LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH, ROLESVILLE​, NC

GOOD MEETING SUNDAY THRU WEDNESDAY AT LIGHTHOUSE. THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW CHURCH (IN A NEW FACILITY). LIGHTHOUSE IS ABOUT TO PURCHASE AN OLD OLDER CHURCH HOUSE SITTING ON AN ACRE AND A HALF LOT, WITH A FOUR BEDROOM PARSONAGE/GARAGE AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT. PRAY FOR THESE FOLKS AS WE ALL KNOW THAT MONEY IS TIGHT TODAY AND THE BANKS ARE WARY OF CHURCH FINANCES! ROLESVILLE IS THE LAST OF MANY SMALL CITIES SITTING JUST OFF THE CITY LIMITS OF RALEIGH. PASTOR GREENE AND HIS FOLKS HAVE A WELL OF OPPORTUNITY AROUND THE PROPERTY AS THE POPULATION IN THIS AREA IS GROWING IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. WHEN IN RALEIGH BE SURE AND VISIT - FRIENDLY PEOPLE IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE!

GANTT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, CAYCE, SC

GREAT SERVICES ON THE LORD'S DAY LAST. TREMENDOUS CROWD WITH GOD'S PEOPLE REJOICING. THIS IS A LARGE CHURCH WITH HOPES OF BEING IN THEIR NEW BUILDING WITHIN THREE WEEKS. I WAS ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WITH HIGH VAULTED CEILINGS AND STAINED GLASS WINDOWS - WHAT A TRIBUTE TO THE GRACE OF GOD. THE MAIN FLOOR WILL SEAT SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED IN THE BALCONY. PASTOR ROWELL IS A WONDERFUL KIND MAN OF GOD WITH A GREAT FAMILY AND FRIENDLY CONGREGATION. IF EVER YOU FIND YOURSELF IN COLUMBIA, SC, CAYCE IS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF TOWN - DROP IN FOR SOME GREAT MUSIC AND EXTROIDNARY BIBLE PREACHING.

LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH, LAFAYETTE, IN.

GREAT SERVICES HERE AT LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST, PASTOR MURDOCK IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB, THE CHURCH IS STRONG, ACTIVE AND FILLED WITH JOY. WE ENJOYED FOUR DAYS OF MEETINGS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SIX MAKEING DECISISIONS FOR CHRIST ON RESURRECTION SUNDAY. I MINISTERED THE WORD FOUR TIMES ON SUNDAY - A SUNRISE SERVICE, SUNDAY SCHOOL, THE MORINING WORSHIP AND THEN THE EVENING SERVICE. MY HOW THE DEAR LORD MET WITH US AS NOT ONLY WAS THE ALTAR FILLED BUT ONE ROMAN CATHOLIC THAT WAS SAVED IN THE MORNING SERVICE WAS BACK AND INDICATED THAT HE "WAS THERE TO STAY". PTL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. GOD IS USING YOU AS HE USES ME. WARM REGARDS PS I HAVE A FULL PLATE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

GOOD SHEPHERD BAPTIST CHURCH, MOORESVILL​E, IND.

WONDERFUL PALM SUNDAY AT GOOD SHEPHERD BAPTIST CHURCH, SIX PROFESSIONS OF FAITH, WONDERFUL ALTAR CALLS, PREACHED THREE TIMES TODAY. GREAT FOLKS, FRIENDLY AND CORDIAL IN EVERY RESPECT. PASTOR HAS BEEN THE PASTOR FOR FOUR YEARS AND IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. THE CHURCH IS A BEAUTIFUL LARGE CHURCH THAT SITS ATOP A HILL JUST OUTSIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN INDIANAPOLIS ON A SUNDAY THE CHURCH IS ABOUT NINE OR TEN MILES EAST OF THE CITY. YOU WILL BE WARMLY WELCOMED. THIS IS AN OLD FASHIONED BAPTIST CHURCH WITH OLD FASHIONED POLITY.

