HUNTERDALE BAPTIST CHURCH, HUNTERDALE, VIRGINIA - PASTOR HOWARD VINSON

WE ENJOYED A GREAT WEEK TOGETHER WITH THE ALTAR USED EXTENSIVELY BY BOTH THE FOLK OF THE CHURCH AS WELL AS THOSE VISITING. PASTOR HAS BEEN HERE FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AND IS STILL GOING STRONG. HUNTERDALE IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF FRANKLIN, VIRGINIA AND FULL OF WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. THE TOWN HAS BEEN HIT VERY HARD BY THE CLOSING OF THE PAPER MILL - THE BIGGEST EMPLOYER IN THE AREA WHO EMPLOYED THIRTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANYONE WAS SAVED BUT I DO KNOW OF MANY MAKING DECISIONS ON THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR. I WAS FIRST HERE TWENTY-THREE YEARS AGO.

Pre-Meeting Praise

I ALWAYS ATTEMPT TO ARRIVE EARLY FOR SERVICES AND STAY LATE. THURSDAY AT WILLIAMSBURG INDEP. BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE WAITING TO WELCOME THOSE MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE SERVICES. A VAN PULLED UP WITH THREE PEOPLE IN IT, I WALKED OVER TO GREET THEM WHEN I HEARD THE MAN ASKED FOR THEM TO GO ON INSIDE "THAT HE HAD SOMETHING HE WANTED TO TALK WITH ME ABOUT PRIVATELY".........SOMETIMES THIS CAN BE NOT SO GOOD BUT IN THIS CASE IT WAS WONDERFUL. THE MAN, FIFTY-SIX YEARS OLD, INDICATED TO ME THAT HE HAD GONE AS FAR AS HE COULD. I ASKED EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT AND HE SAID "I NEED TO BE SAVED"........"I WOULD HAVE LET YOU KNOW ON TUESDAY EVENING BUT I AM AFRAID OF CROWDS".......THE LORD LET ME HELP HIM IN HIS DECISION TO TAKE CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOUR......HE PRAYED AND ASK FOR GOD'S FORGIVENESS AND FOR THE DEAR LORD TO SAVE HIM..........I PRAYED AND THANKED THE LORD FOR THIS UNSPEAKABLE OPPORTUNITY AND WE WALKED INTO THE CHURCH TOGETHER. HE INFORMED PASTOR OF HIS DECISION AND NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE WAS REJOICING. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN BAPTISED HIS SALVATION WILL BE MADE PUBLIC!

WILLIAMSBURG INDEPENDENT BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH, PASTOR CHUCK SPROWLS

PASTOR SPROWLS HAS BEEN THE PASTOR HERE FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS. WE HAVE HAD GOOD MEETINGS SO FOR THIS WEEK WITH THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR BEING USED GREATLY. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH NESTLED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTERAL PENNSYLVANIA AND COMPLETLY SURROUNDED BY LARGE MOUNTAINS. THE VIEWS ARE SIMILIAR TO THE PAINTINGS OF NORMAN ROCKWELL AND THE PEOPLE VERY KIND AND ATTENTIVE. WE HAVE HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF VISITORS EACH SERVICE WITH PASTOR JOHN LEATHERMAN AND MANY OF HIS FOLKS FROM HIS GOOD CHURCH IN ATTENDANCE LAST EVENING WITH PASTOR LEATHERMAN SINGING THE OFFRATORY. IF YOU ARE HEADED TOWARD PENN STATE THIS CHURCH IS JUST FIFTY MINUTES EAST. TRY IT - YOU WILL LIKE IT AND WANT TO STAY.

AFTERNOON OF THE 21ST A LADY FROM THE CHURCH WITH A THIRTY YEAR SON WHO IS A DRUG ADDICT ASK IF I WOULD MEET WITH HIM IN AN ATTEMPT TO LEAD HIM TO THE LORD. I MET WITH JOHN THIS AFTERNOON, HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN SAVED; I ASK HIM AND SHOWED HIM 11 COR 5:17 AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD NOT CHANGED WHEREUPON I SAID IN ALL PROBABILITY YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN SAVED. HE AGREED AND PRAYED WITH ME THAT THE LORD WOULD FORGIVE HIM AND SAVED HIM. WE WALKED BACK TO THE PASTOR'S HOME WITH JOHN NOW ON HIS WAY TO HEAVEN AND A PROMISE THAT HE WOULD BE IN THE SERVICE TONIGHT. PRAISE THE LORD!

