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January 26, 2019

From the Superintendent's DESK

Bill McKibben, Director of Asia Work, and his wife Lori, along with Seth and Erin Morgan, all from Seattle, Washington, arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday, January 22. Their itinerary includes visits to many of our twenty-five branch churches, pastor and worker meetings, and two anniversary services including one at the Bagong Sikat headquarters church. After a very late arrival to Manila followed by a four-hour drive to the headquarters church,...

January 26, 2019

From the Superintendent's DESK

The Downeys continued in St. Vincent this past week, attending services at the various branch locations.

On Tuesday evening, January 22, they traveled to our church in Dorsetshire Hill, located in St. George Parish a short distance from Kingstown. The church is built into the hillside at the top of a very steep hill. The pastor, John King, designed and built the church a number of years ago. It is windy at...

January 23, 2019

The Apostolic Faith church group in Dallas, Texas, held their first Christmas program on December 23. The event opened with Telemi Ojo on the violin, and Johnson Ojo on the cello, playing “Silent Night.” Tayo Adesina gave the opening prayer, and then Wole Ogunyemi gave the introduction to the program.

The primary-age children sang five songs, including “There Is Wonder in the Heaven,” “God’s Love,” “Good Tidings of Great Joy,” “This Little Light of Mine,” ...

January 23, 2019

From the Superintendent's DESK

Bob Downey, Director of North America Work, and his wife, Cheryl, arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to visit seven of the eleven churches on the island of St. Vincent, as well as our church on the neighboring island of Bequia.

On Saturday morning, January 19, a ministers’ and workers’ meeting was held in Paul Over, the location of the headquarters church. All of the churches on the island were represented,...

January 22, 2019

From the Superintendent's DESK

Our churches in India continued holding Vacation Bible School (VBS) at the various locations this past week. On Thursday, January 10, forty-seven children gathered in the home of one of the saints in Gaigolupadu. This is a newer area of outreach supervised by Daniel Rayudu, the Pedapudi pastor. The VBS session began with the children singing songs they have been learning in Sunday school. At the close of the session, one...

January 15, 2019

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January 15, 2019

From the Superintendent's DESK

On Sunday, January 13, the Apostolic Faith congregation on the island of St. Eustatius celebrated twenty-five years of worship at the church in Mansionweg.

St. Eustatius is a Dutch island in the Netherland Antilles, with a population of about three thousand whose primary language is English. Our church is located right in the center of the island. The work there began in 1991 with a small group occupying two locations as they sought a permanent...

January 10, 2019

From the Superintendent's DESK

The Kaikavolu headquarters church in India hosted a ministers’ meeting on Wednesday, January 9, to which all the pastors and their spouses were invited. The meeting began with a prayer led by Raju Rayudu, the Kaikavolu pastor and Andhra Pradesh District Superintendent. He then read Psalm 133 and 134, which begins, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”

During the meeting, the pastors were...

January 7, 2019

From the Superintendent's DESK

Our India churches began Vacation Bible School (VBS) this past Friday, January 4, at the Durganagar church where Daniel Rayudu is the pastor. To highlight this year’s theme of “All Aboard for the Happy Day Express,” the staff wore red bandanas and engineer caps.

The front of the church had been transformed into a train depot with a railroad crossing sign and ticket booth. Inside the booth, a ticket agent sat ready ...

January 2, 2019

From the Superintendent's DESK

Our churches in the Andhra Pradesh region of India welcomed the New Year by holding a watchnight service at the headquarters location in Kaikavolu. About 225 were in attendance including a family visiting from Portland: Bob and Deanna Moen, along with their son, Rob, and his seven-year-old son, Charlie. They said the service was a joyous occasion with singing, testimonies, a message from the Word of God, and prayer. In addition,...