GOOD NEWS BAPTIST CHURCH, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA

GREAT DAYS AT GOOD NEWS, NINE DEAR SOULS PROFESSED CHRIST ON SUNDAY MORNING; I WALKED OVER TO A NEARBY HOUSE SUNDAY EVENING WHERE A COUPLE WERE GRILLING AND ASKED THEM "WHAT TIME IS SUPPER:".........THEY OF COURSE LAUGHED AND OFFERED ME A HAMBURGER. I DECLINED BUT THANKED THEM AND THEN INVITED THEM TO THE SERVICE, BOTH WERE IN SHORTS (WHICH MADE NO DIFFERENCE BUT FELT SECURE WHEN I ASK THEM TO COME AS YOU ARE) WITH A SMALL FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL - THEY CAME AND I LED THE MAN TO THE LORD AND THE PASTORS WIFE DEALT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. THE ALTARS HAVE BEEN FULL EACH SERVICE AND THE FOLKS OF GOOD NEWS A SINCERE BLESSING. KIND AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE WITH A HEART FOR GOD. THIS IS MY SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK IN IOWA, I AM THINKING ABOUT MOVING HERE. SMILE. PASTOR OSTERKAMP (A PCC GRAD) HAS BEEN PASTOR FOR CLOSE TO A YEAR AND IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB OF BRINGING EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR THE DEAR LORD. THE CHURCH IS AN OLD BUT BEAUTIFUL BRICK BUILDING WITH STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AND TONS OF ROOM. WHAT A BLESSING IT WOULD BE IF ALL OUR INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCHES COULD BE HOUSED IN SUCH A WONDERFUL SETTING WHICH ALWAYS CONJURES UP THE THOUGHTS OF "BEING IN CHURCH". THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS GOD IS MOVING IN A WONDERFUL MANNER. THE PASTOR AND I HAVE SEVERAL VERY SERIOUS SITUATIONS TO DEAL WITH TODAY - PLEASE PRAY!

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, OTTUMAH, IOWA

GREAT CLOSE OUT AT CALVARY, PASTOR IS HAPPY AND WANTS ANOTHER MEETING WHICH IS ALWAYS A GOOD BIT OF NEWS FOR WE EVANGELISTS. THE LORD MET WITH US ALL WEEK WITH MANY DECISIONS ON THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR. IT IS ALWAYS AN ENCOURAGEING SIGN WHEN THE PEOPLE OF GOD RESPOND TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND DO SOMETHING RATHER THAN JUST SIT IN THE PEW. PASTOR KENDALL HAS BEEN AT CALVARY FOR OVER EIGHTEEN YEARS AND CONTINUES TO LEAD WITH WISDOM AND KIND AND GENTLE CARE. I WAS WITH HIM IN WISCONSIN THE YEAR BEFORE HE CAME HERE AND IN BOTH CHURCHES HE CONTINUES TO BE WELL THOUGHT OF. GOOD DECISIONS AND GOOD COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THE LORD DID AND WAS DOING DURING THE WEEK. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. WE LOVE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR HOLDING THE ROPE WITH US. WARM REGARDS.

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, OTTUMWA, IOWA

GET START THIS MORNING AT CALVARY BAPTIST, GOOD CROWD FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL AND THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE. ONE LADY, HER SECOND VISIT TO THE CHURCH WAS SAVED IN THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE. GOOD ALTAR CALL, GREAT SPIRIT AND DELICIOUS FOOD AFTERWARDS. PRAY WITH US FOR THE LORD TO MEET WITH US AND THAT THERE BE NO HINDERANCE TO THE WORKING OF HIS DEAR SPIRIT. I APPRECIATE SO VERY MUCH YOUR SUPPORT. KEEP THE PRAYERS COMING. WARM REGARDS

LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH, SNOW HILL, NC

THE SERVICES AT LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH, SNOW HILL, NC CONCLUED IN WONDERFUL FASHION. ONE MAN SAVED ON TUESDAY EVENING (THE FATHER OF A LADY MEMBER) WAS BACK AS WERE SEVERAL VISITORS. WE WERE BLESSED WITH SEVERAL VISITING PASTORS AND THEIR PEOPLE; PASTOR STAN WINGARD AND HIS WIFE, PASTOR MIKE LOVELACE, PASTOR MAX BARTON AND HIS WIFE AND SEVERAL FROM OTHER CHURCHES FAR AND WIDE. WE ALL GATHERED AROUND THE ALTAR FOR A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER FOR HIS PROVISIONS THIS WEEK AND PLEDGED TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO HELP PASTOR CONYERS IN HIS EFFORTS TO MOVE THE CHURCH FORWARD. THESE ARE SOME OF THE FINEST PEOPLE YOU WOULD EVER WANT TO BE AROUND, SWEET HEARTED AND KIND, COUNTRY FOLKS (PERHAPS NOT ALL BUT CLOSE) I SO VERY MUCH ENJOYED MINISTERING THE GOSPEL EACH EVENING AND THEN MY INTERACTION WITH MANY WHO "JUST DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE BUT STUCK AROUND" FOR FELLOWSHIP. IF YOU ARE EVER NEAR KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SNOW HILL IS THIRTEEN MILES NORTH, DROP BY FOR AN EVENING OF GOOD PREACHING AND FELLOWSHIP.

LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH, SNOW HILL, NC

SUNDAY WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL DAY AS WE HAD A LARGE CROWD PRESENT, FOUR FOLKS INDICATED THAT THEY HAD ACCEPTED THE LORD DURING THE INVITATION; SUNDAY SCHOOL SET THE WHOLE DAY IN ORDER FOR THE LORD TO WORK - I SO VERY MUCH ENJOY MINISTERING THE WORD DURING THE SUNDAY SCHOOL HOUR AS IT MOST OFTEN REMINDS ME OF MY SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES WHEN I PASTORED GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH IN DECATUR, ALABAMA - A GREAT TIME TO GET ACQUINTED WITH NEW PEOPLE BUT NEVERTHELESS A SERIOUS TEACHING ABOUT IMPORTANT PRECEPTS OF THE WORD OF GOD. THE EVENING SERVICE WAS TO SAY THE LEAST EXCEPTIONAL - COMMENTS LIKE "FORGET THE TIME, JUST GO ON"; "PREACH ANOTHER HOUR". THE LORD TRULY VISISTED US SUNDAY EVENING AS HIS PRSENCE WAS WORKING IN EVERYONE'S LIVES, THE ALTAR WAS FULL, YES FULL! ONE YOUNG MAN IN HIS THIRTIES REDEDICTED HIS LIFE TO THE LORD AND WAS VISIABLE MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE SUNDAY MEETING WAS THAT THE PASTOR WAS SO VERY PLEASED - HE HAS BEEN HERE FIVE MONTHS, TAKING A CHURCH THAT HAD BEEN HURT AND IS NOW IN THE HEALING PROCESS.

CHINA MISSIONS TRIP

BEAR WITH ME AS I AM CERTAIN THAT ALL OF MY EMAIL ATTEMPTS WERE CENSORED WHILE IN CHINA AND MOST, IF NOT ALL, WERE RETURNED AS UNDELIVERABLE. HERE IS WHAT I ATTEMPTED TO SEND:

WE MADE SIXTY-ONE BORDER CROSSINGS INTO RED CHINA AND WERE ABLE TO SMUGGLE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN THOUSAND BIBLES INTO THE UNDERGROUND CHURCHES OF CHINA. WE WERE CAUGHT EIGHT TIMES, DETAINED, OUR BIBLES TAKEN HOWEVER WE WERE ABLE TO BUY THEM BACK AT A LATER TIME - WE REMOVED THE BIBLES -RETURNED TO A SAFE AREA, REPACKED ANOTHER LOAD AND RETURNED - WE USUALLY MADE FOUR RUNS A DAY AND ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD. IT WAS REAL, EXCITING, SOMEWHAT SPOOKY WHEN DEALING WITH THE "ICE" OF CHINA AND TOUGH ON THIS OLD MAN AS THE CASES WE PULLED WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY SIXTY FIVE TO SEVENTY POUNDS EACH PLUS OUR BACK PACKS - IT IS DEFINATELY A YOUNG MAN'S TASK! I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS FOR MY SAFETY AS WELL AS MY SON GARY'S. THE RIDE OVER WAS SIXTEEN HOURS FROM CHICAGO TO HONG KONG WHILE THE RIDE BACK WAS TWELVE HOURS FROM BEIJING TO CHICAGO, PLUS TWO HOURS TO GREEENVILLE/SPARTENBURG, PLUS TWO HOURS TO CHARLOTTE. WE ARRIVED HOME AT TWO IN THE MORNING.