CAPITOL BAPTIST CHURCH, DOVER, DE.

CAPITOL BAPTIST CHURCH, DOVER, DE. THREE MORE SAVED TODAY. TWO ON VISITATION THIS AFTERNOON AND ONE IN THE SERVICE TONIGHT. I THINK THIS BRINGS TO TWENTY-FIVE OR SIX THE SOULS SAVED THIS WEEK. THE LORD HAS TO BE PLEASED AT THE EFFORT OF THIS GOOD CHURCH.

CAPITOL BAPTIST CHURCH, DOVER, DE.

THE LORD SAVED THREE MORE SOULS ON MONDAY, TWO IN THE EVENING SERVICE AND ONE WHERE I AM STAYING. I LED A ROMAN CATHOLIC MAN TO THE LORD MONDAY AT NOON. THEN ON TUESDAY EVENING WE HAD ONE MORE SAVED IN THE EVENING SERVICE. IN TOTAL THE LORD HAS SAVED TWENTY-TWO DEAR SOULS THIS WEEK; THOSE IN THE REVIVAL SERVICES AND OTHERS BY CAPITOL BAPTIST MEMBERS ON VISITATION. PRAISE THE LORD!

CAPITOL CITY BAPTIST CHURCH, DOVER, DE. PASTOR TERRI MOORE

THE LORD SAVED ONE DEAR SOUL IN THE 8:30 AM SERVICE AND ONE SURRENDERED FOR BAPTISM - THAT WAS WONDERFUL AND WE WERE ALL EXCITED BUT THEN THE LORD SAVED NINE DEAR SOULS IN THE 11:00 AM SERVICE AND NEEDLESS TO SAY WE WERE ALL BESIDE OURSELVES. CAPITOL CITY BAPTIST IS A GREAT CHURCH WITH A GREAT PASTOR. PASTOR MOORE IS MOVING THE CHURCH FORWARD WITH AGRESSIVE SOUL WINNING AND PREACHING. IF YOU PASS THIS WAY YOU MUST STOP BY FOR SOME GREAT PREACHING AND WARM FELLOWSHIP.

PINE BLUFF BAPTIST CHURCH, ALBANY, GA. PASTOR KEITH SMITH

THE MEN'S ADVANCE HELD AT VENTURE OF FAITH CAMP IN VALDOSTA, GA. WAS ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO ATTEND AND BE A PART OF. SEVERAL CHURCHES WERE REPRENTED FROM FLORIDA AS WELL AS GEORGIA. THE ATTENDANCE WAS PERHAPS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY OR SO, THE FOOD WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD AND MANY OF THE MEN MADE LIFE CHANGING DECISIONS IN THE AREA OF THE HOME AND THE WIFE. WHAT A JOY IT WAS TO BE A PART OF THIS.

 

SUNDAY I PREACHED ALL DAY AT PINE BLUFF BAPTIST CHURCH IN ALBANY, GA. WHERE PASTOR KEITH SMITH IS PASTOR. THE CHURCH WAS FULL ON SUNDAY WITH PERHAPS THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEMBERS, ONE LADY WAS SAVED IN THE AM SERVICE AND THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR FULL BOTH AM AND PM SERVICES. THIS IS A GREAT OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN CHURCH WITH OLD FASHIONED MUSIC - THE KIND THAT I WOULD LOVE TO PREACH IN EVERY WEEK. IF YOU ARE DOWN THIS WAY BE SURE TO STOP IN, MEET THE PASTOR AND HIS FAMILY (WIFE AND THREE SWEET DAUGHTERS) AND THE FRIENDLY MEMBERS OF PINE BLUFF.

Venture Faith Camp

I was at venture faith camp I really enjoyed the messages that God gave you to preach to us at the Men's Advance. I needed them as God had been dealing with me on some things in my life about my wife. I thank God for 40 years of marrage to her, I got saved at the age of 51 at my boy's funeral 2001, now I am serving as one of the deacons at Bethel Baptist Church in Thomson Ga. I am  looking forward to seeing you again .I was the one with the slick hair cut on secound row in middle. God Bless You and Your Wife and family. Brother Don

Revival

Brother Cofty:

We enjoyed every minute of the revival:  You stepping on our toes; the Holy Spirit's convictions through your preaching; you socking it to us good, that we had to hang our heads in shame.  But, we mostly enjoyed seeing sinners saved, the backsliders getting right with the Lord and saints getting motivated and encouraged.  You were truly a blessing!  We apporeciate your wife allowing you to visit us (smile).  Please give her our best regards.

