VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH, WARSAW, VA.

WONDERFUL MEETINGS AT VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH IN WARSAW, VA. MANY VISITORS (MOSTLY SAVED FOLKS) WITH SEVERAL PASTORS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA HELPED MAKE THIS A MEMORABLE MEETING. THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS ALMOST FULL EVERY SERVICE. THE CHURCH SCHEDULED A FELLOWSHIP AFTER EVERY SERVICE WITH THE LADIES OF THE CHURCH PREPARING SPECIAL OFFERINGS OF DELICIOUS FOOD EACH EVENING. PASTOR BROWN, A QUIET AND FRIENDLY MAN, HAS BEEN THE PASTOR AT VICTORY NOW FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS. HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE GREATLY THOUGHT OF BY HIS MEMBERS AS WELL AS OTHERS IN THE AREA THAT ARE ACQUINTED WITH THEM. IT WAS A JOY TO BREAK THE BREAD OF LIFE AT VICTORY. WARSAW IS LOCATED IN WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE "NORTHERN NECK" OF VIRGINIA, A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE OF WATER AND FARMS AND THE HOME OF STRATFORD HALL, THE BIRTH PLACE OF LIGHTHORSE HARRY LEE AND HIS SON ROBERT E. LEE. WHEN IN THIS AREA OF VIRGINIA BE SURE TO VISIT VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE YOU WILL FIND WARM AND FRIENDLY VIRGINIANS WITH OUTSTRECTED HANDS FILLED WITH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, BURBANK, IL. (CHICAGO)

WHAT A GREAT MEETING WAS HAD AT FIRST BAPTIST OF BURBANK, SOULS WERE SAVED AND THE ALTAR USED EVERY SERVICE. PASTOR AULGUR IS ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE PASTORS IN AMERICA AS I HAVE NOT SEEN A PASTOR DEAL WITH SO MANY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND SEEMINGLY ALL AT ONE TIME AND KEEP HIS SANITY. HE IS SO VERY CALM IN HIS DEALINGS AND ALWAYS "ON TOP" OF EVERY SITUATION. HE HAS A WONDERFUL CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH AND A GREAT FAMILY - ALL OF WHICH THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT BLESSES OUR WONDERFUL LORD. THIS RECENT MEETING MARKED MY TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR IN MINISTERING THE GOSPEL HERE AT FIRST BAPTIST. I CAME HERE IN OCTOBER, TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO AND STILL "THINGS ARE WELL". PRAYERFULLY I WILL BE BACK IN 2013 AND ALREADY I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A RETURN.

GOSPEL LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH, TALLAHASSEE, FL.

GOSPEL LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH, TALLAHASSEE, FL. PASTOR IRVIN CLARK. PASTOR PERRINE WANTED ME TO PREACH FOR BROTHER CLARK SO WE DROVE OVER ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (TWO HOURS) AND MINISTERED THE WORD FOR SOME OF THE NICEST PEOPLE ONE WOULD EVER MEET. IT WAS NOT DIFFICULT TO SEE THAT "THEY" HAVE BEGUN TO TAKE ON THE PERSONALITY OF THEIR WONDERFUL PASTOR, IRVIN CLARK. WHAT A JOY IT WAS TO MEET THESE FOLKS IN NORTH WEST FLORIDA. I FELT SO VERY MUCH AT HOME AS I SPENT MUCH OF MY LIFE IN MARIANNA. FLORIDA WHICH IS SIXTY SIX MILES EAST. PASTOR CLARK IS THE KIND OF PASTOR THAT ONE FEELS THAT THEY HAVE "KNOWN HIM ALL THEIR LIVES". I HAVE CONFIRMED MEETINGS WITH BOTH PASTOR PERRINE IN PANAMA CITY AND PASTOR CLARK IN TALLAHASSEE FOR 2013. BELIEVE ME I AM EXCITED ABOUT BEING CLOSE TO WHERE MUCH OF MY TEENAGE LIFE WAS SPENT. PRAYERFULLY WE WILL PLEASE THE DEAR LORD IN EVERYTHING WE ATTEMPT.

