GANT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, CAYCE, SC. PASTOR GENE ROWELL

GREAT DAY AT GANT STREET BAPTIST AS THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME PREACHING IN THEIR NEW FACILITY. THE BOTTOM SECTION SEATS SEVEN HUNDRED WITH THE TOP TWO HUNDRED. THE BOTTOM SECTION WAS FULL ON SUNDAY MORNING WITH ONE VISITING LADY SAVED. WELL RECEIVED SERVICES ESPECIALLY SUNDAY SCHOOL AS I TAUGHT ON THIS SUBJECT "WHAT HAPPENS TO A PEOPLE WHEN PROSTERITY BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN PRINCIPAL". THIS IS WHERE WE ARE IN AMERICA TODAY AND IT IS RUINING OUR BASIC FABRICK, OUR HISTORY AND OUR FUTURE! PASTOR AND MRS. ROWELL CELEBRATED THEIR FORTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON SUNDAY AND WE ALL MADE MUCH OF THIS GREAT DAY IN THEIR LIVES. PASTOR ROWELL IS THE FOUNDING PASTOR AND HAS BEEN AT GANT STREET NOW FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS. I WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR FOR A GOD AND COUNTRY DAY (THE DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED ONCE DECIDED UPON). THE NEXT TIME YOU FIND YOURSELF IN COLUMBIA ON THE LORD'S DAY BE CERTAIN TO ATTEND GANT STREET BAPTIST, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED IN THE MUSIC SELECTION NOR THE PREACHING FROM THE WORD OF GOD.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, PETERSBURG, VA.

SUNDAY SERVICES AT GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH ON THE 12 TH OF AUGUST WERE A BLESSING TO THIS PREACHER. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS ESPECIALLY BENIFICIAL AS I SPOKE ON "THE SEEKER CHURCHES" OF AMERICA, CHURCHES FOLLOWING THE LINE OF RICK WARREN AND THE PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH WHICH "TENDS TO PREACH A HALF-BAKED, WORLDLY MIXTURE THAT LURES POEPLE INTO A SLICK POP MOVEMENT THAT APPEALS TO PEOPLE'S WORLDLY SENSES AND NEED TO BE PART OF SOMETHING BIG AND SUCCESSFUL." THIS KIND OF CHURCH IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "CLUB CHURCHS", THE KIND THAT OFTEN ARE VISITED FOR GOOD TIMES RATHER THAN A LEARNING BIBLICAL EXPERIENCE. BOTH SERVICES AM AND PM WERE WELL ATTENDED WITH THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR FULL ON BOTH OCCASSIONS. IF YOU ARE IN THE RICHMOND/PETERSBURG AREA ON THE LORD'S DAY BE SURE AND DROP BY GRACE BAPTIST YOU WILL ENJOY THE PREACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD WHICH IS PREEMINENT!

38TH JUBILEE, TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH, WILSON, NC

THE 38 TH JUBILEE CAMP MEETING AT TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS ONCE AGAIN; THE FOOD WAS AS USUAL DELICIOUS; THE CROWDS WERE EXCEPTIONAL (THE CHURCH WAS FILLED TO CAPACITY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS). THE PEOPLE OF GOD MADE GOOD USE OF THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR. THE PREACHING WAS POWERFUL, THE BEST BIBLE PREACHING I HAVE EVER HEARD AT THE JUBILEE; DR. RONNIE SIMPSON; DR. JACK TRIPP; DR. BILL BEHRENS AND MYSELF ALL AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER "HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK" WITH GOOD OLD FASHIONED, SHINGLE SHAKING PREACHING OF COURSE FROM THE BIBLE THAT GOD HAS BLESSED, THE KING JAMES BIBLE. THE MUSIC PROVIDED BY EVANGELIST MARVIN WEST AND FAMILY ALONG WITH BROTHER ROBBIE MULLENIX AND THE CHURCH CHOIR WAS THE BEST WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN SEVERAL YEARS. THE LORD CERTAINLY WAS PLEASED WITH THIS YEARS JUBILEE AS DR. BOB WINSTEAD AND HIS STAFF WORKED DILIGENTLY FOR MONTHS TO ACHIEVE WHAT EVERYONE ENJOYED. THE LORD MET WITH US AND LIVES WERE CHANGED, FOLKS WERE UPLIFTED AND THE DEVIL IS UPSET. WE WILL BE HERE AGAIN NEXT YEAR THE FIRST FULL WEEK IN AUGUST 2013 SO PLAN TO BE IN WILSON, NC FOR THE 39 TH JUBILEE.