Thanks for a "job well done".

Mrs. Burns
Secretary.
Prov 3:5,6

ANNUAL WILD GAME DINNER, SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, ROCK HILL, SC

SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH PARTORED BY KEN WALTERS, IS A WONDERFUL WARM AND FRIENDLY CHURCH WITH AN OLD TIME COUNTRY CHURCH ATMOSPHERE BUT IN THE CITY. KEN IS A WONDERFUL PREACHER WITH AN UP TO DATE MESSAGE FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE. THE GAME DINNER THIS YEAR WAS THE BEST EVER WITH THE CROWD GROWING PERHAPS TO TWO HUNDRED MEN. ONE TEENAGE SIXTEEN YEAR OLD BOY WAS SAVED LAST EVENING. THE FOOD WAS AS USUAL DELICIOUS WITH THE USUAL VARIATIONS - WILD GAME PREPARATION AT IT'S BEST. MY SON GARY AND HIS SON TYLER WERE PRESENT WHICH IS ALWAYS A BLESSING. NEXT YEARS DINNER WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 19, 2011 AT SIX OCLOCK IN THE EVENING. SEE YOU THEN!

Thank you for your recent visit to Cherry Point

Sir, 

I just wanted to take a few moments of your very busy life and thank you for visiting Cherry Point and talking to us about your experiences.  Your words really touched my heart.  We, SNCOs, were very honored in having you visit with us today.  Hope all remains well with you, Lenora, your children, and your grandchildren. 

Thanks again, sir for your testimony today.

God bless you.

Respectfully and sincere,

David Searle

SSgt/USMC

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWPORT, NC, PASTOR CLYDE EBORN

GREAT AND WONDERFUL START AT GRACE YESTERDAY AS FIVE DEAR SOULS WERE SAVED IN THE MORNING SERVICE AND THE ALTAR FILLED (LARGE CHURCH) IN THE EVENING SERVICE. GOD SPOKE TO HEARTS AND THEY RESPONDED. MOST OF ALL THE PASTOR WAS DELIGHTED WITH THE ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS THE RESPONSE. EVEN THOUGH THE MARINE'S AT CHERRY POINT HAVE TWO MEU'S (MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT'S) DEPLOYED WE STILL HAD A LARGE GROUP OF FOLKS BOTH SERVICES.

 

BE SURE TO PRAY FOR THE PMI (PROFESSIONAL MILITARY INSTRUCTION) THIS AFTERNOON AT ONE THIRTY (13:30 FOR ANY SAND CRABS THAT MAY READ THIS) SMILE. WARM REGARDS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 

THE MEETING WITH THE MARINE'S TOP STAFF NCO'S!

THE LORD ALLOWED ME TO SPEAK TO ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY OR MORE SENIOR MARINE STAFF NCO'S TODAY AT 13:30. I SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT LEADERSHIP FROM THE HEART AND OF COURSE SMOTHERED IT IN CHRISTIANITY. THE LORD WAS SO PRESENT AS THESE WERE HARDENED MARINES WITH AT LEAST TWO AND SOME WITH FIVE TOURS IN SOUTH WEST ASIA. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE BACKBONE OF THE MARINE CORPS AND I FELT SO PLEASED THAT I WAS ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THEM. THEY SAT FOR FORTY MINUTES WITH RAPT ATTENTION. TO ALL OF YOU THAT PRAYED, THE LORD ANSWERED YOUR PRAYERS, THANK YOU. PASTOR AND SOME OF HIS STAFF WERE ALSO PRESENT AND INDICATED ENORMOUS PLEASURE IN THE PRESENTATION. THERE WAS A LOUD AND PROLONGED APPLAUSE AFTER I HAD PRAYER WITH THEM AND OVER THEM. GOD BE PRAISED!

 

WILD GAME DINNER, FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH,PASTOR LEWIS LAWSON, WAVERLY, VA.

ANOTHER GREAT WILD GAME DINNER THAT THE DEAR LORD USED FOR HIS PURPOSES - NINE SOULS WERE SAVED THIS PAST FRIDAY EVENING. AS USUAL PASTOR LAWSON AND HIS CHURCH WERE OUTSTANDING IN THE PREPARATION AS THE GYM WAS SET UP WONDERFULLY. THE FOOD WAS EXCEPTIONAL, HOWEVER THE ATTENDANCE WAS SOMEWHAT DOWN. I THINK IT WAS DUE TO THE RAIN - IT WAS ALL DAY AND WAS STILL RAINING WHEN WE BEGAN. THANK YOU PASTOR LAWSON AND THANK YOU AL SKINNER FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO MAKE THIS MEETING A SUCCESS. THIS WAS THE 23RD WILD GAME DINNER AT FAITH, WHAT A BLESSING TO HAVE BEEN PRESENT IN ALL OF THEM.