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH, PANAMA CITIY, FLORIDA

WHAT A GREAT DAY HERE AT VICTORY, THE CHURCH WAS ALMOST FULL, NINE DEAR SOULS WERE SAVED AND WE SALUTED AMERICA AND SKINNED THOSE THAT DID NOT LOVE US FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA. A WONDERFUL MEAL WAS PROVIDED FOR ALL IN ATTENDANCE. THIS IS A LARGE BAPTIST CHURCH WITH A RICH HISTORY FOR HOLDING A STRAIGHT LINE FOR OLD TIME FUNDAMENTALISM. WHEN ON VACATION IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BE SURE TO DROP BY FOR A RED HOT MESSAGE.

PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE STEAKOUT

FRIDAY EVENING AT 6:30 PM I HAD THE IMMENSE PLEASURE TO PREACH FOR SOME THREE HUNDRED MEN ALL INVITED TO A DELICIOUS STEAK DINNER HOSTED BY THE CAMPUS CHURCH. MANY OF THE MEN WERE UNSAVED OR THOUGHT TO BE THUS THE REASON FOR THE INVITE BY MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. TWENTY-TWO MEN RECEIVED THE LORD AS SAVIOUR AND ALL BUT ONE FILLED OUT A DECISION CARD AND WILL BE FOLLOWED UP ON BY PASTOR DENNIS MCBRIDE, THE NEW CAMPUS CHURCH PASTOR. THE MAN THAT DID NOT FILL OUT A CARD SPOKE WITH ME AFTERWARD AND WILL BE DEALT WITH LATER BY THE STAFF MEMBER WHO INVITED HIM AND IS ALSO HIS NEIGHBOR.

HOPE CHILDRENS HOME

WHAT A TIME I AM HAVING HERE AT HOPE, GOD IS DOING SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL AT THIS PLACE. I MET WITH A GOOD GROUP OF MEN ON SATURDAY AND SPOKE FOR THREE HOURS ON LEADERSHIP, THE HOME AND THE ABSOLUTE FACT THAT GOD IS LOOKING FOR MEN. WE HAD SERVICES AT SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH ON THE LORD'S DAY. ALL OF THE STAFF (ALL 45) AND ALL THE CHILDREN OF HOPE ATTEND SOUTHSIDE. THREE ADULTS AND ONE YOUNG BOY WAS SAVED IN THE MORNING SERVICE. MONDAY AND TUESDAY SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE HOME AND WEDNESDAY WE ALL WILL BE BACK AT SOUTHSIDE. TODAY IS A SAD DAY FOR "THE MURPHY BOYS" ALL SMALL AND UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF AGE THEIR MOTHER PASSED THREE DAYS AGO AND HER FUNERAL IS TODAY. THEY ARE HERE AT THE HOME AS IT WAS THE MOTHERS DESIRE. YOU CANNOT PASS THEM WITHOUT HUGGING THEM AND GIVING THEM AS MUCH LOVE AS ONE CAN GIVE. THE MIDDLE BOY (AGE TEN) WAS SAVED DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING SERVICE AT SOUTHSIDE. I HAVE USED UP THREE HANKERCHIEFS SO FAR, ALL WET WITH TEARS AS GOD HAS BROKEN MY HEART FOR THIS PLACE. PULL UP HOPE CHILDRENS HOME, TAMPA, FLORIDA AND YOUR HEART WILL BE MOVED AS WELL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. BROTHER HIGGINS TOLD ME WHEN I ARRIVED THAT I WAS ABOUT TO SEE A REAL "GEORGE MUELLER" WORK IN PROGRESS - AND I CERTAINLY HAVE. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

37TH JUBILEE CONCLUDED FRIDAY EVENING - TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH

GREAT PREACHING BY BILLY GOOLBEY; EVANGELIST BILL BEHRENS; EVANGELIST JACK TRIPP AND RALEIGH NUNNALLY.............WE REALLY AN OLD FASHIONED GOOD TIME AROUND THE WORD OF GOD. WE ALL LEAVE ABSOLUTELY "FULL" . WE WERE AFFECTED GREATLY MY THE DEATH OF SSGT LUCAS, HIS DAD HAS A BLACK INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTAL HERE IN WILSON. HE WAS 32 YEARS OLD, HE LEAVED A WIFE CARRYING A BABY AND TWO CHILDREN. THANK THE LORD THAT WE KNOW THAT HE IS ON THE OTHER

SIDE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT!