WONDERFUL DAY AT TABERNACLE

AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL DAY AT TABERNACLE WITH NEW PASTOR JOE SHAKOUR AND THE ALWAYS GRACIOUS MEMBERS. TWO WERE SAVED IN THE MORNING SERVICE FOR WHICH WE PRAISE THE LORD AND GIVE HIM ALL THE CREDIT. TABERNACLE IS MEETING IN THE WILSON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP HALL (A MINISTRY OF TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH) WHILE THEIR NEW CHURCH IS BEING BUILT JUST ACROSS THE ROAD. THEY ANTIPICATE BEING IN THE NEW BUILDING SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER. I HAVE PREACHED FOR THEM FOR MANY YEARS AND AS ALWAYS THIS CONGREGATION IS ONE OF THE KINDEST ONE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE. IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING IN THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SHOULD PASS NEAR WILSON BE SURE TO ATTEND TABERNACLE; THE MUSIC IS WONDERFUL AND OLD FASHIONED; THE STANDARDS ARE BIBLICAL AND THE WORD OF GOD FROM THE OLD FASHIONED KING JAMES IS ALWAYS A JOY. PASTOR SHAKOUR IS A GRADUATE OF PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AND HAS A CLEAR VISION FOR THE CHURCH. WHAT A PLEASURE IT WAS FOR THIS PREACHER TO PREACH HERE AND AS REQUESTED I WILL BE BACK EVERY YEAR ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF AUGUST FOR A ONE DAY REVIVAL MEETING. BLESSINGS AND THANK YOU TABERNACLE! ISA 58:11

BETHANY BAPTIST

"WHAT A WONDERFUL MEETING WE AGAIN ENJOYED AT BETHANY, THE CROWDS WERE GREAT, THE MUSIC WAS JUST RIGHT, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SAINTS WAS AS USUAL SIMPLY OUT OF THIS WORLD. WE ENJOYED SEVERAL VERY GOOD ALTAR CALLS WITH A GOOD POURING OUT OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THE VISITORS WERE DOWN FROM THE LAST MEETING. TO MY KNOWLEDGE NO ONE WAS SAVED HOWEVER THE SAINTS WERE REFRESHED. PASTOR  MCNALLY HAS BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS ACCOMPLISHED MUCH FOR THE LORD IN THE CITY OF EAST WINDSOR. IF YOU VISIT THE HARTFORD AREA AND NEED A GOOD FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST CHURCH TO VISIT BE SURE TO DROP BY BETHANY. I LOOK FORWARD TO A RETURN VISIT IN 2014." 

CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH, WESTMINSTER, MD.