WARM REGARDS AND THANKS TO YOU ALL.

China Update

WE MADE SIXTY-ONE BORDER CROSSINGS - SMUGGLED IN APPROX SEVEN THOUSAND BIBLES INTO COMMUNIST RED CHINA - I WAS PERSONALLY CAUGHT TWICE - BACK IN THE SADDLE NOW - IN BEIJING AT THE PRESENT AND HEADED HOME TONIGHT. WOW AND WOW AGAIN, PRAISE THE LORD!

China Update

WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED APPROXIMATELY FIFTY-SEVEN BORDER CROSSINGS, CAUGHT ONLY NINE OR TEN TIMES AND HAVE PLACED SOMEWHERE NEAR FIVE THOUSAND "ITEMS" IN CHINA. PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS CONSTANT CARE. WE HAVE ONE MORE DAY AND ARE ANXIOUS TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN BEFORE DEPARTURE! WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS FOR INVISIBILITY! WARM REGARDS FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS.

China Update

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL BORDER CROSSINGS BUT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT ON FOUR OCCASSIONS. ALL "ITEMS" TAKEN BUT LATER ALLOWED TO BE BOUGHT BACK BUT REMOVED FROM CHINA. ALL TAKEN BACK THE NEXT TRIP. PRAY FOR US THAT WE CAN SUCCESSFUL AS THIS IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE. THOSE HELPING US CAN CAN BE IN GRAVE DANGER IF CAUGHT WITH THESE "ITEMS". WE HOPE TO MAKE FOUR RUNS TODAY. FOUR OF US WITH PRAYERS AND HOPES FOR SUCCESS. WARM REGARDS AND LOVE TO ALL. BE SURE AND THANK GOD TODAY FOR OUR COUNTRY, MOST HAVE NO IDEA HOW THINGS ARE OVER HERE AND HOW GREAT WE HAVE IT. LATER "HOPEFULLY"!

DEPARTED FOR CHINA, FEB 24TH RETURN MAR 10

PRAY FOR MY SON AND I AS WE DEPART ON THIS MISSIONS TRIP TO CHINA WITH THE BIBLE TEAM, FROM GREENVILLE, SC. EVERYTHING PROVIDED BY THE LORD, NO MONIES REQUESTED - THE LORD TOOK CARE OF IT ALL. WARM REGARDS TO ALL

SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH'S ANNUAL WILD GAME DINNER

SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST IS LOCATED IN ROCK HILL, S. C. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN AND BOYS THERE WITH FIVE OF THEM ACCEPTING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOUR. ONE MAN WAS A HUGH GAME WARDER WHO HAS BEEN COMING FOR SEVERAL YEARS; ANOTHER WAS A DEAF MAN AND THREE OTHERS. WHAT A JOY TO SEE THE LOST SAVED. THE FOOD WAS GREAT WITH MANY DIFFERENT DISHES, BUFFALO CHILLE, KANGEROO STEW; SQUERRIL DUMPLINGS; VENISON; WILD TURKEY; AND SEVERAL OTHER INTERESTING DISHES. A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. SORRY SOME OF YOU MISSED IT.

ROSSVILLE BIBLE CHURCH, ROSSVILLE, KANSAS

GREAT MEETING AT THE ROSSVILLE BIBLE CHURCH IN ROSSVILLE, KANSAS EVEN IF THE WEATHER DID NOT COOPERATE. TWO SAVED ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, A MAN AND HIS WIFE THAT THESE FOLKS HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR FOR TWENTY YEARS. VISITORS FROM UP IN MARYSVILLE, KANSAS EVERY SERVICE (THAT'S EIGHTY MILES ONE WAY). GOD BLESS THEM FOR THEIR DESIRE FOR THE WORD OF GOD. PASTOR GEE HAS BEEN THESE FOLKS PASTOR NOW FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND HAS FAITHFULLY FED THEM THE WORD OF GOD IN AN OLD FASHIONED MANNER FROM AN OLD FASHIONED BOOK. ROSSVILLE IS ABOUT EIGHTEEN MILES OUTSIDE OF TOPEKA. WONDERFUL GODLY FOLKS LED BY A GODLY MAN AND HIS DEAR WIFE DEBBIE. THANK GOD FOR A MAN WITH STICKABILITY ESPECAILLY A MAN WITH PASTOR GEE'S EDUCATION AND PREACHING ABILITY - LESSER MEN WOULD HAVE MOVED ON TO BIGGER BUT NOT BETTER CLINES.

