola.

The meetings, which carried the theme of “Growing in Grace,” opened on...

April 11, 2017

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