WONDERFUL MEETING AT CALVARY THIS PAST WEEK. PASTOR BUETTNER AND HIS FOLKS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD AT GETTING FOLKS TO THE CHURCH HOUSE WHERE WE ENJOYED A GOD AND COUNTRY DAY ON SUNDAY, SANG PATRIOTIC SONGS AND BRAGGED ON AMERICA - THEN RETIRED DOWNSTAIRS IN THE NEWLY FINISHED FELLOWSHIP HALL FOR A DELICIOUS MEAL (MUCH OF IT CATERED)! NO ONE WAS SAVED DURING THE MEETINGS HOWEVER WE DID ENJOY TWO GREAT ALTAR CALLS WITH ALMOST EVERYONE ON THE ALTAR. AS I TOLD THE PASTOR I BELIEVE THE LORD MET WITH US IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY AS MANY DECISIONS WERE MADE THIS WEEK THAT HOPEFULLY WILL STAGGER THE DEVIL'S EFFORTS IN THE FUTURE. WHEN IN WESTMINSTER (JUST OUTSIDE OF BALTIMORE) BE SURE TO COME BY. THIS IS AN OLD FASHIONED CHURCH WITH OLD FASHIONED SONG BOOKS, OLD FASHIONED MUSIC AND OLD FASHIONED PREACHING. PASTOR BUETTNER IS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE BALTIMORE MISSION - A MASSIVE RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE FEEDING OF APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED MEALS EVERY DAY.

THE CHURCH SURPRISED PASTOR WITH A GIFT OF A SHADOW BOX OF HIS MARINE CORPS HISTORY IN VIET NAM AND GAVE HIM A SPRINGFIELD M-1 RIFLE AS A GIFT. WHAT A GIFT - WHAT A PEOPLE! IT IS ALWAYS A BLESSING TO SEE GOD'S PEOPLE LOVE AND RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS OF THE MAN OF GOD!   

FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, BALTIMORE, MD.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST MEETINGS PREACHED THIS YEAR. SATURDAY EVENING I PREACHED TO SEVENTY-TWO MEN AT A "STEAK OUT" AND EIGHT MEN WERE SAVED; SUNDAY WAS A VERY SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE WITH THREE FAMILIES PRESENT THAT HAD LOST A SON IN IRAQ, NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE WERE NO DRY HANKERCHIEPS, FOUR WERE SAVED THAT MORNING; SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE TWO WERE SAVED; MONDAY ONE WAS SAVED; TUESDAY EVENING ONE WAS SAVED AND ONE MAN (AN OLD PARATROOPER) SURRENDERED FOR BAPTISM AND WEDNESDAY EVENING THE LORD SAVED TWO MORE DEAR SOULS.

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FRIENDLY CHURCHES YOU WILL EVER VISIT SO WHEN IN THE BALTIMORE AREA BE SURE TO ATTEND FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST. PASTOR HUBERS HAS BEEN THE PASTOR FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS AND POSSESSES A GREAT HEART FOR THE LORD AND FOR HIS PEOPLE. HIS FAMILY IS JUST SUPERB WITH A SWEET DEAR WIFE AND SON THAT IS THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR. MIKE JR IS A GRADUATE OF PCC AND A WONDERFUL AND EFFECTIVE PREACHER HIMSELF.

 

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYER SUPPORT ESPECIALLY AS THIS WAS NOTHING SHORT OF ANSWERS TO PRAYER, THE CHURCH HAD A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PRAYER BAND GOING THE DAY AND NIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED AND OUR LORD CERTAINLY ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU ALL.

GRACE BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH, CORINTH, MS.

WONDERFUL MEETING AT GRACE WITH PASTOR SCULLEY AND HIS GOOD FOLKS. THIS IS A TRUE FUNDAMENTAL/BIBLICAL CHURCH IN THE MIDST OF ABSOLUTE COMPROMISE. THE MUSIC IS GOOD, THE BIBLE IS GOOD, THE PEOPLE ARE GOOD AND THE DOCTRINE GOOD. WE HAD ONE YOUNG GIRL SAVED ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AND SEVERAL PASTORS VISITING DURING THE WEEK. I ENJOYED MYSELF GREATLY! THIS IS A SMALL CHURCH IN AN HISTORIC TOWN IN MISSISSIPPI THAT IS ABOUT TO UNDERGO A VAST CHANGE - THE INTRODUCTION OF BOOZE AS PART OF THE WAY OF LIFE FOR THE CITY. CORINTH (THE SITE OF THE BATTLE OF SHILOH DURING THE WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION) HAS BEEN DRY SINCE IN'S INCEPTION, AS HAS THE COUNTY. THE MONEY CROWD IS ABOUT TO USHER IN THE OLD TERRIBLE DEMON OF WHISKEY. WHAT A TRAGEDY IT WILL BRING! THE CHURCH AND SEVERAL OTHERS ARE FIGHTING THIS MOVE BUT IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE PASSED AS MONEY IS PUSHING THIS NEW DESIRE OF THE DEVIL. PRAY FOR GOD TO OVER-RULE.

PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

ONE OF THE BEST MEETINGS I HAVE EVER HAD AT PCC. TWENTY OR SO STUDENTS WERE SAVED THURSDAY AT THE ADADEMY; THE CHAPEL SERVICES WERE TREMENDOUS; THE STUDENT BODY WAS SO VERY RESPONSIVE; THE WEDNESDAY EVENING SERVICES RESULTED IN MANY MANY STUDENTS RESPONDING BY COMING TO THE OLD FASHION ALTAR IN THE CROWN CENTER FOR PRAYER AND SPECIAL NEEDS; THE MINISTERIAL CLASS WAS MOVING WITH MUCH CLASS PARTICIPATION. I CANNOT REMEMBER EVER  HAVING SUCH LIBERTY. THE HOLY SPIRIT TRULY BLESSED US ALL  DURING THESE DAYS OF REVIVAL! I CAN HARDLY WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER AS I WILL RETURN TO PREACH THE BACK TO SCHOOL REVIVAL AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT!

MARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH, SHELBY, NC

WONDERUL MEETING IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHURCHES ONE HAVE EVER SEEN, BUILT IN 1925, THIS TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND SQUARE FEET HAS SOME OF THE MOST EXQUISITE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS THAT ONE HARDLY SEES ANY LONGER IN AN INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH. THE CHURCH WAS OFFERED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE WINDOWS ALONE. PASTOR CAMP AND HIS FOLKS WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE GREAT STRUCTURE AT A COST LITTLE MORE THAN THE NORMAL HOUSE WOULD SELL FOR THESE DAYS. WHEN YOU WALK IN YOU IMMEDIATELY FEEL THAT YOU ARE THERE TO WORSHIP.

THE LORD MET WITH US DURING THE WEEK AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME FRUIT THAT REMAINS. ONE TEEN WAS SAVED ON WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH A GOOD NUMBER USING THE OLD FASHION ALTAR. WE WERE ALL BLESSED BY THE QUALITY OF THE MUSIC DURING THE WEEK, LED BY DR. DON SCOVILL. EACH NIGHT WE WERE TREATED TO A CONCERT OF GREAT AND MOVING CHRISTIAN MUSIC OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY - SELDOM DOES THIS PREACHER HEAR SUCH. IF IN THE SHELBY AREA FOR A VISIT OR YOUR CHILDREN ARE THINKING ABOUT ATTENDING AMBASSADOR COLLEGE BE SURE AND ATTEND A SERVICE AT MARANATHA. AS THE OLD SAYING GOES THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE LIKE THIS PLACE SO THIS MUST BE THE PLACE!

SOUTH POINTE BAPTIST CHURCH, ANDERSON, SC

SOUTH POINTE BAPTIST IS A WARM AND FRIENDLY SOUTH CAROLINA CHURCH. I HAVE PREACHED FOR THIS CONGRAGATION SINCE 1999. SUNDAY WAS A SPECIAL DAY (FRIENDS AND FAMILY DAY) WITH FOUR DEAR SOULS BEING SAVED AND THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR COMPLETLY FILLED. PASTOR NEAL IS, AND HAS BEEN FOR A VERY LONG TIME, A STRAIGHT AND CONSERVATIVE PASTOR WITH A WONDERFUL FAMILY. ANDERSON IS JUST PAST GREENVILLE SO IF YOU ARE EVER IN THE AREA AND LOOKING FOR A CHURCH WITH GREAT MUSIC AND GREAT PREACHING OF GOD'S DEAR WORD DROP IN - YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.