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH, WILSON, NC

THE 37TH JUBILEE MEETING OPENED ON MONDAY EVENING WITH MYSELF, DR. BILL BEHRENS, PASTOR BILLY GOOLESBY AND EVANGELIST JACK TRIPP PREACHING FOR THE WEEK. EACH OF US WILL PREACH EITHER FIVE OR SIX TIMES THIS WORK. IT IS WEDNESDAY AND WE ALEADY HAVE HAD THE BREATH OF GOD ON THE PLACE. MONDAY NIGHT THE CHURCH WAS PACKED AND WE HAVE HAD GOOD CROWDS IN THE MORNING AND EVENING SINCE.

LIFEGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, CHICOD, NC.

SATURDAY EVENING AT THE ANNUAL FISH FRY WE HAD A WHOOPING GOOD TIME. THE FOOD WAS SO WELL PREPARED AND DELICIOUS. WE THEN RETIRED TO AUDITORIUM WHERE THE AIR CONDITION WAS WORKING GREATLY. THE MESSAGE THAT EVENING WAS RECEIVED WITH JOY AND THE OLD FASHION ALTAR IN USE. THEN I PREACHED THREE TIMES ON THE LORD'S DAY AND THE LORD MET WITH US. PASTOR WAS THRILLED WITH EVERY SERVICE AND TOOK OFF ON A SHORT VACATION. MANY OF YOU REMEBER THAT ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO HIS DEAR WIFE WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD. WE STILL MISS AND WISH SHE HAD STAYED A WHILE LONGER BUT GOD NEEDED.

FOURTH OF JULY CEREMONIES AT WESTMORELAND BAPTIST CHURCH

GREAT DAY AT WESTMORELAND BAPTIST CHURCH - THE PASTOR AND HIS FOLKS REALLY DID IT UP RIGHT - THE COUNTY SHERIFF, TWO DEPUTIES, THE MAYOR OF COLONIAL BEACH, VIRGINIA AND A STATE REP WERE PRESENT. WE HAD A GOOD CROWD WITH ONE YOUNG BOY BEING SAVED. THE EVENING SERVICE WAS PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST SERVICES I HAVE ENJOYED SO FAR THIS YEAR AS THE ALTAR WAS FULL WITH FOLKS PROMISING THE LORD THAT THEY WOULD DO ALL THAT THEY COULD TO FURTHER THE GOSPEL IN THEIR CITY. THE PASTOR HAD ALL THE MEN PRAY AFTERWARDS - IT WAS A MOVING TIME - THE PASTOR ALMOST HAD TO BORROW MY HANKERCHIEF AS THE TEARS FLOWED. I WOULD COVET YOUR PRAYERS FOR THIS IS A NEEDY COMMUNITY. OLD SLEW FOOT HAS ATTACKED THIS CHURCH IN RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISCOURAGE AND DESTROY THEM. PRAY FOR THE POWER OF GOD TO BE PRESENT AND THE DEVIL HANDCUFFED FOR A FEW DAYS. PRAYERFULLY THE LORD WILL GET EVERYONE'S HEAD UP AND HEART WORKING FOR HIS GLORY. HAPPY FOURTH TO YOU ALL.

BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH, HARRISON, IL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE YEARS OF HELPS YOU HAVE BESTOWED ON ME AND THIS MINISTRY – IN MY READING THIS MORNING IN ROMANS 15 I WAS MOVED BY PAULS WORDS “ that ye strive together with me in yourprayers to God”….. HOW VERY WONDERFUL THAT WE ALSO MAY PARTICIPATE TOGETHER HERE IN 2011 IN LIKE MANNER. THE MEETINGS CLOSED AT BIBLE BAPTIST IN HARRISON, IL. WITH EIGHT DEAR SOULS BEING SAVED, THE CLOSING WAS HAPPY AND SAD BUT THE FELLOWSHIP SWEET. I HAVE BEEN PREACHING AT THIS CHURCH NOW FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND HAVE WATCHED THE PASTOR SIX CHILDREN ALL GROW UP AND NOW ALL SERVING THE LORD. WHAT A VERY REAL BLESSING. PASTOR WILLARD AND HIS FAMILY AS WELL AS HIS CHURCH FAMILY WERE REJOICING AT WHAT THE LORD HAD ACCOMPLISHED THIS WEEK – AND, "YOU" HAD PART IN IT. THANK YOU FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL. I AM NOW OFF TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA FOR ANOTHER SALUTE TO THE SERVICEMEN OF OUR COUNTRY. WARM REGAEDS

BIBLE BAPTIST, HARRISON, IL.

NO SEATS AVAILABLE LAST EVENING AS APPROXIMATELY SIXTY REFORMERS UNANIMOUS (RU) (BOTH MEN AND WOMEN) FROM NORTH LOVE BAPTIST CHURCH, ROCKFORD, IL. WERE PRESENT WITH THEIR PASTOR DR. PAUL KINGSBURY ALSO DIRECTOR OF RU. ADDITIONALLY THE MEMBERS OF BIBLE BAPTIST WERE PRESENT SO WE HAD NEEDLESS TO SAY A FULL HOUSE. THREE OF THE RU FOLKS WERE SAVED, TWO MEN AND ONE WOMAN. THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS FULL WITH THE DEAR LORD HAVING HIS WAY WITH MANY. AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT "YOU" ARE HELPING TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE. WARM REGARDS

BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH OF HARRISON, IL.

FIVE WERE SAVED AT BIBLE BAPTIST ON THE LORD'S DAY - THIS WAS A SPECIAL DAY TO COMMERATE FATHER'S DAY AND A FAITH OF OUR FATHERS DAY AND SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES OF AMERICA. THE CHURCH WAS PACKED, THE MUSIC WAS SUPERB AND A SPECIAL CD VIEWING WITH OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PRONOUNCEMENTS ABOUT GOD AND COUNTRY. IT WAS STIRRING TO SAY THE LEAST. THE SERVICE THAT STARTED AFTERWARD CAN ONLY BEST BE DESCRIBED AS "WIDE OPEN" AS THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS SO ON THE PLACE THAT ONE COULD HAVE PREACHED ON KINDERGARTEN AND THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME. THE LORD CERTAINLY HAD HIS WAY! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR THIS MINISTRY AS THE LORD CONTINUES TO DO GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS. PRAY THAT I CAN JUST "GET OUT OF HIS WAY"!

CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH, BALTIMORE, MD

GREAT GOD AND COUNTRY SERVICES AT CALVARY TODAY. CHURCH WAS PACKED AND THE SPIRIT WONDERFUL. CHUCK IS AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE AND IS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE BALITMORE RESCUE MISSION. WHAT A PLACE AND WHAT A RESPONSIBILITY. CHUCK AND HIS STAFF WILL SERVICE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND MEALS A YEAR AT THE MISSION. MEN AND WOMEN CAN COME IN ABOUT FOUR THIRTY EVERY DAY AND MUST LEAVE AT EIGHT THIRTY THE NEXT MORNING. THANK THE LORD FOR SUCH A PLACE. PRAY FOR CHUCK AND HIS FAMILY AS THIS IS A NEVER ENDING RESPONSIBILITY. WARM REGARDS

