EARNESTLY CONTEND FOR THE FAITH WHICH WAS ONCE DELIVERED UNTO THE SAINTS
EARNESTLY CONTEND FOR THE FAITH WHICH WAS ONCE DELIVERED UNTO THE SAINTS
A youth revival was held at the Apostolic Faith Church in Washington, D.C., from October 21-28. There were many visitors from the East Coast branch churches, including one young man from Pennsylvania, who came for the whole week to seek the Lord. The theme of the revival was “A Clean Heart, O God,” taken from Psalm 51:10. On the first Sunday, the focus of Ayodele Mobolurin’s sermon was being “Pure in Heart.” He brought...
Special meetings were held at the Apostolic Faith Church in Richland Center, Wisconsin, on October 19-21. The guest speaker was John Jordan, the pastor in Grants Pass, Oregon, who attended with his wife, Paula. Many visitors came from the branch churches in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Madison, Wisconsin; Worth, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; Van Buren, Arkansas; and Portland, Oregon.
The Friday evening service began with an instrumental duet by Kent Thompson on the baritone and Brother...
Special meetings were held at the Apostolic Faith Church in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the weekend of September 28-30. On Friday evening, an organ prelude was followed by the choir enthusiastically singing “Come, Holy Spirit.” A grandmother testified how God has been with her and her family through tough times, and another lady told how God is comforting her after a recent miscarriage. Duane Ross, from Kingstree, South Carolina, shared how God ...
From the Superintendent's DESK
Clark Wolfe and Hunter Cripps of our Portland congregation are visiting India for two weeks, and hope to attend several services among our churches in Maharashtra State while there.
They arrived in Aurangabad on Wednesday, October 31, and the next evening accompanied Surya Gajbhiv, the Maharashtra District Superintendent, to a service. There were about twenty in attendance, which is lower than usual. The pastor said many were away working in neighboring...
From the Superintendent's DESK
This past Sunday, I attended services at the Anthony Village tabernacle in Lagos, Nigeria, where there were about four thousand in attendance.
The day began with workers meeting in the prayer room to pray for the service and requests. Following this, everyone gathered in the sanctuary for the Sunday school general assembly. The adult choir and orchestra opened with several selections, and then the children came marching in while singing “Old...
From the Superintendent's DESK
After the South Africa camp meeting, I traveled to Nigeria and arrived in Lagos on Tuesday evening, October 30. I was greeted by a handful from our churches here who work in airport security, and so was able to navigate the airport quicker than usual.
The next morning, I met with Bayo Adeniran, the West and Central Africa (WECA) District Superintendent, and then with the Nigeria board members before going to...
From the Superintendent's DESK
I arrived in Johannesburg on Thursday, October 25, for the final weekend of the South Africa camp meeting, and was received by a large delegate of southern Africa board members representing our work in several countries. After greetings and a short visit, we dispersed to prepare for the next day.
Three services were held on Friday: a morning teaching on sanctification, an afternoon youth service, and an evening evangelistic meeting focused on divine ...
From the Superintendent's DESK
Following the Australia camp meeting in Sydney, Sam and Shade Ajayi traveled to Melbourne for a weekend of special meetings there. Those meetings are now concluded, and Brother Sam has sent this report of the services.
As the Melbourne revival meetings drew near, we were all full of expectation that the Lord would bless there as He had in Sydney. In anticipation, some brethren from Sydney who thought they...
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John Musgrave, Director of Romania Work, and Joel Andersen of Portland, Oregon, are in Romania for a countrywide visit of our churches there. They arrived in Bucharest on Thursday, October 11, and that evening enjoyed a church service with about thirty of the saints. Afterward, Gheorghei Macovei, the pastor and Eastern Romania District Superintendent, invited them to his house for dinner, and they were treated to Sarmale cu Mamaliga (stuffed cabbage ...