WILD GAME DINNER

SIXTEEN DEAR MEN WERE SAVED THIS PAST SATURDAY EVENING AT THE SECOND ANNUAL WILD GAME DINNER IN MARYLAND. BETWEEN TWO AND THREE HUNDRED ATTENDEE'S GATHERED FOR ONE OF THE FINEST MEALS OF WILD GAME I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING AT. I THEN SPOKE ALL DAY AT PASTOR BUETTNER'S GOOD CHURCH BOTH MORNING AND EVENING. MY WHAT A WONDERFUL CONGREGATION, THE CHURCH WAS PACKED IN THE MORNING SERVICE WITH SOME ATTENDING THAT HAD BEEN PRESENT AT THE SUPPER THE EVENING BEFORE.

DR. BUETTNER IS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE BALTIMORE MISSION AND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST TWENTY-FOUR YEARS. THE MISSION FEEDS OVER FIVE HUNDRED MEALS A DAY, HAS FACILITIES FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THOSE STAYING THERE FOR THE EVENING GATHER AT FOUR THIRTY IN THE AFTERNOON, EAT SUPPER AND MANDATORILY ATTEND AN EVENING WORSHIP SERVICE. EVERYONE IS PROVIDED A PLACE TO SLEEP, EAT BREAKFAST THE FOLLOWING MORNING, AND MUST BE OUT BY EIGHT THIRTY. THE MISSION HAS A DETOX CENTER FOR THOSE WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEMS. THIS IS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE A MOUNTAIN OF RESPONSIBILITY BUT WITH MEANINGFUL RESULTS. DR. BUETTNER, LIKE MYSELF, SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. HE IS A GRADUATE OF PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE WITH AN EARNED DOCTORATE OF DIVINITY. OOH RAH!

TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, KING GEORGE, VA.

WHAT A TREMENDOUS WEEKEND I SPENT WITH TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH. PASTOR DAVIS AND I ATTENDED THE SAME BIBLE SCHOOL MANY YEARS AGO HOWEVER THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HAD EVER PREACHED FOR HIM AND HIS MINISTRY. I SPOKE AT A TEEN BANQUET ON FRIDAY EVENING; THEN A COUPLES VALENTINE BANQUET ON SATURDAY EVENING; THEN AN EIGHT OCLOCK EARLY PREACHING SERVICE; THEN A SUNDAY SCHOOL SERVICE; THEN A MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE (SEVEN DEAR SOULS WERE SAVED AT THIS SERVICE) AND LASTLY AN EVENING PREACHING SERVICE AT SIX OCLOCK. I WAS JUST A LITTLE "SHELL SCHOCKED" TO SAY THE LEAST. SMILE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT - IT CERTAINLY MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO LENORA AND I. PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS.

FAITH BAPTIST, WAVERLY, VA. AND GRACE BAPT, PETERSBURG, VA.

NINETEEN SAVED AT FAITH BAPTIST WHERE LEWIS LAWSON PASTORS. THIS WAS THE TWENTY-SIXTH WILD GAME SUPPER AT FAITH. BETWEEN TWO AND THREE HUNDRED MEN PRESENT. WONDERFUL MEETING AS THE LORD WAS PRESENT.

GREAT MEETINGS A GRACE BAPTIST IN PETERSBURG, VA. WHERE PASTOR RALEIGH NUNNALLY IS PASTOR. HE HAS BEEN THERE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AND HAS BUILT A WONDERFUL FRIENDLY CHURCH. I PREACHED THREE TIMES THERE ON THE LORDS DAY WITH GREAT BLESSINGS FROM THE LORD. GREAT CROWDS WITH GREAT ALTAR CALLS.

THE LORD MET WITH US IN BOTH CHURCHES AS THE RESULTS WERE EVIDENT OF HIS PRESENCE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT!