WILD GAME DINNER - Sweet Springs Baptist Church

Saturday Evening, January 16, 2010

THE ANNUAL WILD GAME DINNER SPONSORED EACH YEAR BY SWEET SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH LOCATED IN ARDMORE, ALABAMA AND PASTORED BY JOEL LOGAN WAS AGAIN HELD AT BOBO'S BLACK ANGUS CATTLE RANCH. THE RANCH HAS THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAND AND CATTLE WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS - EVERY BUILDING IS PAINTED WHITE AND ALL HAVE RED METAL ROOFS - IT IS REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE. THERE WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY IN ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR AND THE LORD

SAVED FIFTY SOULS. YES FIFTY!
PRAISE HIS DEAR NAME!

WE WERE ABLE TO TALK WITH AND PRESENT THIRTY-FIVE BIBLES TO THIRTY-FIVE OF THOSE SAVED BUT RAN OUT OF BIBLES SO WE HAD THE REMAINING FIFTEEN FILL OUT THREE BY FIVE CARDS WITH THEIR PERSONAL DATA SO THAT WE COULD MAIL THEM A BIBLE.

I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU PRAY FOR THIS MINISTRY AND I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART - YOU CERTAINLY ARE TO BE PRAISED FOR YOUR PART IN THIS GREAT WORK OF GOD.

THANK YOU AND WARM REGARDS

GOSPEL LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH, SALSBURY, NC.

SATURDAY EVENING WE HAD IN ATTENDANCE APPROXIMATLY ONE HUNDRED PLUS MEN AND BOYS FOR THE ANNUAL WILD GAME SUPPER. THE LORD SAVED FIVE DEAR SOULS.

SUNDAY THE SERVICES AT GOSPEL LIGHT WERE WELL ATTENDED AND THE LORD SAVED SEVEN DEAR SOULS AND THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS FULL. FOUR OF THOSE SAVED WERE TWO COUPLES ALL OF WHICH ACCEPTED THE LORD AS SAVIOUR. THE SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES WERE EQUALLY WELL ATTENDED AND ONCE AGAIN THE ALTAR WAS GREATLY USED.

PASTOR WIKE AND HIS FAMILY ARE TRULY WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND THE CHURCH A WARM AND FRIENDLY PLACE OF WORSHIP. OLD FASHIONED SONGS WERE SUNG AND AN OLD FASHIONED BIBLE IS ALWAYS PREACHED FROM HERE.

PAX BAPTIST CHURCH, HOLLYWOOD, MARYLAND

WE JUST A COMPLETED A WONDERFUL TWO DAY "MEN'S ADVANCE" WITH THE MEN OF PAX BAPTIST. LARGE GROUP WHERE BROTHER BEHRENS AND MYSELF HAD A GREAT TIME TEARING THE HIDE OFF OF THE DEVIL WITH THE WORD OF GOD AND BLESSING THE MEN'S HEARTS WITH APPLICABLE SCRIPTURE FOR GODLY LIVING, LIVING LIKE A MAN EVEN IN THESE WICKED TIMES. PREACHED ALL DAY AT PAX BAPTIST CHURCH, THREE SAVED IN THE AM SERVICE, ALTAR WAS FULL AND ALSO SUNDAY EVENING. THIS IS A WONDERFUL CHURCH, FULL OF NOT ONLY SWEET PEOPLE BUT INTERESTING AND WELL EDUCATED PEOPLE AS WELL. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW THIS IS THE HOME OF THE TEST PILOT SCHOOL FOR ALL MARINE AND NAVY PILOTS TESTING NEW AIRCRAFT. IF YOU EVER MET A "SWEET HEARTED MAN" IT IS PASTOR CONNON SO IF YOU YOURSELF ON THE FAR END OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND NEED A PLACE TO WORSHIP BE SURE AND STOP IN. HE AND HIS STAFF ARE SECOND TO NONE. JUST CALL HIS "RIGHT HAND MAN OR ARMOUR BEARER", RICH YOUNG, AND HE WILL TAKE OF "WHATEVER."

WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, BRUNSWICK, OH.