SWEET SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH, ARDMORE, AL.

SWEET SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH, ARDMORE, AL. PASTOR JOEL LOGAN. THE ANNUAL WILD GAME DINNER WAS ATTENDED BY CLOSE TO FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE, MANY MANY WOMEN AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE "JUST FOR MEN". MOST OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE REPEAT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE. FOOD WAS TREMENDOUS AND FELLOWSHIP GREAT HOWEVER ONLY ONE ELEVEN YEAR OLD BOY WAS SAVED. THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY AT SWEET SPRINGS, BOTH MORNING AND EVENING, WERE GREAT SERVICES WITH THE ALTAR FILLED BOTH TIMES WITH GODLY FOLKS RESPONDING TO THE WOOING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

FAITH BAPTIST TABERNACLE, NORTH HIGHLANDS, CA.

GREAT CLOSE OUT ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS FILLED WITH THE FOLKS OF FAITH, PLUS VISITORS, ALL SEEKING TO PUSH FORWARD FOR THE LORD IN THIS TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. THE LORD SPOKE TO MANY HEARTS THIS WEEK AS MANY SOUGHT ADVICE AND COUNSEL ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND WALK WITH THE LORD. PASTOR ROGERS CONTINUES TO BE USED OF GOD IN HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS PASTOR. DAVE AND MARLEENE BUSHY PLAY A PIVITOL ROLE IN THE CHUCH AS DAVE BROUGHT THE SPECIAL MUSIC EACH NIGHT WITH HIS DEAR WIFE ON THE PIANO. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. I AM HEADED TOMORROW TO NORTHERN ALABAMA WHERE LAST YEAR I PREACHED TO FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOLKS WITH THE LORD SAVING FIFTY. PRAY WITH ME FOR A GREAT HARVEST OF SOULS AT THE SWEET SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH OF ARDMORE, ALABAMA THIS WEEK END.

FAITH BAPTIST TABERNACLE, NORTH HIGHLANDS, CA.

GREAT START ON THE LORD'S DAY, ONE SAVED IN THE MORNING SERVICE AS WELL TWO LADIES GETTING THE ASSURANCE OF THEIR SALVATION AND ONE SAVED IN THE EVENING SERVICE. WONDERFUL SERVICES ALL DAY WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD USING THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR. A GOOD NUMBER OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES PRAYING TOGETHER ON THE ALTAR - THIS PARTICULARLY IS HEART WARMING. THE LORD BLESSD US WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF VISITORS, SOME HAVING HEARD ME PREACH IN OTHER CHURCHES AROUND CALIFORNIA - ALWAYS A BLESSING.

Great Meetings Last Week!

FOURTEEN SAVED AT THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL WILD GAME SUPPER IN WAVERLY, VIRGINIA. PASTOR LAWSON, FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH AND I HAVE HOOKED FOR THESE MANY YEARS AND HAVE SEEN MANY MANY SOULS SAVED IN THESE SUPPERS. GOD IS ALWAYS PLEASED WHEN THE GOSPEL IS PREACHED ESPECIALLY FROM THIS WONDERFUL BIBLE, THE KING JAMES OF COURSE.

THEN ON SUNDAY AT GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, PASTOR NUNNALLY, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, THE CHURCH WAS ALMOST FULL WITH THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR FILLED WITH FOLKS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WALK WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. PASTOR NUNNALLY HAS BEEN THE PASTOR NOW FOR TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AND CONTINUES TO LEAD THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN A RIGHT DIRECTION. I WAS TOUCHED WITH THE WARMTH AND CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP OF SUCH A GODLY PEOPLE. I HAVE HAD THE PREASURE OF PREACHING HERE FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND IT IS ALWAYS AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE.

FLYING OUR SATURDAY TO SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA FOR MEETINGS IN THE FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH, PASTORED BY MIKE ROGERS, ANOTHER GREAT CHURCH WITH A GREAT PASTOR. PRAY WITH US FOR SOULS TO BE WON TO CHRIST AND THE SAINTS OF GOD REVIVED!