KING GEORGE, VA IS NEXT WEEK WHERE PASTOR SHERMAN DAVIS IS PASTOR. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH IS A LARGE CHURCH WITH APPROXIMATEL FOUR HUNDRED MEMBERS AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGE

ANNUAL WILD GAME DINNER AT HERTIGAGE BAPT CHURCH

THE LORD SAVED THIRTY-FIVE DEAR SOULS LAST EVENING AT HERTIGAGE BAPTIST. THERE WERE IN ATTENDANCE FIVE HUNDRED MEN AND BOYS WITH A QUARTER OF THEM HAVING NEVER BEEN TO THE DINNER BEFORE. THE FOOD WAS TREMENDOUS, THE FELLOWSHIP AS USUAL SO VERY GREAT AND EVERYTHING SO WELL PLANNED. THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF YOUNG BOYS PRESENT WITH EVERYONE GETTING SOME SORT OF GIFT THAT A HUNTER WOULD NORMALLY HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION. THE SMILES WERE MEMORABLE WITH THE LORD OF COURSE HAVING HIS WAY WITH MANY.

GOSPEL LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH, SALISBURY, NC.

SATURDAY EVENING WAS ONCE AGAIN ESPECIALLY ENJOYABLE AS GOSPEL LIGHT PUT ON THEIR ANNUAL WILD GAME DINNER. I HAVE BEEN PREACHING AT THESE NOW FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS BUT NEVER HAVE I SEEN SO MUCH WILD GAME AND SO WELL PREPARED. WHATEVER A HUNTER WANTED, IT WAS ON THE TABLE. EVERYTHING FROM VENISON TO SHEEPS HEAD TO TURKEY TO WILD BOAR SALAD TO FRESH BEAR TO SQUIRREL STEW TO ?????????????. SMILE. WELL ATTENDED BY MEN FROM SEVERAL CHURCHES.

THEN ON THE LORD'S DAY WE ENJOYED THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IN ALL THREE SERVICES, SUNDAY SCHOOL, MORNING WORSHIP AS WELL AS EVENING. THE LORD HAD ME ADDRESS A SENSITIVE SUBJECT IN THE MORNING SERVICE, THAT OF CREMATION. THERE ARE NO CHRISTIANS IN THE BIBLE WHO WERE CREMATED, ONLY THE HEATHEN. THERE IS NO SCRIPTURE ALLOWING FOR THIS HEATHEN PREACTICE. MANY WELL MEANING CHRISTIANS ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER. IT MAY BE CHEAPER BUT ONE HAS NO SCRITPURE FOR SUCH A PRACTICE. SOME CHOOSE TO CREMATE A LOVED ONE BUT WITH NO BIBLICAL BASIS. MANY WERE ELATED THAT THIS HAD BEEN ADDRESSED AS QUESTIONS HAD ARRISEN FROM " FRIENDS WHO HAD BEEN CREMATING RATHER THAN BURYING THEIR LOVED ONE'S." REST ASSURED I HAD THE PASTORS NOD OF APPROVAL BEFORE PROCEEDING.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA, PA

GREAT START ON SUNDAY, EXCELLENT ALTAR CALLS, MARVELOUS SINGING ESPECAILLY BY PASTOR. MONDAY EVENING WE WERE BLESSED WITH SEVERAL VISITORS. PASTOR AND I VISITED A MAN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND INVITED HIM. HE THEN INVITED HIS NEIGHBOR WHO CAME WITH HIM. THIS INVITED MAN WAS A VIETNAM VETERAN WHO WAS SAVED IN THE SERVICE. WHAT A BLESSING TO SEE HIM AFTERWARD TELLING FOLKS ABOUT HIS SALVATION. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THE GREATNESS AND WONDER OF OUR GOD. WE ARE VISITING ANOTHER MAN TODAY IN HOPES OF GETTING HIM TO COME AND PRAYERFULLY PRAYING THAT HE TOO WILL BE SAVED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND CONCERN FOR THOSE LIVING WITHOUT THE LORD JESUS - WE MUST GET THEM SAVED AS THE TIME IS SHORT!