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH OF SOUTH CHARLOTTE

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF PREACHING AT MY HOME CHURCH THIS PAST WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WHAT A JOY IT WAS. PASTOR EDWARDS WAS AWAY IN MEETINGS WITH HIS DAD, DR. MIKE EDWARDS. WE HAD A VERY GOOD CROWD PRESENT, PERHAPS TWO HUNDRED OR MORE AND AS USUAL SO VERY EASY TO PREACH "FOR". PASTOR HAS EVERYONE WELL FED WHICH ALWAYS OPENS THE DOOR FOR AN "EASY" SERVICE. PASTOR'S ASSISTANT JESSE ARCHER PRESIDED AND HANDLED EVERY DETAIL OF THE SERVICE WELL. IF IN CHARLOTTE BE SURE TO DROP BY GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH OF SOUTH CHARLOTTE MEETING IN THE WEDDINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL UNTIL OUR CHURCH CAN BE BUILT ON NEARBY ACERAGE PURCHASED AND PAID FOR.

OLD BETHEL CHURCH, MARKLESTON,PA

GREAT SERVICES AT OLD BETHEL CHURCH ON SATURDAY EVENING 28 MAY AND ON SUNDAY THE 29TH. WONDERFUL GOD AND COUNTRY SERVICES ON THE LORD'S DAY. THIS IS A DIFFICULT CHURCH TO LOCATE (SMILING I SAY THIS AND IN JEST) AS IT SITS HIGH IN THE PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS, IS ITSELF A BEAUTIFUL BRICK EDIFICE WITH STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AND PASTORED BY A GREAT MAN, DOUG BAKER. THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST FRIENDLY PEOPLE I HAVE EVER MET. IT SITS APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN MILES FROM SOMERSET BUT IS WORTH THE DRIVE SHOULD YOU BE IN THE AREA.

GREAT CLOSING SERVICE AT LAUREL MOUNTAIN CHAPEL

WE HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR A MAN TO ACCEPT AN INVITATION TO COME AND FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE CLOSING HE CAME, HE AND HIS WIFE AND SMALL CHILD. THE LORD SAVED HIS SOUL AND THE SOUL OF A NINE YEAR OLD GIRL. THIS MAN HAD BEEN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND WAS TANGLED UP WITH DRUGS FOLKS ALL OVER THESE MOUNTAINS HAD BEEN PRAYING THAT HE WOULD GET SAVED - WELL FRIDAY NIGHT THE LORD SAVED HIM. WHAT A REJOICING TIME WE HAD WITH THIS BIG FELLOW AS HE WAS DEALT WITH AND PROMISED THE PASTOR THAT HE WOULD BE IN CHURCH ON THE LORD'S DAY. HOW VERY GOOD OUR GOD IS. HIS SISTER AND HER HUSBAND ATTEND THE CHAPEL AND WERE, I AM CERTAIN, THE PRIME MOVERS IN HIS SALVATION AS THEY HAD BEGGED THE LORD FOR MANY YEARS THAT HE MIGHT BE SAVED.

LAUREL MOUNTAIN CHAPEL, SOMERSET, PA.

I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS AND ALWAYS, I SAY AGAIN ALWAYS, THE LORD HAS MET WITH US AND PROVIDED WONDERFUL SPIRIT FILLED MEETINGS IN THIS CHURCH. PASTOR JUDY HAS BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS (EXACT NUMBER UNKNOWN) AND HAS PROVIDED KIND AND WELL THOUGHT OF LEADERSHIP TO THE MEMBERS AS WELL AS THOSE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE CROWDS HAVE BEEN GOOD AND THE WEATHER GREAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR PRAYING. ONE DEAR OLD SAINT OF GOD WALKED UP TO ME LAST NIGHT AFTER THE SERVICE ACCOMPANIED BY HER SON AND SHOWED ME HER BIBLE WHERE I LED HER TO THE LORD MANY YEARS AGO (SHE IS IN HER NINETIES NOW). WHAT A BLESSING TO CLIP THOSE KINDS OF COUPONS. I APPRECIATE SO VERY MUCH YOUR HELP FOR SUPPORTING HELP HAS DWINDLED AND THERE ARE NOW FIVE OF US. THE LORD IS MAKING SURE HOWEVER THAT EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF SO KEEP ON PRAYING! WARM REGARDS

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.