PASTOR DAVIS BECAME THE PASTOR IN 2005 WITH A VERY SMALL GROUP OF FOLKS (PERHAPS THIRTY FIVE) AND THE CHURCH BASICALLY ON IT'S LAST LEGS - MANY HAD SAID TO "JUST LET IT DIE"......PASTOR DAVIS KNEW THAT THE LORD WANTED A VIBRANT CHURCH HERE IN THIS AREA AND BEGAN IMMEDIATELY TO REBUILD. THE NAME WAS CHANGED AS WAS THE DIRECTION AND PASTORIAL LEADERSHIP. THE LORD HAS WROUGHT A GREAT VICTORY HERE WITH THE CHURCH NOW RUNNING ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE OR SO. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO WORSHIP. PASTOR DAVIS IS A WONDERFUL, MUCH LOVED, PASTOR WITH A CHURCH OF SWEET AND KIND PEOPLE. THE LORD SAVED FIVE DEAR SOULS SUNDAY WITH THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR FULL ON SUNDAY EVENING. I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO TONIGHT.

GREAT HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, CARSISLE, PA.

THE MEETINGS CLOSED TONIGHT WITH A GREAT CROWD OF GREAT HOPE FOLKS AND SEVERAL VISITORS. TWO OF THE VISITORS, A YOUNG MAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE SAVED THIS EVENING AND ONCE AGAIN THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS IN USE. THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS SAVED AND WAS ABOUT TO ENLIST IN THE MARINE CORPS, HEARD THAT I WAS PREACHING AT GREAT HOPE, AND CAME HE THOUGH, JUST TO TALK. WE TALKED ALL RIGHT BUT VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE CORPS AND LOTS ABOUT THE LORD. IF WE CAN JUST GET THE LOST UNDER THE SOUND OF THE GOSPEL THE LORD WILL SAVE THEM OR OPEN THEIR HEARTS FOR FOLLOW UP. ONE TWENTY-ONE YEAR OLD YOUNG LADY WAS SO CONVICTED ABOUT HER OWN PERSONAL STANDARDS OF DRESS THAT SHE AGREED WITH THE LORD TO WEAR CLOTHING THAT ONLY CHRISTIAN LADIES WEAR. CAN YOU HEAR ME SHOUTING ABOUT THIS? THE LORD CONVICTED ANOTHER LADY ABOUT HER PUNY EFFORTS TO HAVE HER DEVOTIONS AND BIBLE READING AT NIGHT AND PRAYING FOR VICTORIES OVER BATTLES THAT SHE HAD ALREADY LOST. SHE BEGAN THIS WEEK TO PRAY AND HAVE HER DEVOTIONS EARLY AND INDICATED THAT THE LORD HAD ALREADY CHANGED HER LIFE WITH VICTORY VICE DEFEAT.

GREAT HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, CARSISLE, PA.

WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY THE LORD GAVE HERE AT GREAT HOPE THIS LORD'S DAY. WE HAD THREE SAVED, AT LEAST THEY PRAYED WITH ME AND ASKED THE LORD TO SAVE THEM BUT WHEN DEALT WITH THEY HAD DIFFERENT STORIES THEY TOLD PERSONAL WORKERS. GOOD FOLLOW UP OPPORTUNITIES, AMEN! THEN THE EVENING SERVICE WAS WELL ATTENDED AND THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS GREATLY USED. ONLY THE LORD KNOWS WHAT DECISIONS WERE MADE AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE FRUIT THAT REMAINS. PRAY FOR GOD TO MEET WITH US AND TO HAVE HIS WAY IN THE HEARTS AND LIVES OF THESE GOOD PEOPLE. CARSISLE AS MANY OF YOU KNOW WAS THE WESTERN MOST OUTPOST OF THE ARMY BACK IN THE INDIAN WAR DAYS. IT IS NOW THE HOME OF CARSISLE BARRACKS WHERE THE U. S. ARMY HAS IT'S WAR COLLEGE. ATTENDEE'S AT THE COLLEGE ARE ALL LTCOL AND COLONEL AND USUALLY ARE SELECTEE'S HEADED FOR COMMAND DUTY AND GREATER PROMOTION. ONE MIGHT SAY THAT THIS IS THE CREAM OF THE CROP. PRAY FOR ME AS I WILL BE ADDRESSING A RATHER LARGE GROUP OF "CHRISTIAN MEN AND WOMEN" AT THEIR WEEKLY PRAYER SESSION. THIS IS AN HONOR AND GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A CLEAR PRESENTATION OF THE GOSPEL. SOME WILL INVITE THEIR LOST FRIENDS SO PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL SAVE SOME.