IN PHILADELPHIA FOR MEETINGS!

STAYING AT THE HOLIDAY INN IN BEN SALEM. SPOKE WITH MY NEIBHBOR THIS MORNING WHO HAD HIS SON'S CAR, HIS CAR AND HIS WIFES' CAR ALL THREE TIRES REMOVED DURING THE NIGHT. I AM GLAD THAT I DID NOT HAVE A CAR TO PARK BUT AM BEING PICKED UP THIS MORNING BY PASTOR VANHOOSE. OUR COUNTRY IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. PRAY WITH ME FOR GREAT MEETINGS THIS WEEK, THAT SOULS WILL BE SAVED AND THE SAINTS OF GOD REVIVED. HOW DOES ON GRIEVE AND RIOT FOR PENN STATE WHEN ALL THIS FILTY MESS HAS BEEN KNOWN SINCE 1998? IT IS A CAGE OF FILTYY BIRDS! AND, SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEANED ELEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN IT FIRST SURFACED.

WORTH BAPTIST CHURCH, FORT WORTH, TEXAS

ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST EXCITING GOD AND COUNTRY DAYS WERE EXPERIENCED AT WORTH BAPTIST CHURCH ON SUNDAY THE 6TH OF NOVEMBER. PASTOR WEAVER AND HIS STAFF DID IT UP RIGHT - EXCELLENT SINGING, EXCELLENT CEREMONY WITH EXCELLENT RESULTS. THE MUSIC WAS EXTRA SPECIAL AS THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC, ANDREW JOHNSON, PCC GRAD, AND DEAR FRIEND OF MINE HAD EVERYTHING PLANNED AND COORDINATED TO THE INTH DEGREE. A LARGE GROUP OF VETERANS WERE RECOGNIZED WITH A MEDLY FOR EACH BRANCH OF SERVICE PLAYED WHILE THEY STOOD BEFORE THE CHURCH BODY. BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE HUNDRED FOLKS ATTEND WORTH WITH (I THINK MOST OF THEM THERE ON THE MORNING OF THE 6TH). IF EVER YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA BE SURE AND ATTEND WORTH BAPTIST AS THIS IS A FIRM AND SOLID FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST CHURCH WITH SOUND MUSIC THAT MINISTERS THE GRACE OF GOD WITHOUT A PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS PREACHING THAT ONE CAN HARDLY FIND IN THESE CLOSING DAYS OF GRACE.

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH, PRINCE GEORGE, VA.

GREAT MEETING AT FAITH THIS WEEK - PASTOR DEMBECK AND HIS CHURCH ARE WONDERFUL TO BE WITH AND TO BE AROUND. AROUND, IN THAT THERE IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT WITH PASTOR. HE IS ALWAYS UP TO SOMETHING. HE HAS PLANNED WELL THE SERVICES WHICH HAVE BEEN WELL ATTENDED WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF VISITORS FROM SURROUNDING CHURCHES PRESENT. WHAT A JOY IT IS TO BE WITH A PASTOR WITH A VERY REAL SENSE OF HUMOR, WHO LAUGHS AND LOVES AND IS SO EASY TO BE AROUND. LAST EVENING (TUESDAY) AN ELEVEN YEAR GIRL WAS SAVED, A VERY SPECIAL ELEVEN YEAR OLD AS HER GRANDFATHER, PASTOR CAROL STANLEY FROM BROOKNEAL, VA. (PATRICK HENRY'S COUNTRY) WAS AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE. PASTOR STANLEY DIED WHEN THIS YOUNG GIRL WAS TWO YEARS OLD. IT WAS A VERY REAL PLEASURE TO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT HER GRANDDADDY WHILE STANIND THERE WITH HER. SHE IMMEDIATELY WANTED TO BE BAPTISED. GOOD ALTAR CALLS AND SWEET FELLOWSHIP PROVIDED TRUELY BY THE BLESSED HOLY SPIRIT.